Sweden

See also: sweden

English

Etymology

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

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

countries in Europe (appendix)edit

References

  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.

Anagrams

Cornish

Baner Sweden.
Sweden yn an Unyans Europek.

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sweden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsweːdɛn/

Proper noun

Sweden m

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

Coordinate terms

countries in Europe: powyow Europa (appendix)edit
  • Swed m (“Swede”)
  • swedek (“Swedish”, adjective)
  • Swedek (“Swedish language”)
  • Swedes f (“Swede”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sweden f (not mutable)

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

Coordinate terms

countries in Europe: gwledydd Ewrop (appendix)edit

Derived terms

  • Teyrnas Sweden (“Kingdom of Sweden”)
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