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Swede en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /swiːd/

Etymology

From Middle Low German Swêde, from a Germanic word akin to Old Norse Svíþjóð, Old English Swēoþēod (“Sweden”, literally “Swede nation”), itself from Swēo (“Swede”), from Proto-Germanic *swihô (“Swede”). Cognate with Dutch Zweed, German Schwede. Doublet of suede.

Meanings

1. A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.
   • For the past nine years Swedes have been frustrated by foreign submarines probing their coastal waters. 1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 613:
2. (historical) A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden.

Forms

Deriveds

Swedish · Swedeling · Finland-Swede · Swedesburg · Finland Swede · Swedeland · swede · Swedistan · Swedishness

Relateds

Sweden

Translations (111)

hy շվեդ (person from Sweden) · sl Švéd (person from Sweden) · it svedese (person from Sweden) · ckb سوێدی (person from Sweden) · eo svedo (person from Sweden) · az isveçli (person from Sweden) · ang Swēon (person from Sweden) · nl Zweedse (person from Sweden) · mk Швеѓанец (person from Sweden) · lv zviedrs (person from Sweden) · mt żvediża (person from Sweden) · he שוודי (person from Sweden) · el Σουηδέζος (person from Sweden) · fo svíi (person from Sweden) · sv svensk (person from Sweden) · ky швед (person from Sweden) · nn svenske (person from Sweden) · ro suedeză (person from Sweden) · tg швед (person from Sweden) · ce швед (person from Sweden) · cy Swediad (person from Sweden) · es sueco (person from Sweden) · ru свей (member of the ancient North Germanic tribe) · bg шве́дка (person from Sweden) · da svensker (person from Sweden) · eo svedino (person from Sweden) · sh Швеђанка (person from Sweden) · es sueca (person from Sweden) · bg швед (person from Sweden) · nb svear (member of the ancient North Germanic tribe) · pl Szwedka (person from Sweden) · cs Švédka (person from Sweden) · nb svenske (person from Sweden) · sw Mswidi (person from Sweden) · non svíar (member of the ancient North Germanic tribe) · kmr swêdî (person from Sweden) · de Schwedin (person from Sweden) · rsk Шведянка (person from Sweden) · fr Suédois (person from Sweden) · ro suedez (person from Sweden) · uk швед (person from Sweden) · chr ᎠᏍᏫᏗ (person from Sweden) · fr Suédoise (person from Sweden) · lt švedas (person from Sweden) · kk швед (person from Sweden) · el Σουηδός (person from Sweden) · mt żvediż (person from Sweden) · sh Švéđānka (person from Sweden) · ru швед (person from Sweden) · sk Švédka (person from Sweden) · fi ruotsalainen (person from Sweden) · rsk Шведян (person from Sweden) · pt sueca (person from Sweden) · gl sueco (person from Sweden) · uz shved (person from Sweden) · sv svear (member of the ancient North Germanic tribe) · vec svedexe (person from Sweden) · ga Sualannach (person from Sweden) · ka შვედი (person from Sweden) · sq suedez (person from Sweden) · fa سوئدی (person from Sweden) · gd Suaineach (person from Sweden) · tr İsveçli (person from Sweden) · sh Шве́ђанин (person from Sweden) · non svíar (person from Sweden) · sl Švédinja (person from Sweden) · de Svear (member of the ancient North Germanic tribe) · sh Швеђ (person from Sweden) · ar سُوِيدِيّ (person from Sweden) · sh Švéđanin (person from Sweden) · sk Švéd (person from Sweden) · ca suec (person from Sweden) · el Σουηδέζα (person from Sweden) · hu svéd (person from Sweden) · hi स्वीडिश (person from Sweden) · lt švedė (person from Sweden) · pt sueco (person from Sweden) · nn svear (member of the ancient North Germanic tribe) · lv zviedriete (person from Sweden) · et rootslane (person from Sweden) · sv svenne (person from Sweden) · cmn 瑞典人 (person from Sweden) · io Suediano (person from Sweden) · mk Швеѓанка (person from Sweden) · haw Kuekene (person from Sweden) · fo svenskari (person from Sweden) · nl Zweed (person from Sweden) · ko 스웨덴 사람 (person from Sweden) · cs Švéd (person from Sweden) · scn sbidisi (person from Sweden) · ko 스웨덴인 (person from Sweden) · el Σουηδή (person from Sweden) · fo svii (person from Sweden) · ca sueca (person from Sweden) · uk шве́дка (person from Sweden) · br Svedad (person from Sweden) · yi שוועד (person from Sweden) · ast suecu (person from Sweden) · gl sueca (person from Sweden) · sv svenska (person from Sweden) · se ruoŧŧẹlaš (person from Sweden) · is Svíi (person from Sweden) · af Sweed (person from Sweden) · pl Szwed (person from Sweden) · ru шве́дка (person from Sweden) · sh Švȅd (person from Sweden) · hi स्वीडियाई (person from Sweden) · ast sueca (person from Sweden) · de Schwede (person from Sweden) · got 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (member of the ancient North Germanic tribe) · ja スウェーデン人 (person from Sweden)