Swedish–English dictionary

hands

(countable, Australian rules football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.

handsättare

(historical) A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.

handskakning

The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.

handskas med

(transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.

handske

(clothing) An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

handskmakare

A person who makes or sells gloves.

handskrift

Text that was written by hand.

handskriven

(of writing) Having successive letters joined together.

handslag

A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.

handstil

Handwriting; style of penmanship.

handtag

(chiefly, _, nautical) The handle of a pump.

handtryckning

The grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.

handväska

(now, rare) A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job. [from 19th c.]

hane

An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.

hanegäll

The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light

hänföra

(transitive) To fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.

hänförande

Extremely beautiful

hänförd

Full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion.

hänförelse

Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.

hänga

(intransitive) (of machines and software) To come to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).

hänga gubbe

(uncountable, games) A guessing game where one has to guess the word an opponent is thinking of by guessing one letter at a time, and involving the gradual drawing of a stick figure hanging from the gallows.

hänga med

(transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.

hängande

Suspended.

hangar

A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept.

hangås

A male goose.

hänge

(botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.

hängiven

Devoted; loyal; conscientious.

hängivenhet

(uncountable) The act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated.

hångla

(slang, chiefly, US, intransitive) To embrace and kiss passionately. [from 20th c.]

hänglås

A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle

hängmatta

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

hängning

(countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

hängpuka

(obsolete) The jack of trumps in the card game gleek.

hängsmycke

A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. [from 15th c.]

hankatt

The male of the domesticated cat, especially if not neutered.

hankontakt

(of bacteria) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).

hånle

(archaic) To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn

hånleende

A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.

Hanna

A prophetess in the New Testament.

Hannas

(biblical) A Jewish high priest known for having four sons and a son-in-law (Caiaphas) succeed him in his lifetime; and for cooperating with Caiaphas to have Jesus Christ crucified.

hanne

One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

Hanoi

The capital city of Vietnam.

hanplante

A plant of the masculine sex.

hanrej

A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.

hänrycka

(transitive) To fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.

hänryckning

Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.

Hans

A fictional character in the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

hänseende

(countable) a particular aspect, feature or detail of something

hänskjuta

(ambitransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.

hänsyn

The tendency to consider others and make allowances for their needs or desires.

hänsynslös

Not considerate of others.

hantel

A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end.

hantera

(transitive) To confront or overcome any difficulties presented by.

hantering

A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.

hanterlig

Capable of being managed or controlled.

hantlangare

A person who does ordinary and boring work.

hantverk

(countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation [since the 9th century].

hantverkar-

Of or pertaining to artisans or the work of artisans.

hantverkare

A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.

hantverks-

Of or pertaining to artisans or the work of artisans.

hantverksmässig

Of or pertaining to artisans or the work of artisans.

hantverksskicklig

Involving skilled work, with comparatively little reliance on machinery.

hanväxt

A plant of the masculine sex.

hänvisa

(intransitive, stative) To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.

häpen

Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.

häpenhet

The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.

häpnad

A feeling of amazement.

häpnadsväckande

Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.

hår

(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

har du sett

Used to express surprise.

här i närheten

Near here.

här i trakten

Near here.

har man sett

An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation).

härad

(historical) An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres.

Harald

A en given name.

haram

(Islam, fiqh) Forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful.

harang

A tirade, harsh scolding or rant, whether spoken or written.

häråt

At this time; upon this event.

härav

(conjunctive) As a result; therefore, for this reason.

härbärge

A building set up to provide for the needs of homeless people; often including shelter, food, sanitation and other forms of support.

hårbeklädnad

(countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.

hårborste

A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair

härd

An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.

hård-

(music) Faster or more intense than the regular style.

härda

(metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

hårdhet

The quality of being hard.

hårdhjärtad

Lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.

hårdnackad

Difficult to deal with or to operate.

hårdnackat

Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.

härdning

The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice to remove residual stress.

hårdplugga

(transitive) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.

Hårdporr

(colloquial) Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger.

hårdskorpa

(nautical) A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.

härdsmälta

Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.

hårdvara

(computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.

hårdvarunyckel

(computer hardware) Any small device that plugs into an electronic device, typically a computer, and alters its functionality. Common examples include wireless modems, digital media players, software copy protect devices, and adapters.

hare

(uncountable) The meat from this animal.

hårfön

(chiefly, _, UK) A small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.

härförare

(military ranks) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces. [from 16th c.]

harhona

A female hare.

häri

In this; within this content, context, or thing.

härifrån

(archaic) From here, from this place, away.

hårig

Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur.

härja

(transitive) To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.

härjad

Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition

härjning

The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.

harkla

To forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expell air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorously than to cough.

harkla sig

(transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.

harkling

A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.

hårklyvare

Someone who quibbles over trivia, and raises petty, annoying objections and sophistry.

hårklyveri

(idiomatic) the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people.

härkomst

A person's origin or ancestry.

härleda

(transitive) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.

härledning

The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason

harlekin

A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes, used as a stock character in commedia dell'arte and other genres.

harlekinad

A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown.

härlig

(colloquial, figurative) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

härligt

In a pleasant manner.

hårlock

A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.

harm

(uncountable) Feelings of being wronged; outrage; resentment, bitterness or anger.

härm-apa

(transitive) To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.

härma

(transitive) To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.

harmageddon

(Christianity, Islam) Mount Megiddo, the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.

Harmagedon

(Christianity, Islam) Mount Megiddo, the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.

härmapa

(metaphorical) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.

härmed

(formal) By this means, action or process.

harmlös

Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.

harmlöshet

Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.

harmoni

Agreement or accord.

harmonika

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

harmonilära

(music) The academic study of chords.

harmonisk

Pertaining to harmony.

harmsen

Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.

härmtrast

Any of various long-tailed American songbirds of the genera Mimus and Melanotis, noted for their ability to mimic calls of other birds.

hårnål

A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.

härnäst

On the first subsequent occasion.

harnesk

(dated, uncountable) The complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; armour in general.

härold

A messenger, especially one bringing important news.

häroldsbild

(heraldry) One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess. [from 16th c.]

häromkring

Close to; nearby.

harpa

(music, colloquial) Any musical instrument.

harpist

Someone who plays a harp, especially a pedal harp.

harpun

(fishing) A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals; a type of harpoon.

harpunera

(transitive) To shoot something with a harpoon.

harpya

(mythological creature) A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.

harpyja

(mythological creature) A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.

härröra

(intransitive) To come from a source; issue from.

hårrot

The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.

härs och tvärs

Crossing one another.

härska

(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.