Jordan

From Old Swedish Iordan. Cognate with Old Danish Jordanus (partially latinized).

Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)


älv

älv (indefinite nominative singular)
älven (definite nominative singular)
älvar (indefinite nominative plural)
älvarna (definite nominative plural)
älvs (genitive indefinite singular)
älvens (definite genitive singular)
älvars (genitive indefinite plural)
älvarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse elfr, from Proto-Germanic *albī (“river”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål elv, German Elbe.


Kongo

Congo (a large river in Africa, which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo)


nor

nor (indefinite nominative singular)
noret (definite nominative singular)
nor (indefinite nominative plural)
noren (definite nominative plural)
nors (genitive indefinite singular)
norets (definite genitive singular)
nors (genitive indefinite plural)
norens (definite genitive plural)

Inherited from Old Swedish nor, from Proto-Germanic *narwaz. Cognate with English narrow.


Svartån

svart (“black”) + å (“river”) + -n (“the”)

af

the name of several streams or smaller rivers in different places in Sweden and Finland


golf

golf (indefinite nominative singular)
golfen (definite nominative singular)
golfer (indefinite nominative plural)
golferna (definite nominative plural)
golfs (genitive indefinite singular)
golfens (definite genitive singular)
golfers (genitive indefinite plural)
golfernas (definite genitive plural)
golf (indefinite nominative uncountable)
golfen (definite nominative uncountable)
golfs (genitive indefinite uncountable)
golfens (definite genitive uncountable)

Mexikanska golfen


å

From two a’s written on top of each other; compare ä and ö.

The third to last letter of the Swedish alphabet, called å and written in the Latin script.


fjord

fjord (indefinite nominative singular)
fjorden (definite nominative singular)
fjordar (indefinite nominative plural)
fjordarna (definite nominative plural)
fjords (genitive indefinite singular)
fjordens (definite genitive singular)
fjordars (genitive indefinite plural)
fjordarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish fiordher, from Old Norse fjǫrðr, from Proto-Norse *ᚠᛖᚱᚦᚢᛉ (*ferþuʀ), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Doublet of fjärd.


meander

meander (indefinite nominative singular)
meandern (definite nominative singular)
meander (indefinite nominative plural)
meanderna (definite nominative plural)
meanders (genitive indefinite singular)
meanderns (definite genitive singular)
meanders (genitive indefinite plural)
meandernas (definite genitive plural)

From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros).


flod

flod (indefinite nominative singular)
floden (definite nominative singular)
floder (indefinite nominative plural)
floderna (definite nominative plural)
flods (genitive indefinite singular)
flodens (definite genitive singular)
floders (genitive indefinite plural)
flodernas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse flóð, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₃tus. Compare Danish flod, Icelandic flóð, English flood, Dutch vloed, German Flut.


sjö

sjö (indefinite nominative singular)
sjön (definite nominative singular)
sjöar (indefinite nominative plural)
sjöarna (definite nominative plural)
sjös (genitive indefinite singular)
sjöns (definite genitive singular)
sjöars (genitive indefinite plural)
sjöarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish siœr, from Old Norse sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Cognate with English sea.

ocean

very large body of water, such as the Atlantic

Östersjön


bäck

bäck (indefinite nominative singular)
bäcken (definite nominative singular)
bäckar (indefinite nominative plural)
bäckarna (definite nominative plural)
bäcks (genitive indefinite singular)
bäckens (definite genitive singular)
bäckars (genitive indefinite plural)
bäckarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish bækker, from Old Norse bekkr, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰog-. Compare English beck


sund

sund (indefinite nominative singular)
sundet (definite nominative singular)
sund (indefinite nominative plural)
sunden (definite nominative plural)
sunds (genitive indefinite singular)
sundets (definite genitive singular)
sunds (genitive indefinite plural)
sundens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥tóm.

Gibraltar sund

(geography) a strait, a sound (relatively narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water at the same level, or going between an island and the mainland or between two islands)


ström

ström (indefinite nominative singular)
strömmen (definite nominative singular)
strömmar (indefinite nominative plural)
strömmarna (definite nominative plural)
ströms (genitive indefinite singular)
strömmens (definite genitive singular)
strömmars (genitive indefinite plural)
strömmarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish strömber, from Old Norse straumr, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srówmos, from *srew- (“to flow”).

stream; any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words


tjärn

tjärn (indefinite nominative singular)
tjärnen (definite nominative singular)
tjärnar (indefinite nominative plural)
tjärnarna (definite nominative plural)
tjärns (genitive indefinite singular)
tjärnens (definite genitive singular)
tjärnars (genitive indefinite plural)
tjärnarnas (definite genitive plural)


Östersjön

Compound of öster (“eastern”) + sjö (“sea”).
From Old Norse Austrsjór.


Södra ishavet

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Södra ishavet c (genitive Södra ishavets)


Arktiska havet

Arktisk havet n (genitive Arktiska havets)

Arktisk havet (canonical neuter)
Arktiska havets (genitive)


Indiska oceanen

Indiska oceanen c (genitive Indiska oceanens)


Norra ishavet

Norra ishavet n (genitive Norra ishavets)


Södra oceanen

Södra oceanen c (genitive Södra oceanens)


Tornedalen

[ˈtʰoə̯ɳəˌdɑːlən]

Torne Valley (the valley around river Torne, at the border of Sweden and Finland)


Vänern

Inherited from Old Norse Vænir, probably related to Old Norse vænn (“promising”).


Donau

Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2850 km from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania)


Antarktiska oceanen

Antarktiska oceanen c (genitive Antarktiska oceanens)


damm

damm (indefinite nominative singular)
dammen (definite nominative singular)
dammar (indefinite nominative plural)
dammarna (definite nominative plural)
damms (genitive indefinite singular)
dammens (definite genitive singular)
dammars (genitive indefinite plural)
dammarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish damber, dampn, from Old Norse dammr, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.


Mexikanska golfen

Mexikanska golfen c (genitive Mexikanska golfens)


vik

vik (indefinite nominative singular)
viken (definite nominative singular)
vikar (indefinite nominative plural)
vikarna (definite nominative plural)
viks (genitive indefinite singular)
vikens (definite genitive singular)
vikars (genitive indefinite plural)
vikarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

Persiska viken

more vik-shaped compared to Mexikanska golfen ()

en mysig liten vik

en skyddad vik

(geography) a bay, an inlet, (in the British sense) a creek (a (relatively long and narrow) inlet from the sea or a lake, as might instead and more specifically be called a fjord (“fjord”) if surrounded by cliffs (and substantially long))

a cove (when a small, sheltered vik – see also bukt)

a gulf (when shaped like a vik, especially in the names of some gulfs that are shaped more or less like a vik)

Vi bor längst in i viken

segla in i viken

simma över viken

Det bor några vikingar i viken

There are some Vikings living in the bay/creek (possibly though controversially related)


kanal

kanal (indefinite nominative singular)
kanalen (definite nominative singular)
kanaler (indefinite nominative plural)
kanalerna (definite nominative plural)
kanals (genitive indefinite singular)
kanalens (definite genitive singular)
kanalers (genitive indefinite plural)
kanalernas (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: kanaali

a channel (used in the names of some natural, relatively narrow waterways, for example "Engelska kanalen" (the English Channel))


hamn

hamn (indefinite nominative singular)
hamnen (definite nominative singular)
hamnar (indefinite nominative plural)
hamnarna (definite nominative plural)
hamns (genitive indefinite singular)
hamnens (definite genitive singular)
hamnars (genitive indefinite plural)
hamnarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish hamn, hampn, from Old Norse hǫfn, from Proto-Germanic *habnō.

Så se på mig. Åhå, en hamn i stormen. Som en våg, som fötts att bära dig.

1995, “Se på mig [Look at me]”, Ingela "Pling" Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist (music)performed by Jan Johansen:

So look at me. Oh-ho, a harbor in the storm. Like a wave, born [that has been born] to carry you.

a harbor, a haven (place or circumstance providing security)


Amur

Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)


lagun

lagun (indefinite nominative singular)
lagunen (definite nominative singular)
laguner (indefinite nominative plural)
lagunerna (definite nominative plural)
laguns (genitive indefinite singular)
lagunens (definite genitive singular)
laguners (genitive indefinite plural)
lagunernas (definite genitive plural)

From French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacuna "pond, hole", from lacus "pond, lake".


bukt

bukt (indefinite nominative singular)
bukten (definite nominative singular)
bukter (indefinite nominative plural)
bukterna (definite nominative plural)
bukts (genitive indefinite singular)
buktens (definite genitive singular)
bukters (genitive indefinite plural)
bukternas (definite genitive plural)

(geography) a broad, smoothly curved indentation in a coastline; a bay, a gulf, a bight

en skyddad bukt

a cove (when a sheltered bukt – see also vik)

a more or less circular bend (in a trajectory or something long and narrow)


Roxen

A lake in Sweden, north of the town Linköping in Östergötland, part of Göta Canal


Hjälmaren

Sweden's fourth largest lake, east of the town Örebro


Boren

A lake in Sweden, east of the town Motala in Östergötland, part of Göta Canal


Fagertärn

A lake in south-central Sweden, in Tiveden


Stångån

A river in Sweden, flowing north through Småland and Östergötland into lake Roxen at Linköping


Motala ström

A river in Sweden, draining lake Vättern at Motala (whence the name) into the Baltic Sea at Norrköping


Glan

A lake in Sweden, west of the town of Norrköping in Östergötland, part of Motala ström


Bolmen

Unknown. Possibly derived from Old Swedish *bolmber (“large; expansive”). Compare with the verb bolma (“billow”). Earliest known individual form attested since 1689 as New Latin Bollmen Lacus (“Lake Bolmen”); but part of Old Swedish Bolmsø (“Bolmen island”) since 1293.
See also the lakeside locality Odensjö (literally “Odin's Lake”), which is proposedly derived from a former name of lake Bolmen.

