"Swenglish" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Blend of Swedish + English Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Swedish|English}} Blend of Swedish + English Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Swenglish (uncountable)
  1. (colloquial) The English language as spoken with Swedish influences. Tags: colloquial, uncountable Translations (English with Swedish influence): svengelska [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Swenglish-en-noun-VJhxNoXr Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English blends: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'English with Swedish influence': 56 44
  2. (colloquial) The Swedish language as spoken with English influences. Tags: colloquial, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Swenglish-en-noun-rh2biEsa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Swedish with English influence): svengelska [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'Swedish with English influence': 49 51
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