Swedish Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

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Swedish is a Germanic language like Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic. A major spelling and grammar reform was introduced in Sweden in 1917. The spelling section in "Language Characteristics" below, along with the English to Swedish Word list are designed to help you find the words you need. <br>

|+ Links to Swedish Genealogical Words ('''Swedish to English''' by the first letter)  

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| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with H|H]]

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| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with P|P]]

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| [[Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with Å|Å]]

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|+ Links to '''English to Swedish''' Genealogical Words (alphabetical by the first letter)  

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| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with H|H]]

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| [[English to Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with P|P]]

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| [[English to Swedish Numbers in Word Form|Numbers]]

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== 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:  

==== Alphabetical Order  ====

==== Spelling  ====

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b used for p<br>

c used for k  

d used for t<br>

i used for j  

e used for ä  

u used for v  

tj used for ki  

== ADDITIONAL RESOURCES  ==

This word list includes only words ''most commonly found in genealogical sources''. For further help, use a Swedish-English dictionary. Several Swedish-English dictionaries are available at the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]. These are in the Scandinavian collection. Their call numbers begin with 439.7321.  

Additional dictionaries are listed in the [[Family History Library Catalog Subject Search|Subject&nbsp;Search]] of the [[Introduction to the Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]] under [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=subjectdetails&subject=318796&subject_disp=Swedish+language+-+Dictionaries&columns=*,0,0 SWEDISH LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES] or in the&nbsp;[[Family History Library Catalog Place Search|Place Search]]&nbsp;under [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=346068&subject_disp=Sweden+-+Language+and+languages+-+Dictionaries&columns=*,0,0 SWEDEN - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES - DICTIONARIES].  

== Key Words  ==

For example, in the first column you will find the English word ''marriage''. In the second column you will find Swedish words with meanings such as ''marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, legitimate, joined,''and other words used in Swedish records to indicate marriage.  

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| English <br>banns <br>birth <br>burial <br>child <br>christening <br>clerical survey <br>confirmation <br>death <br>father <br>female <br>household, examination roll <br>husband <br>index <br>male <br>marriage <br>military <br>mother <br>moving in <br>moving out <br>name, given <br>name, surname <br>parents <br>parish <br>probate <br>wife <br>year