Work

"Work" in Swedish

arbete

(labour, employment, occupation, job)

arbete

(place where one is employed)

arbete

(effort expended on a particular task)

arbete

(result of a particular manner of production)

arbete

(physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object)

jobb

(labour, employment, occupation, job)

jobb

(place where one is employed)

verk

(literary, artistic, or intellectual production)

arbeta

(to do a specific task)

arbeta

(to cause to move or progress)

bearbeta

(to shape, form, or improve a material)

bearbeta

(to influence)

driva

(to force to work)

fungera

(to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for)

fungera

(to behave in a certain way when handled.)

funka

(to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for)

(to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for)

jobba

(to do a specific task)

åstadkomma

(to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate)

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