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