Swedish Genealogical Words beginning with S
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| Swedish | English |
| sakna(s) | miss, missing |
| salig | the deceased, blessed |
| samhälle | community |
| samma | (the) same |
| sammanavla | beget, conceive |
| sammanviga | marry |
| 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 |
| sjelfspillan | one who committed suicide (old spelling) |
| sju | seven |
| sjuk | sick |
| sjukdom | sickness |
| sjuklig | sickly |
| 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 |
| skerfva | rickets or malnutrition |
| skilsmässa | divorce |
| skog | forest |
| skogvaktare | forester |
| skola | school |
| skollärare | schoolteacher |
| skomakare | shoemaker |
| skorstensfejare | chimney-sweep |
| skottår | leap year |
| skrud | gown (bridal) |
| skräddare | tailor |
| skörbjugg | scurvy |
| slag(anfall) | stroke |
| slagen af åskan | hit by lightning |
| 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 |
| smärta | pain |
| 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 |
| sotdöd | old age |
| sotsäng | sickbed |
| 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 |
| stenpassion | gallbladder disease |
| sterbhus | a family or house where the master or mistress of the house is dead |
| stift | diocese |
| stoft | mortal remains, or ashes |
| stor, stort, stora | large, big, great |
| straff | punishment |
| straffarbete | hard labor |
| strax | right away, immediately |
| strypsjuka | diptheria |
| 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, tremänning |
| 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 |
| sängliggande | bed-ridden |
| särskilda | special |
| säteri | freehold estate |
| söder (södra) | south (southern) |
| söndag | Sunday |
References[edit | edit source]
FamilySearch. Genealogical Word List, Swedish. Family History Department, Salt Lake City, 1997