Sweden

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

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈswiː.dən/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈswi.dən/
Audio (UK): (file)
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -iːdən

Proper noun

Sweden

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden.
People often mix up Sweden and Switzerland.
- 2025 August 5, Elisabeth Buchwald, “Trump says Scott Bessent no longer in the running for Fed chair”, in CNN Business‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 August 2025:
  Bessent has also been spearheading trade negotiations. Last week he traveled to Sweden to meet with Chinese trade officials to discuss extending the current tariff rates in place on both countries’ goods. This comes as there’s a looming August 12 deadline for the two sides to extend rates or face higher tariffs.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Bengali: সুইডেন (śuiḍen)
→ Cantonese: 瑞典 (seoi⁶ din²)
→ Mandarin: 瑞典 (Ruìdiǎn)
→ Hakka: 瑞典 (Shuì-tién)

→ Korean: 서전 (Seojeon)

→ Vietnamese: Thụy Điển
→ Cornish: Sweden
→ Hindi: स्वीडन (svīḍan)
→ Hokkien: 瑞典 (Sūi-tián)
→ Mandarin: 瑞典 (Ruìdiǎn)
→ Japanese: スウェーデン (Suwēden)
→ Korean: 스웨덴 (Seuweden)
→ Marathi: स्वीडन (svīḍan)
→ Telugu: స్వీడన్ (svīḍan)
→ Welsh: Sweden

Translations

Scandinavian country

Abkhaz: Швециа (Ŝvecja)
Acehnese: Swèdia
Afrikaans: Swede
Albanian: Suedi f (indefinite), Suedia (sq) f (definite)
Amharic: ስዊድን (səwidn)
Arabic: السُّوَيْد (ar) f (as-suwayd) (definite)
Hijazi Arabic: السويد f or m (as-suwēd) (definite)
Aragonese: Suecia f
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܲܝܕܝܼܵܐ f (šwaydia) (formal), ܣܘܲܝܕ (swayd) (vernacular)
Armenian: Շվեդիա (hy) (Švedia)
Aromanian: Suidii f (indefinite), Suidia f (definite)
Assamese: ছুইডেন (suiden)
Asturian: Suecia (ast) f
Azerbaijani: İsveç (az)
Bambara: Swedi
Bashkir: Швеция (Şvetsiya)
Basque: Suedia (eu)
Belarusian: Шве́цыя f (Švjécyja), Швэ́цыя f (Švécyja) (Taraškievica)
Bengali: সুইডেন (bn) (śuiḍen)
Bikol Central: Suesya
Bislama: Sweden
Breton: Sveden (br)
Bulgarian: Шве́ция (bg) f (Švécija)
Burmese: ဆွီဒင် (hcwidang)
Buryat: Швеци (Švjeci)
Carpathian Rusyn: Швеція f (Švecija)
Catalan: Suècia (ca) f
Cebuano: Sweden
Chechen: Швеци (Šʷeci)
Cherokee: ᏍᏫᏕᏂ (swideni)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 瑞典 (seoi⁶ din²)

Eastern Min: 瑞典 (Sôi-diēng)

Hakka: 瑞典 (Shuì-tién)

Hokkien: 瑞典 (Sūi-tián)

Mandarin: 瑞典 (zh) (Ruìdiǎn)

Wu: 瑞典 (⁶zoe-ti)
Chuvash: Швеци (Švetsi)
Cornish: Swedherwyk, Sweden m
Corsican: Svezia f
Crimean Tatar: İsveç
Czech: Švédsko (cs) n
Danish: Sverige (da)
Dhivehi: ސުވިޑެން (suviḍen̊)
Dutch: Zweden (nl) n
Dzongkha: སུའི་ཌན (su'i ḍan)
Elfdalian: Swerre
Erzya: Швеция Мастор (Švecija Mastor)
Esperanto: Svedio (eo), Svedujo (eo), Svedlando (eo)
Estonian: Rootsi (et)
Ewe: Sweden
Extremaduran: Suécia
Farefare: Suedgo
Faroese: Svøríki (fo) n
Fiji Hindi: Sweden
Finnish: Ruotsi (fi)
French: Suède (fr) f
Friulian: Svezie
Gagauz: Şveţiya
Galician: Suecia (gl) f
Georgian: შვედეთი (ka) (švedeti)
German: Schweden (de) n
Alemannic: Schweden n

