Swedish
Americanadjective
noun
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the people of Sweden collectively.
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a Germanic language, the language of Sweden and parts of Finland, closely related to Danish and Norwegian. Sw
adjective
noun
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the official language of Sweden, belonging to the North Germanic branch of the Indo-European family: one of the two official languages of Finland
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(functioning as plural) the people of Sweden collectively
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Origin of Swedish
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The Swedish carmaker, which is majority-owed by a Chinese company, already cut 3,000 jobs earlier this year and said it aims to save another $500 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Shares in Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars plunged Friday after it said US tariffs and strong competition from local brands in China pushed it into a third-quarter loss.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
They received asylum and eventually formed an integration team, the Mighty Cosmos, that advanced as high as the fifth division of Swedish soccer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The latest season, titled The Trip to the Northern Lights, is set in Scandinavia, as the duo move from Swedish hotels to remote Norwegian fishing huts while searching for the aurora borealis.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
On November 9 the announcement came, first by telegram and then by phone from the Swedish consulate in San Francisco.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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