Swedish–English dictionary

kolv

A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.

kölvatten

(uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water.

kolymasnäppa

Calidris tenuirostris, a species of wading bird.

kom

(procedure word, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and is expecting a response.

kom väl hem

Used to wish someone a good journey.

koma

A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.

komage

The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.

kombattant

A person engaged in combat, often armed.

kombination

The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.

kombinera

(transitive) To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).

kombinering

The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.

kombo

A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.

komedienn

An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.

komet

A celestial phenomenon with the appearance of such a body.

komfort

Contentment, ease.

komfortabel

Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable. [from 18th c.]

komiker

An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.

komisk

Amusing; humorous; comical. [from mid-18th c.]

komma

(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.

komma att

Expresses the prospective aspect relative to a given time frame: something that will happen, or is intended, at the time, to happen.

komma fram

(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.

komma fram till

(transitive) To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.

komma i dagen

(intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

komma i hamn

(intransitive) To land at a harbour.

komma i ljuset

(intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

komma ihåg

To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.

komma med

(transitive) To come into the company of.

komma något att bölja

(transitive) To cause to move in a wavelike motion.

komma överens

(intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

komma sig

(intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.

komma till att

(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall. [from 10th c.]

komma till liv

(intransitive) To regain consciousness.

komma undan

(intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.

kommande

Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.

kommando

An order to do something.

kommandobrygga

An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.

kommandosoldat

A commando trooper.

kommandostav

A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.

kommandostyrka

A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.

kommandotolk

(computing) A computer program that reads lines of text entered by a user and interprets them in the context of a given operating system or programming language.

kommendera

(transitive, military, law enforcement) To assign to a particular task.

kommendering

(military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.

kommendör

A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.

kommensurabel

(mathematics) (of two or more numbers) Divisible by the same number WP

kommentar

A comment added to a text.

kommissarie

(historical, early, _, Soviet Union) The head of a commissariat.

kommission

A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.

kommissionär

A member of a commission.

kommissionering

The process of assuring that all systems and components of a major piece of equipment, a process, a building or similar are designed, installed and tested according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client.

kommissionsledamot

A member of a commission.

kommitté

A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.

kommod

A chest of drawers.

kommun

A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).

kommun-

Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).

kommunalskatt

Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority. [from 17th c.]

kommundel

The territory of a town.

kommunicera

(by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.

kommunikationsfel

An interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired.

kommunion

A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.

kommunist

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

kommunistisk

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

kommunistiskt

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

kommutera

(intransitive, mathematics) Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.

komp

(music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.

kompakt

Compact; crowded together.

kompakthet

The state of being compact.

kompani

(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.

kompanjon

A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.

kompanjonskap

The state of being associated with a partner.

komparation

(grammar) A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.

komparativ

Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.

komparator

Any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard.

komparera

(transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).

kompass

A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).

kompatibel

Capable of easy interaction.

kompendium

A short, complete summary; an abstract.

kompensation

A recompense or reward for service.

kompetent

Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

kompilator

One who compiles.

kompilering

(countable, uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

komplementär

Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.

komplett

With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.

komplettera

(transitive) To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to.

komplex

Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.

komplexitet

(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.

komplicera

(transitive) To make more complex; to complicate.

komplicerad

Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.

komplikation

(countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.

komplimang

An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.

komplimentär

In the nature of a compliment.

komplimentera

(ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).

komplimenterande

In the nature of a compliment.

komplott

(loosely) An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.

komponent

A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.

komponera

(transitive) To position visually within a fixed boundary.

komponist

Especially, one who composes music.

komposition

(painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.

kompositör

Especially, one who composes music.

kompost

The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.

kompostera

To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.

komposttäckning

(agriculture, horticulture) Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.

kompott

A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup.

kompression

(computing) The process by which data is compressed.

komprimator

A machine that reduces the bulk of waste or other material by compaction.

komprimera

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

komprimering

(computing) The process by which data is compressed.

kompromettera

(transitive) To breach (a security system).

komprometterande

That compromises somebody or something; incriminating.

kompromiss

The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.

kompromissa

(intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.

kompromisslös

Principled.

kon

(topology) A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.

kon-

Unite: to unite into a collection indicated by the root word.

koncentrat

A substance that is in a condensed form.

koncentration

The ability to focus the thoughts.

koncentrera

(intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).

koncentrera sig

(intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).

koncentrerad

Highly concentrated, or packed into a small space.

koncept

Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).

konception

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.

konceptuell

Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

koncis

Brief, yet including all important information.

koncist

In a concise manner, briefly, without excessive length.

kondensation

The act or process of condensing or of being condensed

kondensator

(electronics) An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.

kondenserad

Highly concentrated, or packed into a small space.

kondensering

(physics, physical chemistry) The conversion of a gas to a liquid.

kondition

The health status of a medical patient.

konditionalis

(grammar) The conditional mood.

konditor

A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).

kondoleans

(countable, usually, in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.

kondottiär

(historical) A mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.

konduktör

(rail transport) A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.

konfederation

A union or alliance of states or political organizations.

konfekt

A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

konferens

A meeting or gathering.

konferera

(intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue. [from 16th c.]

konfession

(countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.

konfetti

Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.

konfidentiell

Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly

konfiguration

The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's shape.

konfigurera

(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking

konfigurering

The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's shape.

konfirmation

A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.

konfirmera

To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.

konfiskera

(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

konfiskering

The act or process of confiscating.

konflikt

Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.

konfluens

The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.

konfrontation

The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.