Swedish [ swee -dish ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈswi dɪʃ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
adjective
of or relating to Sweden, its inhabitants, or their language.
noun
the people of Sweden collectively.
a Germanic language, the language of Sweden and parts of Finland, closely related to Danish and Norwegian. Abbreviation : Sw
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OTHER WORDS FROM Swedish anti-Swedish, adjective non-Swedish, adjective, noun pro-Swedish, adjective pseudo-Swedish, adjective
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How to use Swedish in a sentence The unlikely protagonist of the first section is Ake Sellström, a Swedish chemical weapons researcher who led an international investigation of the Eastern Ghouta massacre and proved the Syrian government’s culpability.
Anyfin is a prime example of the potential of Stockholm’s second generation teams, coming out of the Swedish unicorns iZettle, Klarna and Spotify.
Swedish climate activist Thunberg tweeted in support of the protests, posting a link to the online toolkit Ravi is accused of helping to create.
She was vaccinated on a street corner close to Swedish Cherry Hill.
Anders Aslund, a Swedish economist, estimates Putin’s net worth is between $100 billion and $160 billion, which could make him the third richest man in the world after Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.
An 18-year-old Swedish rapper/Internet meme has inspired legions of impressionable teens to get based in bucket hats.
His first language was Russian, then he learned Swedish , but chooses to perform in monosyllabic broken English.
According to Adoflsson, the tradition is nothing more than good vs. evil, set in a quaint Swedish town.
The whole thing's in Swedish and clearly not to Hitchcock's taste.
He also wrote the single, “Divine Sorrow,” with Swedish DJ Avicii to help raise money for (RED).
The Swedish boatswain consoled him, and he modified his opinions as the voyage went on.
From some points, hundreds of acres of the Swedish and French may be seen, and they are rarely or never out of view.
A furious storm raged at the time, which destroyed two Swedish ships.
She was the daughter of a peasant of Livonia, married a Swedish dragoon, who was killed on the same day in battle.
At the time of Blcher's surrender at Lbeck he had treated with great courtesy certain Swedish prisoners.
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British Dictionary definitions for Swedish
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of Sweden, its people, or their language
noun
the official language of Sweden, belonging to the North Germanic branch of the Indo-European family: one of the two official languages of Finland
the Swedish (functioning as plural) the people of Sweden collectively
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