sjö
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Icelandic
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Cardinal : sjö Ordinal : sjöundi | ||
Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse sjau, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.
Pronunciation
[edit]Numeral
[edit]sjö
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- sjöa (noun)
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish siœr, from Old Norse sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Cognate with English sea.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɧøː/, (Central Sweden) [-øə̯]
- (Southern, common in Central Sweden) IPA(key): [ˈx̞ʷ-]
- (common in North Sweden, variant in Central Sweden) IPA(key): [ˈʂ-]
Audio; [ˈʂøə̯]: (file)
- Rhymes: -øː
Noun
[edit]sjö c
- a lake
- Synonym: insjö
- en sjö vid en stuga
- a lake by a cottage
- Vi ska gå och bada i sjön
- We are going for a swim in the lake
- Jason Voorhees är fastkedjad på botten av sjön
- Jason Voorhees is chained to the bottom of the lake
- (uncountable, especially in the definite and in "på sjön" (on the sjö)) the sea and lakes collectively (sometimes also including watercourses, etc., by extension), especially the sea; sea, water, lake, etc.
- Synonyms: (at sea, in a broad sense) till sjöss, (at sea) på havet, (at sea) till havs
- saker att tänka på när du är ute på sjön
- things to keep in mind when you're out on the water [implying the sea (and perhaps also large lakes, etc.)] / at sea / [unlikely in this example, unless clear from context] on the lake [Note that the lake case could also be interpreted as (sense 1)]
- segla ut på sjön
- sail out on the water [implying the sea] / to sea [unless context makes it clear that it refers to a lake]
- hoppa i sjön
- jump into the water [whether the sea or a lake, etc.]
- kasta pengar i sjön
- throw money down the drain ["throw money into the water" – idiomatic]
- 1891, “Betlehems stjärna (Gläns över sjö och strand) [Star of Bethlehem (Shine over sea [most likely in this context, though unusual in the sense of "sea" outside of the definite] and shore [Maybe to be understood as "land and sea/water"])]”, Viktor Rydberg (lyrics), Alice Tegnér (music)[1]:
- Gläns över sjö och strand, stjärna ur fjärran. Du som i Österland tändes av Herran.
- Shine over sea and shore, star from [out of] afar. You who in the East ["East-land" – the Orient] were lit by the Lord.
- a big wave
- En stor sjö slog sönder styrhyttens fönster
- A large wave broke the windows of the wheelhouse
- Synonym of sjögång
- grov sjö
- rough seas
- hög sjö
- high seas
- krabb sjö
- choppy seas
- Sjön går hög
- There are high waves
- (obsolete and in some names) a sea
- Synonym: hav
- Östersjön
- the Baltic Sea [the East Sea]
Usage notes
[edit]- Refers to the sea in various expressions and often also in compounds (or to seas and lakes collectively, possibly also watercourses, etc.). Some examples include sjöfart, sjöman, sjöresa, and sjösäker.
- "På sjön" can have connotations closer to "on the water" compared to "till havs (“at sea”)" and the like, and so sounds more natural when close to shore or in a coastal archipelago or the like. "On the water" works as a generic translation, though the default intuition is the sea.
Declension
[edit]Declension of sjö | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sjö | sjön | sjöar | sjöarna |
Genitive | sjös | sjöns | sjöars | sjöarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- bölja
- fjärd
- göl (very small body of water)
- tjärn
- hav (“sea”)
- ocean (very large body of water, such as the Atlantic)
References
[edit]- sjö in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sjö in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sjö in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- [2] in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sea”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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- Rhymes:Swedish/øː
- Rhymes:Swedish/øː/1 syllable
- Swedish lemmas
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- sv:Bodies of water
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