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
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Swedish
Example Sentences
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The Swedish telecommunications-equipment manufacturer said Tuesday that Narvinger, who currently heads the key networks business, will take over the top job on Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
"I feel very Swedish when I'm working," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
The pilot project is a joint enterprise by housing association BRF Stenberg, carmaker Volkswagen and Swedish utility company Vattenfall.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
The event was registered by seismic devices nearly a thousand miles away, as far as Sweden’s polar region, according to the Swedish seismologist Björn Lund.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
But these categories, originally devised by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in the mid-1700s, were purely descriptive, not mechanistic.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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