tröja

From Middle Low German troye, troie, of uncertain origin, perhaps borrowed from Old French troie (“sweater, cardigan from Troyes”). Cognate with Icelandic treyja and Dutch trui.

• IPA^(key): /²trœja/

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1. an upper-body garment, excluding outerwear like jackets, especially one worn for warmth and usually not for example a dress shirt (which is a skjorta); usually pulled over the head to put on, though sometimes with buttons or a zipper (for example on some hoodies)

   Ta på dig en tröja!

   Put on a shirt!

   1. a T-shirt

      Synonyms: t-shirt, t-tröja

   2. a sweater, a jumper

      Synonyms: tjocktröja, (uncommon) sweater

      1. a cardigan

         Synonym: kofta

   3. a sweatshirt

      Synonyms: sweatshirt, collegetröja, tjocktröja

      1. a hoodie

         Synonyms: huvtröja, hoodie, tjocktröja

2. a jerkin, a doublet

• Like the loose meaning of shirt in American English, but also extending to sweaters and the like. A non-outerwear, "everyday" upper-body garment worn for warmth, usually pulled over the head.
• A T-shirt would often be qualified as t-shirt or t-tröja. The immediate intuition is a sweater or sweatshirt.
• Tjocktröja excludes T-shirts and the like – a (usually comparatively thicker) "outer" garment within the category of tröja. A thin long-sleeve garment might get called a "långärmad [long-sleeve] tröja" instead, though it's bound to be a bit fuzzy.

• pikétröja (“polo shirt”)
• t-tröja

• jumper
• kortärmad (“short-sleeved”)
• linne (“tank top, singlet; camisole”)
• långärmad (“long-sleeved”)
• pullover (“pullover”)
• skjorta (“dress shirt”)

• tröja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tröja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)