Swedish–English dictionary

klinik

A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.

kliniker

(chiefly, US) Someone who conducts a clinic; an expert or skilled practitioner in a particular field, such as business or education. In this sense, a clinician is someone who provides practical advice or hands-on assistance to others in a specific area of expertise. For example, a business clinician might be an experienced consultant who helps companies improve their operations, while an education clinician might be a skilled teacher who provides professional development and support to other educators.

klinker

A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands. [from 17th c.]

Klio

(Greek god) The goddess of history and heroic poetry, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.

klipp

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds themself to receive the property and pay the consideration.

klippa

(transitive) To cut the hair or beard of (a person).

klippa bort

To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.

klippa ut

To form or shape by cutting.

klippare

A horse having a stout body and short legs.

klippblock

(chiefly, UK, Irish) A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.

klipperskepp

(nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.

klippig

Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.

klippning

(uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.

klippspringare

A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus).

klippt

(participial adjective) Having been cut.

klipsk

Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)

klirr

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

klirra

(ambitransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.

klister

a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion

klistermärke

A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.

klistra

(transitive) To join or attach something using glue.

klistra in

(transitive, computing) To insert a piece of media (e.g. text, picture, audio, video) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.

klitoris

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

klitta

(slang, often, derogatory) A penis likened to a clitoris, especially in terms of smallness.

klittra

(slang, vulgar, transitive, intransitive, often with "off") To stimulate the clitoris.

klo

A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.

kloak

(by extension) A filthy place.

kloakbrunn

An underground pit where sewage is held.

kloaköppning

(anatomy, zoology) The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, lobe-finned fishes, marsupials and monotreme mammals, which serves as the common outlet for the urogenital ducts and rectum.

klocka

(percussion instrument) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

klockhyacint

Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers.

klockkedja

A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch.

klockljung

Various species of the genus Erica.

klockslag

(music) A bow or pluck of a string or strings of a stringed instrument; also, the manner in which a musical instrument is played; hence, a melody, a tune.

klockspel

(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.

klockstapel

(architecture) A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.

klocktorn

(architecture) A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.

Klodvig

A en given name borne by several prominent people in Frankish/French and Germanic history.

klok

Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.

klokhet

(uncountable) The quality or state of being prudent: circumspection and good judgment in knowing how best to act; (countable, archaic) an instance of this.

klon

A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.

klona

(transitive) To create a clone of.

kloning

(biology) The production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum.

klor

A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.

klorid

(chemistry) Any salt of hydrochloric acid.

kloroform

(organic compound) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

klorofyll

(biochemistry) Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.

klösa

To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.

kloss

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

kloster

The church of a monastery. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

kloster-

Of or relating to monasteries or monks.

klosterkyrka

The church of a monastery. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

klot

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

klot-

(not comparable) Of or relating to a globe or sphere.

klotformad

Spherical, ball-shaped.

klotformig

Spherical, ball-shaped.

klotter

(chiefly, uncountable) Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.

klottra

(ambitransitive) To draw or scribble aimlessly.

klöv

(printing) The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.

klöver

A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.

klubb

A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.

klubba

A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.

klubba till

(transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.

klubbhus

Any building used by a club for meetings or social activities.

klump

(computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.

klumpa

(ambitransitive) To form clusters or lumps.

klumpa ihop

(ambitransitive) To form clusters or lumps.

klumpeduns

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.

klumpig

Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.

klumpighet

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

klumpsumma

A relatively large single payment of money often paid and received instead of, or in addition to, a sequence of smaller payments.

klunga

(obsolete) A dense and disorderly crowd.

klunk

The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.

klunka

To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.

kluns

(figuratively) A big (and possibly clumsy) person.

kluster

Any dense collection or amount.

kluven

Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.

klyfta

(by extension) A large difference of opinion.

klyftig

Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.

klyka

The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.

klypa

Ellipsis of clothes peg.

klyscha

(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.]

klyschor

(uncountable, pejorative) Empty, hypocritical talk.

klyva

(transitive) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.

klyva sig

(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.

klyvas

(transitive) (chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.

klyvbar

Able to be split.

klyvning

The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft. [from 19th c.]

klyvöppning

(botany) One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.

knäböja

(intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.

knäbyxor

(historical) A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.

knacka

(intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

knäckas

(intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.

knackning

An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.

knåda

(transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.

knäfalla

(intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.

knähund

A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.

knäkudde

A cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying. [from 16th c.]

knall

(firearms) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.

knalle

A small mound or rounded hill.

knallsucce

(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.

knap

(nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.

knåpa

(ambitransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

knapp

(botany) The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower.

knäppa

(transitive) A video of a person snapping their fingers. Alternative snapping technique To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.

knäppa upp

(intransitive, ergative) To come open by having its buttons unfastened.

knappast

(degree) Barely, only just, almost not.

knäppgök

(colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person. [from 1950s]

knapphål

(chiefly, British) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.

knapphålsblomma

(chiefly, British) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.

knapphet

(transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.

knäppis

(slang) A crazy person.

knappnål

A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.

knäppning

The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.

knappsats

A small board with keys primarily used for tactile input into a machine.

knäppskalle

(pejorative) A dunce, mentally dull or stupid person.

knappt

(not comparable, degree) Almost not at all.

knapra

Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites.

knaprande

A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.

knaprig

Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender.

knark

A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.

knarklangare

One who illegally sells recreational drugs.

knarr

A person who persistently grumbles; a complainer.

knarrande

Tending to creak.

knarrig

Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

knarv

A protrusion used to hang things on.

knasboll

(slang, chiefly, derogatory) Someone who is insane.

knäsena

(anatomy) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.

knasig

silly, quirky

knäskål

(anatomy) The flat, roundish bone in the knee.

knaster

A crunching noise.

knastra

(intransitive) To make a prolonged, frequent cracking sound which sounds like fizzing or popping.

knastrande

A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.

knekt

(cards) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or a soldier.

knep

A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."

knepig

Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult.

knipa

A medium sized sea duck, Bucephala clangula.

knipa igen

(transitive, slang) To shut up.

knippe

(countable) A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.

knipsa

(horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.

knipslug

Quickly and critically discerning.

kniptång

A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.

kniv

A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing or stabbing but too short to be called a sword; a dagger.

kniva

(transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.

knivhugga

(transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.

knivsmed

One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery.

knoga

(intransitive) To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.

knoge

Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.

knöl

An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.

knölpåk

A short staff, a club; a cudgel.