Swedish–English dictionary

kinin

(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C20H24N2O2, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it. [from early 19th c.]

kinkig

Difficult to please; quick to find fault.

kinky

(informal) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.

kiosk

A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.

kippa

(intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant.

kiropraktor

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.

kirurg

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

kirurgi

(medicine, usually, _, uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

kisa

(intransitive) To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.

kisel

(chemistry, uncountable) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.

kiseldioxid

Silicon dioxide. [from 1801]

kiselplatta

(electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.

kiselskiva

(electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.

kisse

(by extension) An adult cat; also (often, childish) , sometimes in the form Kitty: a pet name for a cat of any age.

kista

A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.

kistbärare

One called upon to carry or bear the coffin or the casket at a funeral.

kitsch

Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.

kitschig

Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.

kitsune

(Japanese mythology) A Japanese fox spirit, often but not exclusively female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails.

kitt

A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fix panes of glass.

kittel

A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.

kittelflickare

An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.

kittla

(transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.

kittlare

(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. [from 17th c.]

kittlig

Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.

kiv

A minor fight or argument.

kivas

To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.

kivi

A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.

kivifågel

A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.

kjol

(pejorative, slang) A woman.

kjoltyg

(pejorative, slang) A woman.

kkp

A customary unit of measure

klå

(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.

klä av

(transitive, originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.

klä av sig

(intransitive) To undress oneself.

klä in

(transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.

klä på sig

(also, reflexive, and, figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe. [from 15th c.]

klå upp

(transitive) To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.

klack

(soccer) A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.

kläckning

(zoology) The act of an egg hatching, eclosion.

kläda

(also, reflexive, and, figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe. [from 15th c.]

klädd

(of a person, preceded by a garment type) Wearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the body; clothed, dressed.

kladda

To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.

kladdig

Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.

kläder

(plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.

klädesplagg

A single item of clothing.

klädhängare

A pole with pegs for temporary storage of clothing.

klädlöshet

Now more specifically, a state of having few or no clothes on.

klädnypa

(British, Australia, NZ, Canada) An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.

klädsel

Apparel or clothing, especially when appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.

klädsnobb

(slang, figurative, somewhat, derogatory) A person excessively concerned with the appearance of their clothing.

klaff

A flat section used to extend the size of a table.

klafs

(countable) A squelching sound.

klaga

(intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.

klagan

(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.

klagande

(law) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court

klagomål

(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.

klagosång

A song expressing grief.

kläm

(figuratively) A difficult position.

klämma

(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.

klampa

(intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.

klämta

(figuratively) To make a sound as if made by a bell.

klamydia

(uncountable) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis.

klan

A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.

klanderfritt

In a flawless manner.

klandervärd

Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.

klandra

(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

klandrande

Marked by harsh abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing.

klang

A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.

klänga

(ambitransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.

klänge

(botany) A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.

klangfärg

The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.

klängig

Having a tendency to cling.

klängväxt

(botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.

klänning

(clothing) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.

klant

Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.

klantig

Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.

klantighet

A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.

klåpa

(transitive) To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.

klåpare

Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.

kläpp

An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.

klappa

(transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands.

klapper

A rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt, sharp sounds.

klappra

(intransitive) To make a rattling sound.

klar

Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.

klara

(idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.

klara av

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

klara sig

(intransitive, idiomatic) To survive; to do well enough.

klara upp

(transitive) To clarify, to correct a misconception.

klarera

To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.

klargöra

(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.

klarhet

The state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.

klarinett

(woodwind instrument) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).

klarna

(intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.

klarställa

To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).

klarsynt

Having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.

klarsynthet

Acute discernment or understanding; insight.

klärvoajans

(parapsychology) The power to see or perceive things objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future.

klärvoajant

Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.

Klas

A en given name.

klase

A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.

klass

(countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.

klassa

(intransitive) To have a ranking.

klassens clown

(idiomatic) A student who frequently makes jokes or pokes fun; a wiseacre.

klassificera

(transitive) To assign to a class; to classify.

klassificering

The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.

klassifikation

The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.

klassisk

Exemplary of a particular style; defining a class/category; typical.

klasskamrat

A student who is in the same class at school.

klasskompis

A student who is in the same class at school.

klasslös

Not divided into societal or economic groups.

klassrum

A room, often in a school, where classes take place.

klätterväxt

(botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.

klättra

(transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.

klättrare

Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).

klättring

(uncountable) The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.

klaustrofobi

The fear of closed, tight places.

klausul

(legal) A distinct part of a contract, a will or another legal document.

klave

(chiefly, in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.

klavertramp

(chiefly, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, informal, often in the phrase drop a clanger) A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.

klaviatur

(computing, etc.) A set of keys laid out in a grid-like pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer etc.

klema

(transitive) To coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant.

Klemens

A en given name, borne by an early pope and by several saints.

klementin

A type of small, sweet-tasting orange, the result of a hybrid cross between the willowleaf variety of mandarin orange (Citrus × aurantium f. deliciosa) and a sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). Scientific name: Citrus × clementina.

klen

(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness

klentrogenhet

Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.

kleptokrati

A corrupt and dishonest government or society characterised by theft and greed.

kleptoman

One who steals compulsively.

klerk

A member of a clergy.

klet

(British, NZ, Australia) A solid putty-like adhesive, originally blue in colour, used to secure items to walls and other surfaces.

kletig

Of or relating to goo.

kli

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

klia

(intransitive, stative) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.

klia i fingrarna

(intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.

klibbig

Viscous and adhesive, as glue.

klibbigt

(Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.

kliché

(rhetoric) Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. [from 19th c.]

klick

A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.

klickljud

(phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.

klickning

A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.

klient

A person who makes one or more purchases.

klientel

The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.

klimatförändring

Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.

klimp

(chiefly, US) Specifically, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.

klimpig

Full of lumps, not smooth, uneven.

kling

(onomatopoeia) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.

klinga

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

klinga med

(transitive) To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.

klingon

(countable) A member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe with distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on the strict observance of honor, loyalty, and combat.

klingonska

An artificial language created by Marc Okrand for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.