Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with S: Difference between revisions

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| sakna(s) ||miss, missing

| salig ||the deceased, blessed

| samhälle ||community

| samma ||(the) same

| sammanavla ||beget, conceive

| samma städes ||(of) the same place

| samt ||and, together with

| samtycke ||permission, consent (to)

| scharlakansfeber ||scarlet fever

| sedan ||since

| sekel ||century

| senare, (den) ||later, the latter

| sent ||late

| september ||September

| sex ||six

| sexman ||parish caretaker

| sextio(nde) ||sixty (sixtieth)

| sexton(de) ||sixteen (sixteenth)

| sida ||page

| sig ||himself, herself, itself

| sin, sitt, sina ||his, her, its (own)

| sinnessvag ||feebleminded

| sju ||seven

| sjuk ||sick

| sjukdom ||sickness

| sjunde ||seventh

| sjuttio(nde) ||seventy (seventieth)

| sjutton(de) ||seventeen (seventeenth)

| självmord ||suicide

| sjätte ||sixth

| sjö ||lake

| sjöman ||sailor, seaman

| skarprättare ||executioner, hangman

| skarpskytt ||sharpshooter

| skatt ||tax

| skattehemman ||farm on which taxes are to be paid to the crown (government)

| skeppare ||skipper

| skilsmässa ||divorce

| skog ||forest

| skogvaktare ||forester

| skola ||school

| skollärare ||schoolteacher

| skomakare ||shoemaker

| skrud ||gown (bridal)

| skräddare ||tailor

| slag(anfall) ||stroke

| slagsmål ||fight

| slaktare ||meat cutter, butcher

| slot ||castle

| slut ||end

| släkt ||family, clan

| släktbok ||lineage book

| släktforskning ||genealogy

| släkting ||relative

| släktled ||generation

| smed ||blacksmith

| smittkoppor ||smallpox

| små (plural) ||little, small

| snatteri ||pilfering

| snickare ||carpenter

| socken ||parish

| soldat ||soldier

| som ||who, which, that

| sommar ||summer

| son ||son

| sondotter ||son\'s daughter, granddaughter

| sonhustru ||son\'s wife, daughter-in-law

| sonson ||son\'s son, grandson

| spannmålstorpare ||tenant farmer, receiving part of his wages in grain

| spinnare ||spinner

| spridda år ||intermittent years

| stad ||city

| stadsarkiv ||city archives

| stadsförsamling ||city parish

| stamfader ||progenitor

| stamtavla ||descendancy chart

| statare, statdräng ||farm laborer

| stattorpare ||farm laborer, usually married

| stenhuggare ||stonecutter

| stift ||diocese

| stor, stort, stora ||large, big, great

| straff ||punishment

| straffarbete ||hard labor

| strax ||right away, immediately

| stuga ||cottage, house

| stum ||dumb, mute

| stupa ||to be killed in war

| styrman ||mate, on ship

| styv- ||step-

| styvson ||stepson

| stånd ||status, condition

| ståndsperson ||person of social standing

| ställe||place

| stärbhus ||death estate

| stöld ||theft

| svaghet ||weakness, feebleness

| svagsint ||feebleminded

| sven ||young man, apprentice

| svensk ||Swedish

| Sverige ||Sweden

| svullnad ||swelling, bloating

| svulst ||tumor

| svåger ||brother-in-law

| svägerska ||sister-in-law

| svärfar ||father-in-law

| svärmor ||mother-in-law

| svärson ||son-in-law

| syd ||south

| syskon ||siblings

| syskonbarn ||nephew(s), niece(s), cousin(s)

| syssling ||second cousin

| syster ||sister

| systerdotter ||niece, sister\'s daughter

| systerson ||nephew, sister\'s son

| syting ||person receiving support after giving his estate to another

| såg ||saw, sawmill

| sågställare ||saw setter

| särskilda||special

| säteri ||freehold estate

| söder (södra) ||south (southern)

| söndag ||Sunday