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The entire Swedish to English word list is available in PDF see [[Image:Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011.pdf]].<br>  
The entire Swedish to English word list is available in PDF see [[Image:Swedish to English Word List from the FamilySearch Wiki May 2011.pdf]].<br>  
== LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS  ==
Swedish is spoken in Sweden and parts of Finland. The Swedish language was used in official records of Finland until the end of the 1800s.
==== Variant Forms of Words  ====
In Swedish, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. ''Who—whose—whom'' or ''marry—marries— married'' are examples of words in English with variant forms. The endings of a word in a document may differ from those in this list. Also, vowels sometimes have diacritical marks indicating a variant spelling of a Swedish word (for example the conjugation of a verb.) Note the following examples:


{| width="99%" class="wikitable sortable"
{| width="50%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" align="center" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Swedish
| ''man <br>mannen <br>män <br>männen''
! scope="col" | English
| man <br>the man <br>men <br>the men
| ''yrke <br>yrket <br>yrken <br>yrkena''
| profession <br>the profession <br>professions <br>the professions
|}
 
==== Alphabetical Order  ====
 
Swedish has three additional letters not found in the English alphabet: '''''Å (å), Ä (ä),''''' and '''''Ö (ö)'''''. Alphabetically, these letters come after '''''z'''''. The letter Å (å) was always used in Swedish as a letter of its own (unlike the Aa in Danish and Norwegian). Swedish dictionaries, indexes, the[https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Place Search] of the [[Introduction to the Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]], and this word list use the following alphabetical order:
 
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z å ä ö
 
<br>
 
==== Spelling  ====
 
{| width="35%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" align="center" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|-
|-
| adelsman
| align="right" | '''''ä <br>i <br>j <br>k <br>t <br>v <br>tj <br>sk <br>s'''''
| nobleman
|  
|-
| align="center" | used for <br>used for <br>used for <br>used for <br>used for <br>used for <br>used for <br>used for <br>used for
| arton(de)
|  
| eighteen (eighteenth)
| '''''e <br>j <br>g, gj, hj, lj, dj <br>ck, ch, g, gg, c, q <br>d, th, tt <br>hv, fv, ffv, f, w <br>k, kj, ch <br>skj, sch, sj, stj<br>ss, c, z'''''
|}
 
Examples:
 
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|-
|-
| adlig
| align="right" | ''änka <br>mjölnare <br>kärr''
| noble
| align="center" | spelled as <br>spelled as <br>spelled as
|-
| ''enka <br>miölnare<br>tjärr''
| adopterad
|}
| adopted
 
|-
Spelling rules were not standardized in earlier centuries. The following spelling variations are common.
| adress
 
| address
b used for p<br>
|-
 
| adressbok
c used for k
| directory
 
|-
d used for t<br>
| afton
 
| evening
f used for v
|-
 
| aldrig
g used for k<br>
| never
 
i used for j
 
x used for ks<br>
 
q used for k
 
w used for v<br>
 
e used for ä
 
u used for v
 
ch used for k<br>
 
tj used for ki
 
Examples:
 
skov spelled as schov<br>
 
kvinna spelled as qvinna<br>
 
== Word List ==
{| width="99%" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
| alla, allt
! scope="col" | Swedish
| all
! scope="col" | English
|-
|-
| alltid
| adelsman
| always
| nobleman
|-
|-
| ambarn  
| arton(de)
| nursing child
| eighteen (eighteenth)
|-
| adlig
| noble
|-
| adopterad
| adopted
|-
| adress
| address
|-
| adressbok
| directory
|-
| afton
| evening
|-
| aldrig
| never
|-
| alla, allt
| all
|-
| alltid
| always
|-
| ambarn  
| nursing child
|-
|-
| andra  
| andra  
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| upper
| upper
|}
|}
<br>
== LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS  ==
Swedish is spoken in Sweden and parts of Finland. The Swedish language was used in official records of Finland until the end of the 1800s.
==== Variant Forms of Words  ====
In Swedish, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. ''Who—whose—whom'' or ''marry—marries— married'' are examples of words in English with variant forms. The endings of a word in a document may differ from those in this list. Also, vowels sometimes have diacritical marks indicating a variant spelling of a Swedish word (for example the conjugation of a verb.) Note the following examples:
{| width="50%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" align="center" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|-
| ''man <br>mannen <br>män <br>männen''
| man <br>the man <br>men <br>the men
| ''yrke <br>yrket <br>yrken <br>yrkena''
| profession <br>the profession <br>professions <br>the professions
|}
==== Alphabetical Order  ====
Swedish has three additional letters not found in the English alphabet: '''''Å (å), Ä (ä),''''' and '''''Ö (ö)'''''. Alphabetically, these letters come after '''''z'''''. The letter Å (å) was always used in Swedish as a letter of its own (unlike the Aa in Danish and Norwegian). Swedish dictionaries, indexes, the[https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Place Search] of the [[Introduction to the Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]], and this word list use the following alphabetical order:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z å ä ö
<br>
==== Spelling  ====
{| width="35%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" align="center" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|-
| align="right" | '''''ä <br>i <br>j <br>k <br>t <br>v <br>tj <br>sk <br>s'''''
|
| align="center" | used for <br>used for <br>used for <br>used for <br>used for <br>used for <br>used for <br>used for <br>used for
|
| '''''e <br>j <br>g, gj, hj, lj, dj <br>ck, ch, g, gg, c, q <br>d, th, tt <br>hv, fv, ffv, f, w <br>k, kj, ch <br>skj, sch, sj, stj<br>ss, c, z'''''
|}
Examples:
{| width="35%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" align="center" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|-
| align="right" | ''änka <br>mjölnare <br>kärr''
| align="center" | spelled as <br>spelled as <br>spelled as
| ''enka <br>miölnare<br>tjärr''
|}
Spelling rules were not standardized in earlier centuries. The following spelling variations are common.
b used for p<br>
c used for k
d used for t<br>
f used for v
g used for k<br>
i used for j
x used for ks<br>
q used for k
w used for v<br>
e used for ä
u used for v
ch used for k<br>
tj used for ki
Examples:
skov spelled as schov<br>
kvinna spelled as qvinna<br>


== ADDITIONAL RESOURCES  ==
== ADDITIONAL RESOURCES  ==
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