Swedish–English dictionary

kulting

A young pig.

kultivator

Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.

kultiverad

Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.

kultur

An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.

kulturarv

A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.

kulturell

Pertaining to culture.

kulvert

A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.

kumpan

(legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

kund

A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.

kundkrets

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.

kundservice

The act of providing services to customers before, during and after a purchase.

kundtjänst

The act of providing services to customers before, during and after a purchase.

kundvagn

A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.

kundvärvare

Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.

kung

A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.

kungadöme

A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

kungarike

A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

kunggöra

(transitive, obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.

kunglig

Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.

kungligt

In a royal manner.

kungöra

(transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.

kungörelse

That which conveys what is announced.

kungschampinjon

The mushroom Agaricus augustus.

kungsmynta

The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food.

kunna

(intransitive, catenative) (with full infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).

kunnig

Educated and well-informed.

kunnighet

Ability, skill, competence.

kunskap

The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. [from 14th c.]

kunskapa

(intransitive) To act as a spy.

kunskapare

One who researches.

kupa

Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.

kupé

A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.

kupera

(transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.

kuperad

(of a landscape) Abundant in hills; having many hills.

kupol

(architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.

kupong

A piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.

kupp

A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.

kuppmakare

One who usurps.

kur

A small rectangular shelter.

kurage

A quality of courage and endurance.

kurator

A professional who counsels people, especially on personal problems.

kurbits

The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.

kurd

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.

kurdisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family.

kurdiska

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.

Kurdistan

A cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.

kurera

(transitive) To restore to health.

kurfurste

(historical) A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector.

kurfurstendöme

(historical) The office, or area of dominion, of an Elector; an electorship.

kurfurstinna

(historical) A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector.

kurfurstlig

Of, or relating to elections.

kuria

The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church.

kuriös

(now, _, dialectal) Strange or odd; unusual. [from 14th c.]

kuriositet

A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest. [from 17th c.]

kuriosum

A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest. [from 17th c.]

kurir

A person who delivers messages.

kurort

A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.

kurra

(intransitive, of a cat) To make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented or in certain other conditions.

kurs

A series of lessons covering a single subject.

kursiv

(of writing) Having successive letters joined together.

Kursk

A city in Kursk Oblast, the administrative centre of Kursky Raion and Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1032, scene in 1943 of the largest battle in human history.

kurtage

The commission paid to a broker.

kurtisera

(transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's affection/support.

kurva

(mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.

kurvig

(of a, woman) Having shapely and voluptuous curves; curvy.

kusin

(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.

kusk

One who drives a carriage for a living.

kuskbock

The driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.

kuslig

Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird.

kuslighet

The condition of being eerie.

kusligt

In an eerie manner.

kussimurra

A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.

kust

The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. [from 14th c.]

kust-

Close to (especially in sight of) a shore.

kustfarare

A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.

kustlinje

The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. (The term coastline is generally used to describe the approximate boundaries at relatively large spatial scales.)

kustnära

(geography) Relating to the coast; on or near the coast; longshore.

kustsk

(geography) Relating to the coast; on or near the coast; longshore.

kustsnäppa

One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).

kut

A young seal.

kutter

The murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon.

kuttra

(ambitransitive) To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon.

kuva

(transitive) To force to submit.

kuvert

A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.

kvack

The sound made by a duck.

kvacka

To make a noise like a duck.

kvacksalvare

(pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630]

kvacksalveri

(countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.

kväda

(transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.

kväde

A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.

kvadrant

(nautical) An instrument for measuring angles, particularly of elevation.

kvadrat

Shaped like a square (the polygon).

kvadrat-

Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.

kvadratisk

(mathematics) Of a polynomial, equation or function, second-degree: involving the second power (square) of a variable but no higher powers, as ax^2 + bx + c.

kvadratiskt

(geometry) In the shape of a square; at right angles.

kvadrera

(transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.

kvadrerad

(heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.

kvadriljon

(dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000,0004): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 1024.

kvadrupel

Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.

kväk

The call of a frog or toad.

kväka

(intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its vocal sound.

kväkare

A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.

kval

(Dated) Violent contest or striving.

kvalificera

To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.

kvalificerad

Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.

kvalificering

An examination that must be taken in order to qualify.

kvalitativ

Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity.

kvalitativt

(chemistry) Of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound.

kvalité

(occasionally, proscribed) (attributive) Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose; of high quality.

kvalitet

(occasionally, proscribed) (attributive) Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose; of high quality.

kväljande

Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting. [from 17th c.]

kväljning

A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.

kväll

(archaic, or, poetic) Evening.

kvällning

The close of the day; the coming of night.

kvällsmat

Food consumed before going to bed.

kvällstidning

(countable, metonym) The news organization that produces such a publication.

kvalmig

(weather) Hot and humid; sweltering. [from late 16th c.]

kvalster

Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).

kvant-

(physics) Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.

kvantbit

(quantum computing) A quantum bit; the basic unit of quantum information described by a superposition of two states; a quantum bit in a quantum computer capable of being in a state of superposition; A binary qudit.

kvantifiera

(logic) To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃).

kvantifikator

(logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.

kvantitativ

Of a measurements and data types: based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality.

kvantitativt

(chemistry) Of a form of analysis, that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample.

kvantitet

A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.

kvantor

(logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.

kvantum

(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]

kvar

(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.

kvarg

A soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow's milk, originating from and eaten throughout central, northern, eastern, and southeastern Europe, as well as the Low Countries.

kvark

A soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow's milk, originating from and eaten throughout central, northern, eastern, and southeastern Europe, as well as the Low Countries.

kvarka

A disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi.

kvarlåta

(transitive) To transfer possession of after death.

kvarleva

(figurative) An unpleasant relic left from prior events.

kvarlevor

The body or any of its matter that are left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

kvarn

The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.

kvarsittning

(pedagogy) A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.

kvarstå

To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

kvarstående vintergräs

(UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.

kvart

A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the underside of the toes of animals.

kvarta

(intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.

kvartal

(now, historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. [from 14th c.]

kvartalsvis

Once every quarter year (three months).

kvartär

(geology) The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs.

kvarter

The smallest part of a town enclosed by streets.

kvartermästare

(military rank) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies. Master of quartering.

kvartersbomb

A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.

kvarts

(historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard. [from 14th c.]

kvarvara

(mostly, in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.

kvarvarande

Still in existence; not having disappeared.

kväsa

(transitive, often, reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.