Swedish–English dictionary

knop

Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.

knopp

(slang) The human head.

knoppa

(intransitive) To form buds.

knoppas

(intransitive, archaic) Of plants, to bloom, bud.

knös

(informal) A wealthy person.

knotig

Knotty and misshapen.

knott

Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.

knubbig

(informal) Slightly fat.

knuff

A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.

knuffa

To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.

knull

(vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.

knulla

(transitive, , intransitive, US, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse (with).

knullsoffa

(slang) An actual couch or sofa used for this practice.

knusslig

Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.

Knut

(historical) A en given name used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.

knutpiska

A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.

knutpunkt

A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.

knutte

A person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles, sometimes a member of a motorcycle club.

knyck

(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

knycka

(transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. [First attested in the late 15th century.]

knyckla ihop

(transitive) To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.

knyta

To lie down to sleep, put oneself in one's bed.

knyta loss

(transitive) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.

knyta upp

(transitive) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.

knyte

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

knytnäve

A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.

ko

(loosely, or, informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.

ko-

Together: the root word is done co-incidently.

köa

(intransitive) To get into a line; especially, so as to wait one's turn.

koagulera

(intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.

koala

A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.

koalaunge

Ellipsis of joey word.

koalition

A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.

kobbe

A small island.

kobbel

(US, alcoholic beverages) An (iced) alcoholic drink containing spirit or wine, with lemon juice and sugar.

kobojsare

A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

kobolt

A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.

kobra

Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Naja.

kock

The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.

kockatris

(mythology) A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics.

kockmössa

(specifically) A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs

kod

A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.

koda

(music) A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.

kodare

(computing) A programmer (computer programmer).

kodein

(pharmaceutical drug) An addictive alkaloid narcotic derived from opium and used as a hypnotic, analgesic and antitussive; often mixed with aspirin etc.

kodning

(computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.

kofångare

(chiefly, Australia, NZ) A welded framework of metal bars at a vehicle's front, designed to protect it during collisions with animals, but often purchased as a fashion accessory.

koffein

An alkaloid, C8H10N4O2, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system. [from 1830]

koffeinfritt

(informal) A decaffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drink.

koffeinhaltig

Containing caffeine naturally (e.g., coffee, tea, and cacao) or as an additive (e.g., soft drinks, sports drinks, or energy drinks).

koffert

A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

kofot

An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.

kofta

A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool.

koger

(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

kogg

(historical) The hypothetical precursor ship type of the above said to be in use during the early Middle Ages, variously alleged to be Frisian or Scandinavian.

kognat

(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

kognitiv dissonans

(psychology) A conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs.

koherde

One who herds cattle; a cowboy.

koj

(nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.

koja

A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.

kök

(uncountable) The style or genre of food preparation.

koka

(ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.

koka bort

(intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.

kokabuske

The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past.

kokad

(of food) Prepared by cooking.

kokain

(uncountable, organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.

kokande

That boils or boil.

kokbanan

The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.

kokbok

A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.

kokett

A woman who flirts or plays with people's affections.

kokettera

To act as a flirt or coquet.

kokhet

(informal, hyperbole) Of a thing: extremely hot or active.

kokkonst

(countable, uncountable) A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.

kokning

(uncountable, countable) The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.

koko

(slang) Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.

kokos

(uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.

kokosfiber

The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.

koks

(uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.

koksalt

A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative.

köksbänk

In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.

köksmästare

The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.

kokt

Cooked in boiling water.

kol

(ecology, climate change, uncountable) Ellipsis of carbon dioxide.

kola

(countable, uncountable, informal) Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.

kolatom

(countable) An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.

kolbit

(uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.

köld

(uncountable) A condition of low temperature.

koldioxid

(ecology, climate change, uncountable) Ellipsis of carbon dioxide.

köldknäpp

A period of intensely cold weather.

köldskada

An injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes or the nose.

kolera

(pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.

kolerisk

(humorism, historical) Having a temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.

kolesterol

(biochemistry) A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lipoprotein that coats the walls of blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease.

kolgruva

A mine from which coal (such as lignite or anthracite) is mined.

kölhala

(nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.

kolhink

A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).

kolibri

Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.

kolik

(pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).

kolja

A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

kolka

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

kolkrita

(countable) A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.

koll

An inspection or examination.

kolla

(transitive) To inspect; to examine.

kollaboration

(uncountable) Treasonous cooperation.

kollaboratör

A person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy.

kollaborera

To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.

kollage

A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.

kollagen

(biochemistry) The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of the connective tissues of many animals.

kollaps

The act of collapsing.

kollapsa

(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

kollationera

(transitive) To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.

Kolle

A en given name or Charlene, also used as a formal given name, although less common than the male name.

kollega

A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.

kollegium

(chiefly, North American, Philippines) The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.

kollektbön

(Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.

kollektiv

(countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.

kollektivism

The practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.

kollektivist

An advocate of collectivism.

kollektivistisk

Of or pertaining to collectivism.

kollektivt

In a collective manner; viewed together as a whole; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately.

kollidering

An instance of colliding.

kollision

An instance of colliding.

kollokvium

An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.

Köln

The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.

kölna

An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.

kolofonium

(organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.

kolon

The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.

koloni

A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.

kolonialism

The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance.

kolonisation

The process of establishing a colony.

kolonisatör

A founder of a colony.

kolonisering

The process of establishing a colony.

kolonist

(historical) Any of the early English or Scottish settlers who were given the lands of the dispossessed Irish populace during the reign of Elizabeth I.

kolonn

(architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

kolonnad

A series of columns at regular intervals.

kolorerad

Coloured or tinted with dye, or as though therewith.

koloskopi

(medicine) The examination of the colon using a colonoscope.

kolossal

Extremely large or on a great scale.

Kolosseum

The largest stadium in the Roman empire, located near the center of Rome.

kolostomi

(surgery) An incision into the colon to allow for drainage; the opening produced in such incision.

kölrum

(nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.

kolsvart

Very dark black in colour.

kolsyrad

Containing carbon dioxide gas under pressure, especially pertaining to beverages, as natural mineral water or man-made drinks.

kolsyrat vatten

(idiomatic) Water that contains carbon dioxide dissolved in it under pressure and is intended for drinking.

koltbarn

A young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old.

kolteckning

(countable) A drawing made with charcoal.

koltrast

A bird of the species Turdus merula

kolumbarium

A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.

kolumn

A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.

kolumnist

A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper.