"svenska" meaning in Swedish

See svenska in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /²svɛnska/ Audio: Sv-svenska.ogg
Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective form}} svenska
  1. inflection of svensk:
    definite singular
    Tags: definite, form-of, singular Form of: svensk
    Sense id: en-svenska-sv-adj-QNG1yutR
  2. inflection of svensk:
    plural
    Tags: form-of, plural Form of: svensk
    Sense id: en-svenska-sv-adj-qctics9A

Noun

IPA: /²svɛnska/ Audio: Sv-svenska.ogg
Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} svenska c, {{sv-noun|c}} svenska c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-or}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], svenska [indefinite, nominative, singular], svenskas [genitive, indefinite, singular], svenskan [definite, nominative, singular], svenskans [definite, genitive, singular], svenskor [indefinite, nominative, plural], svenskors [genitive, indefinite, plural], svenskorna [definite, nominative, plural], svenskornas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (uncountable) Swedish (language) Tags: common-gender, uncountable Categories (topical): Languages, Nationalities
    Sense id: en-svenska-sv-noun-CWE5GKCk Disambiguation of Languages: 1 20 57 23 Disambiguation of Nationalities: 1 2 55 42 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 9 2 9 11 2 7 29 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 9 2 9 11 2 7 29 21 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 70 18
  2. a female Swede Tags: common-gender Categories (place): Sweden
    Sense id: en-svenska-sv-noun-t-fI0VKb Disambiguation of Sweden: 0 0 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: finlandssvenska, fornsvenska, kanslisvenska, nusvenska, nysvenska, runsvenska, svensktalande, svenskspråkig

Inflected forms

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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "adjective form"
      },
      "expansion": "svenska",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "svensk"
        }
      ],
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        "inflection of svensk:",
        "definite singular"
      ],
      "id": "en-svenska-sv-adj-QNG1yutR",
      "links": [
        [
          "svensk",
          "svensk#Swedish"
        ]
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        "definite",
        "form-of",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "svensk"
        }
      ],
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        "inflection of svensk:",
        "plural"
      ],
      "id": "en-svenska-sv-adj-qctics9A",
      "links": [
        [
          "svensk",
          "svensk#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²svɛnska/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-svenska.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/Sv-svenska.ogg/Sv-svenska.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Sv-svenska.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sv:svenska"
  ],
  "word": "svenska"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "finlandssvenska"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fornsvenska"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kanslisvenska"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nusvenska"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nysvenska"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "runsvenska"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "svensktalande"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "svenskspråkig"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-or",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenska",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenskas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenskan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenskans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenskor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenskors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenskorna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenskornas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "svenska c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "svenska c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-or"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 2 9 11 2 7 29 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 2 9 11 2 7 29 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 10 70 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 20 57 23",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "Languages",
          "orig": "sv:Languages",
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            "Language",
            "Names",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
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            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 2 55 42",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "Nationalities",
          "orig": "sv:Nationalities",
          "parents": [
            "Demonyms",
            "People",
            "Names",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do you speak Swedish?",
          "text": "Talar du svenska?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She doesn't speak (much) Swedish",
          "text": "Hon talar inte (så mycket) svenska",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Excuse me, my Swedish isn't very good [is not so good]",
          "text": "Ursäkta, min svenska är inte så bra",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "How do you say that / it in Swedish?",
          "text": "Hur säger man det på svenska?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Vad heter det på svenska?\nWhat is that / it called in Swedish? [\"What is that / it named in Swedish?\" – \"Vad kallas det på svenska?\" (What is that / it called in Swedish?) is also perfectly clear, but a bit less idiomatic]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It can be difficult to practice your Swedish when people switch to English",
          "text": "Det kan vara svårt att öva sin svenska när folk byter till engelska",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Everyone speaks Swedish [common phrase on posters and covers and the like for dubbed movies]",
          "text": "Alla talar svenska",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "lånord i svenskan\nloan words in [the] Swedish [Definite corresponds to thinking of a language as an \"entity\" – compare \"in the Swedish language\"]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Swedish (language)"
      ],
      "id": "en-svenska-sv-noun-CWE5GKCk",
      "links": [
        [
          "Swedish",
          "Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) Swedish (language)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 9 91",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "Sweden",
          "orig": "sv:Sweden",
          "parents": [
            "Europe",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "– Är hennes kollega också norska? – Nej, hon är svenska.\n– Is her colleague also a [female] Norwegian? – No, she is a [female] Swede. [See vara for why there is no article. \"Hon är svensk\" also works.]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "two Swedish women",
          "text": "två svenskor",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female Swede"
      ],
      "id": "en-svenska-sv-noun-t-fI0VKb",
      "links": [
        [
          "Swede",
          "Swede"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²svɛnska/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-svenska.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/Sv-svenska.ogg/Sv-svenska.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Sv-svenska.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sv:svenska"
  ],
  "word": "svenska"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish adjective forms",
    "Swedish autological terms",
    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish non-lemma forms",
    "Swedish nouns",
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    "sv:Nationalities",
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        "1": "sv",
        "2": "adjective form"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "svensk"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of svensk:",
        "definite singular"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "svensk",
          "svensk#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "form-of",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "svensk"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of svensk:",
        "plural"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "svensk",
          "svensk#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²svɛnska/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-svenska.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/Sv-svenska.ogg/Sv-svenska.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Sv-svenska.ogg"
    }
  ],
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    "sv:svenska"
  ],
  "word": "svenska"
}