Bavarian: Schwen, Schwedn
Greek: Σουηδία (el) f (Souidía)
Pontic Greek: Σουηδία (Souidía)
Greenlandic: Sverige (kl), Svenskit Nunaat (kl)
Gujarati: સ્વિડન (sviḍan)
Haitian Creole: Syèd
Hausa: Suwedan
Hawaiian: Kuekene
Hebrew: שְׁוֶדְיָה f (shvédya)
Hindi: स्वीडन (hi) m (svīḍan)
Hungarian: Svédország (hu)
Icelandic: Svíþjóð (is) f
Ido: Suedia (io)
Ilocano: Sweden
Indonesian: Swedia (id)
Interlingua: Svedia
Inuktitut: ᔅᕗᕆᑭ (sforiki), Svuriki
Irish: An tSualainn f
Italian: Svezia (it) f
Japanese: スウェーデン (ja) (Suwēden), 瑞典 (ja) (スウェーデン, Suwēden)
Javanese: Swedia
Kabardian: Шуэц (Šɛc)
Kalmyk: Сведин Нутг (Svedin Nutg)
Kannada: ಸ್ವೀಡನ್ (kn) (svīḍan)
Kapampangan: Sweden
Karachay-Balkar: Швеция (Şvetsiya)
Karakalpak: Shvetsiya
Kashubian: Szwedzkô (csb) f
Kazakh: Швеция (kk) (Şvesiä)
Khmer: ស៊ុយអែត (km) (suyʼaet)
Komi-Permyak: Шведму (Švedmu)
Komi-Zyrian: Швеция (Švecija)
Kongo: Suedi
Konkani: स्विडन (sviḍan)
Korean: 스웨덴 (ko) (Seuweden), 스웨리예 (ko) (Seuweriye) (North Korea), 서전(瑞典) (ko) (Seojeon) (archaic)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سوید (suyd)

Central Kurdish: سوید (suyd)

Northern Kurdish: Swêd (ku)
Kven: Ruottii
Kyrgyz: Швеция (ky) (Şvetsiya)
Ladino: Suesia
Lao: ຊູແອດ (lo) (sū ʼǣt), ສະວີເດັນ (lo) (sa wī den)
Latgalian: Švedeja f
Latin: Suēcia (la) f (New Latin), Svēcia f, Suētia f
Latvian: Zviedrija (lv) f
Ligurian: Sveçia
Limburgish: Zwaede
Lingala: Swédi
Lithuanian: Švedija (lt) f
Livonian: Rūotšmō
Lombard: Svezia f
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: Sveden

German Low German: Sweden (nds) n
Luganda: Swiiden
Luxembourgish: Schweden (lb) n
Macedonian: Шведска (mk) f (Švedska)
Malagasy: Soeda (mg)
Malay: Sweden (ms)
Malayalam: സ്വീഡന് (svīḍaṉ)
Maltese: Żvezja f, L-Iżvezja f (definite)
Manchu: ᠰᡳᡶᡳᠶ᠋ᡝᠰᠺᠣ (sifiyesk'o)
Manx: Y Toolyn f
Maori: Wīreni, Huītene
Marathi: स्वीडन (svīḍan)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: Швеций (Švecij)
Mazanderani: سوئد
Meänkieli: Ruotti
Moksha: Шведмастор (Švedmastor)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Швед (mn) (Šved)

Mongolian: ᠱᠸᠧᠳ᠋ (šwēd)
Nahuatl: Suecatlān
Nauruan: Sweden, Widen
Neapolitan: Sguezia
Nepali: स्वीडेन (svīḍena)
Newar: स्वीडेन (swīḍena)
Norman: Suède f
North Frisian: Swärik
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Sverige (no) n

Nynorsk: Sverige (nn) n
Occitan: Suècia (oc) f
Odia: ସ୍ୱିଡେନ (swiḍena)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Свеньско n (Svenĭsko) (modern)
Old English: Swēoland n, Swēorīċe n
Ossetian: Швеци (Šveci)
Pannonian Rusyn: Шведска f (Švedska)
Papiamentu: Suecia
Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} Suesia, ^{(please verify)} Suésia
Pashto: سويډن (ps) m (swiḍán)
Pennsylvania German: Schweden n
Persian:
Dari: سْوِیدَن (swīdan), سُوِیدَن (suwīdan)

