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| class="xl25" | '''Swedish''' | | class="xl25" | '''Swedish''' | ||
| class="xl25" | '''English''' | | class="xl25" | '''English''' | ||
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| sakna(s) | | sakna(s) | ||
| miss, missing | |||
|- | |- | ||
| salig | | salig | ||
| the deceased, blessed | |||
|- | |- | ||
| samhälle | | samhälle | ||
| community | |||
|- | |- | ||
| samma | | samma | ||
| (the) same | |||
|- | |- | ||
| sammanavla | | 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 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| söndag | | 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 | |||
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[[Category: | === References === | ||
FamilySearch. <u>Genealogical Word List, Swedish</u>. Family History Department, Salt Lake City, 1997 <br> | |||
[[Category:Language_Tools_for_Swedish_Research]] | |||
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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
FamilySearch. Genealogical Word List, Swedish. Family History Department, Salt Lake City, 1997