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Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 43, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 243, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages


Vättern

Vättern, Sweden's second and Europe's sixth largest lake


Kattegatt

Kattegat; a part of the Atlantic between Sweden and Denmark


vattenmassa

vattenmassa (indefinite nominative singular)
vattenmassan (definite nominative singular)
vattenmassor (indefinite nominative plural)
vattenmassorna (definite nominative plural)
vattenmassas (genitive indefinite singular)
vattenmassans (definite genitive singular)
vattenmassors (genitive indefinite plural)
vattenmassornas (definite genitive plural)

Compound of vatten (“water”) + massa (“mass”). First attested in 1740.
Cognate with German Wassermasse.

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vattenmassa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)


simbassäng

simbassäng (indefinite nominative singular)
simbassängen (definite nominative singular)
simbassänger (indefinite nominative plural)
simbassängerna (definite nominative plural)
simbassängs (genitive indefinite singular)
simbassängens (definite genitive singular)
simbassängers (genitive indefinite plural)
simbassängernas (definite genitive plural)


insjö

insjö (indefinite nominative singular)
insjön (definite nominative singular)
insjöar (indefinite nominative plural)
insjöarna (definite nominative plural)
insjös (genitive indefinite singular)
insjöns (definite genitive singular)
insjöars (genitive indefinite plural)
insjöarnas (definite genitive plural)


Inn

Inn (a right tributary of the Danube in Switzerland, Austria and Germany)


Öresund

English: Öresund

German: Öresund

From Old Norse ura suti (“in the ear-sound”), akin to Danish Øresund, Norwegian Bokmål Øresund, Norwegian Nynorsk Øresund and Icelandic Eyrarsund.

Oresund (a strait in Northern Europe, which separates Denmark and Sweden)


Vadehavet

Compare with German Wattenmeer and Dutch Waddenzee


bassäng

bassäng (indefinite nominative singular)
bassängen (definite nominative singular)
bassänger (indefinite nominative plural)
bassängerna (definite nominative plural)
bassängs (genitive indefinite singular)
bassängens (definite genitive singular)
bassängers (genitive indefinite plural)
bassängernas (definite genitive plural)


Arktiska oceanen

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Arktiska oceanen c (genitive Arktiska oceanens)


Halen

A lake in Blekinge, in southeastern Sweden


Lagan

Inherited from Old Swedish Lagha, derived from Old Swedish lagher (“water; liquid”).First attested in the circa 1300.
Town sense; from the train station in Berga parish, which was named after the local posthouse, which was named after the nearby river Lagan. This because the name Berga was already take by the posthouse and station in Högsby parish. First attested in 1893.

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Lagan in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 184, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

A river in Jönköping county, Kronoberg county and Halland county, Sweden; which flows into Laholm Bay, Kattegat.

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A river in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom


Barents hav

Named after Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz.


ishav

ishav (indefinite nominative singular)
ishavet (definite nominative singular)
ishav (indefinite nominative plural)
ishaven (definite nominative plural)
ishavs (genitive indefinite singular)
ishavets (definite genitive singular)
ishavs (genitive indefinite plural)
ishavens (definite genitive plural)

ice-covered ocean (e.g. the Arctic or Southern Ocean)


Vidöstern

A lake in Ljungby and Värnamo municipality in southern Sweden


Lenne

A toponym for rivers and settlements in Germany


världshav

världshav (indefinite nominative singular)
världshavet (definite nominative singular)
världshav (indefinite nominative plural)
världshaven (definite nominative plural)
världshavs (genitive indefinite singular)
världshavets (definite genitive singular)
världshavs (genitive indefinite plural)
världshavens (definite genitive plural)

Compound of värld (“world”) + -s- + hav (“sea”). Compare German Weltmeer, Dutch wereldzee.


Yggersrydsjön

A lake in Sweden, between Nybro and Växjö, close to Åfors


Hosjön

ho c (“trough, sink”) + sjön c (“lake”, definite singular noun).

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Hosjön (a lake in Falun, Dalarna, Sweden).


Gaviksfjärden

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Gaviksfjärden c (genitive Gaviksfjärdens)


Ullångersfjärden

Ullångersfjärden c (genitive Ullångersfjärdens)

A bay between Gaviksfjärden and Näskefjärden


Hålnan

A lake in Sweden, in Långshyttan area, having a trefaldighetskälla on its southern coast


Lången

Related to lång (“long”), although not all of the lakes with this name has a long form.