Swedish–English dictionary

hypotetisera

(ambitransitive) To assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.

hypotetisk

Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural

hypotoni

(medicine, cardiology) The disease or disorder of abnormally low blood pressure.

hypoxi

(pathology) A condition in which tissues are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen [from 1940s].

hyr-

Something that is rented.

hyra

Being offered for renting.

hyra ut

(transitive, informal) To grant a lease in return for rent.

hyresgäst

(by extension) One who has possession of any place.

hyresvärd

(property law) The owner of property that is leased; the landlord to a lease.

hyresvärdinna

A female landlord.

hysa

(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.

hysa tillit till

(transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.

hyska

A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.

hyss

(uncountable) Harm or trouble caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.

hyssj

Demanding silence.

hysta

To throw with an initial upward direction.

hysterektomi

(surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all of or part of the uterus.

hysteri

A now unrecognized medical diagnosis made exclusively in women with symptoms including faintness, nervousness, sexual desire, insomnia, fluid retention and heaviness in the abdomen.

hytt

A private room on a ship.

hytta

(transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.

hyvel

(countable, carpentry) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

hyvelbänk

A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.

hyvelspån

(countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.

hyvla

(transitive, carpentry) To smooth (wood) with a plane.

i

Occupied in (activity).

i alla fall

(idiom) Anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless.

i allmänhet

In general; as a whole.

i annat fall

(conjunctive) In different circumstances; or else.

i blindo

In a blind manner; without sight.

i bokstavsordning

(sequence) Arranged in the order of the alphabet.

i brand

In flames, on fire, flaming, with flames coming from it.

i dag

On the current day or date.

i egenskap av

(chiefly, philosophy) as; in the capacity of; acting as

i enlighet med

In a manner conforming or corresponding to; in proportion to; in accordance with. [from 16th c.]

i ett nötskal

(idiomatic) In summary; briefly or simply.

i fast form

(of volumes of materials) Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.

i fjol

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i fjor

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i förbigående

(manner) In an incidental manner; not of central or critical importance.

i form

In good shape; physically well.

i förrgår

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i förtid

In a premature manner; too soon or too early.

i förväg

At an earlier or preceding time.

i fråga

Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

i går

On the day before today.

i garderoben

(informal) Not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.

i grossess

(mostly, not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.

i grund och botten

in essence

i korthet

As a summary; as a shortened version of what has been told or what would have been told.

i kväll

During the evening of today.

i lågor

In flames, on fire, flaming, with flames coming from it.

i min mening

according to me

i mitt tycke

(informal, internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of in my opinion.

i morgon

On the day after the present day.

i närheten

Adjacent, near, close by.

i närheten av

Physically close to, in close proximity to.

i natt

during the previous day’s nighttime; during the night before today (This entry is a translation hub.)

i onödan

In an unnecessary way; not by necessity.

i överflöd

(postpositive) In a generous or overlarge quantity.

i övrigt

(conjunctive) In all other respects.

i praktiken

Really, in effect; not just hypothetically.

i princip

Almost but not quite.

i rumsarrest

(electricity, North America) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.

i så fall

(conjunctive) In that case.

i sig

(philosophy) As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.

i själva verket

(modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

i smyg

(idiomatic) Slyly, in an inconspicuous manner, so as not to be seen; secretly; stealthily.

i språng

(heraldry, usually of a quadruped) Depicted in a leaping posture. Gules, a reindeer salient or (arms of Vågå).

i stånd att

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

i största allmänhet

As a rule; usually; typically; in most cases.

i synnerhet

(focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely.

i tid

Punctually or according to the schedule.

i trim

In good shape; physically well.

I-Kavod

(archaic) A en given name.

I-or

(figuratively) An excessively negative or pessimistic person.

i.u.

not available

iaktta

(transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence), to keep; to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).

iakttagare

Someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator.

iakttagelse

The act of observing, and the fact of being observed (see observance)

Iason

(Greek mythology) The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.

Ibiza

An island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.

ibland

Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst.

ibuprofen

(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.

icing

(ice hockey) A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this.

icke

Negates the meaning of the modified verb.

icke desto mindre

(conjunctive) In spite of what preceded; yet.

icke-

Not, the negation of the root word (a quality).

icke-existerande

Not existent or existing; not real.

icke-industriell

Involving skilled work, with comparatively little reliance on machinery.

icke-konformist

Someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices. [from 17th c.]

icke-konformistisk

Not conforming to established customs, etc.

icke-kristallin

(physics) In the non-crystalline solid state of, or being a non-crystalline counterpart to, a crystalline solid.

icke-linjär

(of a system) Whose output is not directly proportional to its input.

icke-metall

(chemistry) An element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal.

icke-önskvärd

Objectionable or not likely to please.

icke-troende

a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion.

icke-våld

A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.

icke-vinstdrivande

Not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain).

id

(history) Forming the names of dynasts, being suffixed to the name of their progenitors and meaning “descendant of”.

ID-kort

A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.

Ida

A en given name.

idag

On the current day or date.

idas

(chiefly in the negative) To have the enthusiasm (to do something).

idé

An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory. [from 16th c.]

ideell

Not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain).

ideell organisation

Ellipsis of nonprofit organization (“an organization that exists for reasons other than to make a profit, such as a charitable, educational or service organization”).

idegran

(uncountable) The wood of the such trees.

idegransträ

(uncountable) The wood of the such trees.

identification

(broadly, often) The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.

identifiera

(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.

identifiera sig

(intransitive) To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.

identifikation

A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.

identitet

The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.

idiosynkratisk

Peculiar to a specific individual; eccentric.

idiot

(pejorative) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

idiotisk

(of a person or animal) Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.

idiotsäker

(of a device) Protected against, or designed to be proof against, misuse or error.

idissla

(intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.

idog

Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

idolatri

(religion) The worship of idols.

idoldyrkan

(religion) The worship of idols.

idrott

An element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health and wellness, strength, physical co-ordination, and agility.

idrottare

(UK) A man who engages in sports; an athlete.

idrottskvinna

(UK) A woman who engages in sports; a female athlete.

idrottsman

(UK) A man who engages in sports; an athlete.

ifrågasätta

(transitive) To dispute (something); to contest.

ifrån

In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.

ig

Used to form possessional adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.

igång

In the state of being active, functioning or operating.

igår

On the day before today.

igel

An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.

igelkott

Erinaceus europaeus, the hedgehog that inhabits much of Western and Central Europe.

igelnejonöga

(zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.

igen

Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.

igengrodd

Having large numbers of plants which have become too big, and are hence spoiling the picturesqueness of a garden.

igenkännande

The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).

igenkännlig

Able to be recognized.

igloo

A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.

Ignatius

A en given name (1491–1556)

ignorans

The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.

ignorera

(transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.

ihålig

(of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.

ihärdig

Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.

ihärdighet

The qualities of a hard worker, including conscientiousness, determination, and perseverance.

ihopfällbar

That can be folded.

ihopvikbar

That can be folded.

Ikea

An international, originally Swedish home products retailer that sells modern, utilitarian design furniture, much of which is assembled by the consumer.

ikläda sig

(transitive) To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.

ikon

(religion, especially, Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.

IKT

(uncountable, electronics, communications) Initialism of Information and Communications Technology.