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    "Swedish autological terms",
    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish non-lemma forms",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "sv:Languages",
    "sv:Nationalities",
    "sv:Sweden"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "finlandssvenska"
    },
    {
      "word": "fornsvenska"
    },
    {
      "word": "kanslisvenska"
    },
    {
      "word": "nusvenska"
    },
    {
      "word": "nysvenska"
    },
    {
      "word": "runsvenska"
    },
    {
      "word": "svensktalande"
    },
    {
      "word": "svenskspråkig"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-or",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenska",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenskas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenskan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenskans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenskor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenskors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenskorna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svenskornas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
        "g": "c",
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        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "svenska c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "svenska c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Swedish terms with usage examples",
        "Swedish uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do you speak Swedish?",
          "text": "Talar du svenska?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She doesn't speak (much) Swedish",
          "text": "Hon talar inte (så mycket) svenska",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Excuse me, my Swedish isn't very good [is not so good]",
          "text": "Ursäkta, min svenska är inte så bra",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "How do you say that / it in Swedish?",
          "text": "Hur säger man det på svenska?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Vad heter det på svenska?\nWhat is that / it called in Swedish? [\"What is that / it named in Swedish?\" – \"Vad kallas det på svenska?\" (What is that / it called in Swedish?) is also perfectly clear, but a bit less idiomatic]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It can be difficult to practice your Swedish when people switch to English",
          "text": "Det kan vara svårt att öva sin svenska när folk byter till engelska",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Everyone speaks Swedish [common phrase on posters and covers and the like for dubbed movies]",
          "text": "Alla talar svenska",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "lånord i svenskan\nloan words in [the] Swedish [Definite corresponds to thinking of a language as an \"entity\" – compare \"in the Swedish language\"]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Swedish (language)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Swedish",
          "Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) Swedish (language)"
      ],
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        "common-gender",
        "uncountable"
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    },
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        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "– Är hennes kollega också norska? – Nej, hon är svenska.\n– Is her colleague also a [female] Norwegian? – No, she is a [female] Swede. [See vara for why there is no article. \"Hon är svensk\" also works.]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "two Swedish women",
          "text": "två svenskor",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female Swede"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Swede",
          "Swede"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²svɛnska/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-svenska.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/Sv-svenska.ogg/Sv-svenska.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Sv-svenska.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sv:svenska"
  ],
  "word": "svenska"
}

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