Iranian Persian: سوئِد (su'ed)
Piedmontese: Svessia
Pitcairn-Norfolk: Swiiden
Polish: Szwecja (pl) f
Portuguese: Suécia (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਸਵੀਡਨ m (savīḍan)

Shahmukhi: سَوِیڈَن m (sauiīḍan)
Quechua: Suysya
Rarotongan: Tuitene
Romanian: Suedia (ro) f
Romansch: Svezia
Russian: Шве́ция (ru) f (Švécija)
Rwanda-Rundi:
Kinyarwanda: Suwede
Sami:
Inari: Ruotâ

Kildin: Рӯһце̄ммьне (Rūhciemm’nje)

Lule: Svierik

Northern: Ruoŧŧa

Pite: Sverdji

Skolt: Ruõcc, Ruõccjânnam

Southern: Sveerje, Svöörje

Ume: Ruohtsa
Samoan: Sweden
Samogitian: Švedėjė
Sanskrit: स्वीडन (svīḍana)
Sardinian: Isvetzia f
Saterland Frisian: Sweden
Scots: Swaden
Scottish Gaelic: An t-Suain
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Шве̏дска̄ f

Roman: Švȅdskā (sh) f
Sicilian: Sbezzia f
Silesian: Szwecyjo f
Sindhi: سويڊن (soeḍ̃)
Sinhalese: ස්‍වීඩනය (swīḍanaya)
Slovak: Švédsko (sk) n
Slovene: Švédska (sl) f
Somali: Sweden, Iswiidhan
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Šwedska f

Upper Sorbian: Šwedska f
Spanish: Suecia (es) f
Sundanese: Swédia
Swahili: Uswidi (sw)
Swazi: ISwideni
Swedish: Sverige (sv) n
Tagalog: Suwesya
Tahitian: Tuete
Tajik: Шветсия (tg) (Švetsiya), Швесия (Švesiya), Суэд (Sued)
Tamil: சுவீடன் (cuvīṭaṉ)
Tatar: Швеция (tt) (Şwetsiyä)
Telugu: స్వీడన్ (te) (svīḍan)
Tetum: Suésia
Thai: สวีเดน (th) (sà-wii-den)
Tibetan: སི་ཝེ་དེན (si we den)
Tigrinya: ስዊድን (səwidn)
Tok Pisin: Suwidan
Turkish: İsveç (tr)
Turkmen: Şwesiýa, Iswiç
Udmurt: Швеция (Švecija)
Ukrainian: Шве́ція (uk) f (Švécija)
Urdu: سْوِیڈَن m
Uyghur: شۋېتسىيە (shwëtsiye)
Uzbek: Shvetsiya (uz), Shvesiya
Venetan: Svezsia
Veps: Ročinma
Vietnamese: Thụy Điển (vi) (瑞典)
Volapük: Svedän (vo)
Võro: Roodsi
Votic: Rootsimaa
Walloon: Suwedwesse
Waray-Waray: Suecia
Welsh: Sweden (cy) f
West Flemish: ^{(please verify)} Zweedn n
West Frisian: Sweden (fy) n
Western Panjabi: سویڈن (pnb) (soeḍn)
Wolof: Suweed
Yakut: Швеция (Švetsiya)
Yiddish: שוועדן n (shvedn)
Yoruba: Swídìn
Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) İswec (diq)
Zealandic: Zweden
Zhuang: Ruidenj
Zulu: ISwidi

References

^ “Sweden, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2020.; “Sweden, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “Sweden”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

endews, newsed, snewed

Cornish

Cornish Wikipedia has an article on:

Sweden

Wikipedia ^kw

Baner Sweden.

Sweden yn an Unyans Europek.

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sweden.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsweːdɛn/

Proper noun

Sweden m

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

Coordinate terms

Related terms

Swed m (“Swede”)
swedek (“Swedish”, adjective)
Swedek (“Swedish language”)
Swedes f (“Swede”)

Welsh

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:

Sweden

Wikipedia ^cy

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈswɛdɛn/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsweːdɛn/, /ˈswɛdɛn/
Homophone: sweden (“peritoneum”)
Rhymes: -eːdɛn

Proper noun

Sweden f (not mutable)

Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Teyrnas Sweden (“Kingdom of Sweden”)

[1] “Sweden, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, 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.

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