Jump to content

Sweden

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Scots Swethin, Swadne (also Swaden), from Middle Dutch Sweden, dative of Swede. Originally used to refer to the people before the late 1600s, later displaced native Old English Swēoland (literally Swede land), Swēoþēod (literally Swede nation), and Swēorīċe (literally Swede kingdom) to refer to the country.[1][2]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Sweden

  1. A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden.
    People often mix up Sweden and Switzerland

Derived terms

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]

Translations

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Sweden, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2020.; Sweden, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Sweden”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

[edit]

Cornish

[edit]
Cornish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia kw
Baner Sweden.
Sweden yn an Unyans Europek.

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from English Sweden.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Sweden m

  1. Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)
    Synonym: Swedherwyk

Coordinate terms

[edit]
[edit]

Welsh

[edit]
Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Pronunciation

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Sweden f (not mutable)

  1. Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)

Coordinate terms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]