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==== Variant Forms of Words ==== | ==== 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 in different forms of the same word. Note the following examples: | 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 in different forms of the same word. Note the following examples: | ||
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| ''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 | |||
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==== | ==== Alphabetical Order ==== | ||
Written Swedish has three letters not found in English: Å (å), Ä (ä), and Ö (ö). Alphabetically, these letters come after z. Swedish dictionaries, indexes, the | Written Swedish has three letters not found in English: '''''Å (å), Ä (ä),''''' and '''''Ö (ö)'''''. Alphabetically, these letters come after '''''z'''''. Swedish dictionaries, indexes, the [[Family History Library Catalog Place Search|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 | |||
==== | ==== Spelling ==== | ||
Spelling rules were not standardized in earlier centuries. The following spelling variations are common: | Spelling rules were not standardized in earlier centuries. The following spelling variations are common: | ||
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kärr spelled as tjärr | kärr spelled as tjärr | ||
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=== <br>ADDITIONAL RESOURCES === | === <br>ADDITIONAL RESOURCES === | ||