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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈswiː.dən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈswi.dən/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -iːdən

Proper noun

Sweden

2. A country in Scandinavia in Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden

   People often mix up Sweden and Switzerland

Derived terms

• Swede
• Sweden and Norway
• Swedish

Descendants

• → Bengali: সুইডেন (śuiḍen)
• → Cantonese: 瑞典 (seoi⁶ din²)

  → Mandarin: 瑞典 (Ruìdiǎn)

  → Hakka: 瑞典 (Shuì-tién)

  → Korean: 서전 (Seojeon)

  → Vietnamese: Thụy Điển

• → 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)

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: السُّويد f or m (as-suwēd) (definite)

• Aragonese: Suecia f
• Armenian: Շվեդիա (hy) (Švedia)
• Aromanian: Suidii f (indefinite), Suidia f (definite)
• Assamese: ছুইডেন (suiden)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܲܝܕܝܼܵܐ f (šwaydia) (formal), ܣܘܲܝܕ (swayd) (vernacular)
• 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
• Central Kurdish: سوید (suyd)
• 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 (Švećija 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)
• Greenlandic: Sverige (kl), Svenskit Nunaat (kl)
• Guaraní: Suesia, Suésia
• Gujarati: સ્વિડન (sviḍan)
• Haitian Creole: Syèd
• Hausa: Suwedan
• Hawaiian: Kuekene
• Hebrew: שְׁװֶדְיָה \ 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)

  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)
• Papiamentu: Suecia
• Pashto: سويډن (ps) m (swiḍán)
• Pennsylvania German: Schweden n
• Persian:

  Dari: سْوِیدَن (swīdan), سُوِیدَن (suwīdan)

  Iranian Persian: سوئِد (fa) (su'ed)

• Piedmontese: Svessia
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Swiiden
• Polish: Szwecja (pl) f
• Pontic Greek: Σουηδία (Souidía)
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 (Shvetsiya)
• Yiddish: שוועדן n (shvedn)
• Yoruba: Swídìn
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) İswec (diq)
• Zealandic: Zweden
• Zhuang: Ruidenj
• Zulu: ISwidi

See also

• (countries of Europe) countries of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• Suecophile

Anagrams

• endews, newsed, snewed

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈswɛdɛn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsweːdɛn/, /ˈswɛdɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛdɛn

Proper noun

Sweden f (not mutable)

1. Sweden (a country in Europe)

Coordinate terms

• (countries of Europe) gwledydd Ewrop; Albania, yr Almaen, Andorra, Armenia, Awstria, Aserbaijan, Belarws, Bosnia a Hertsegofina, Bwlgaria, Casachstan, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmarc, y Deyrnas Unedig, Dinas y Fatican, Estonia, y Ffindir, Ffrainc, yr Eidal, Georgia, Gogledd Macedonia, Gwlad Belg, Gwlad Groeg, Gwlad Pwyl, Gwlad yr Iâ, Hwngari, yr Iseldiroedd, Iwerddon, Latfia, Liechtenstein, Lithwania, Lwcsembwrg, Malta, Moldofa, Monaco, Montenegro, Norwy, Portiwgal, Rwmania, Rwsia, San Marino, Sbaen, Serbia, Slofacia, Slofenia, Sweden, y Swistir, Tsiecia (y Weriniaeth Tsiec), Twrci, Wcráin ^{(Category: cy:Countries in Europe)}

Derived terms

• Teyrnas Sweden (“Kingdom of Sweden”)