Swedish Vocabulary

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fram

forward

bland

among

inom

within

väl

well / probably

enligt

according to

sätt

way / method

ändå

still / anyway

dock

however

ur

out of / from

hos

at / with (someone's place)

gäller

applies / concerns

nog

probably / enough

fall

case / fall

trots

despite

kvar

remaining / left

samtidigt

at the same time / simultaneously

dessutom

in addition

inför

in the face of / ahead of

stället

place (from "i stället" = instead)

fast

although / firm

medan

while

enda

only / single

egen

own

sist

last

bakom

behind

hand

hand

väg

road / way

framför

in front of

dom

they / them (colloquial spelling of “de/dem”)

böra

ought to (archaic/formal)

hålla

hold / keep

par

couple / pair

handla

shop / act / be about

heller

either (in negative context)

gått

gone (past participle of "gå")

vidare

further / onward

låg

low / lay (past tense of "ligga")

anser

considers

egna

own (plural or definite form)

bild

picture / image

klar

ready / clear

särskild

particular / special

mål

goal

sida

side / page

innebär

means / implies

egentligen

actually / really

emot

against

kring

around / about

ihop

together

företag

company / business

snart

soon

därmed

thereby

cirka

approximately

ned

down

miljard

billion

viss

certain

fel

wrong / mistake

sådan

such

beslut

decision

ute

out / outside

förslag

proposal / suggestion

steg

step

höll

held / kept (past tense of "hålla")

möjlig

possible

säker

sure / safe

gott

good (neuter form) / well

alldeles

completely / just

ordförande

chairperson

mej

me (colloquial spelling of “mig”)

dryg

tedious / arrogant (can also mean slightly more than a number)

form

form / shape

kort

short / card

stöd

support

the

the (borrowed English article, sometimes used in informal speech)

gärna

gladly / willingly

hög

high / tall

plötslig

sudden

grund

foundation / reason

vinna

win

hittills

so far / up to now

endast

only

krav

demand / requirement

mera

more

ena

one (of two) / unite

enkel

simple / easy

sej

oneself (colloquial spelling of “sig”)

hård

hard / tough

minut

minute

nämligen

namely / you see

låta

let / sound

igenom

through

övrig

other / remaining

sådant

such (neuter form)

vore

would be (subjunctive form of "vara")

främst

primarily / chiefly

antal

number / amount

åtminstone

at least

knappast

hardly

å

and (dialectal or poetic), also a river (noun)

inne

inside