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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to Sweden. not-comparable
2. 2
   Of or pertaining to the Swedish language. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   of or relating to or characteristic of Sweden or its people or culture or language wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The language of Sweden and Åland (an autonomous part of Finland). Swedish is also one of the two official languages of Finland, spoken by 6% of the citizens. A very small minority in Estonia has Swedish as their mother tongue. countable, uncountable

   "For quotations using this term, see Citations:Swedish."

Synonyms

All synonyms

englishlanguageswedeswedish language

Example

More examples

"You are going to speak Swedish."

Etymology

From Swede + -ish. Cognate with Dutch Zweeds, German Schwedisch.

Related phrases

Finland SwedishOld SwedishSwedish BlueSwedish RiteSwedish Sign LanguageSwedish bittersSwedish drinkSwedish fishSwedish ladderSwedish limpa breadSwedish massageSwedish meatball

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.