swedish

Everyday

1. From or to do with Sweden, a country in northern Europe: Swedish food, a Swedish girl. tree →
2. The language spoken in Sweden (and partly in Finland). tree →

In the lessons

In geography lessons Swedish is linked with Sweden, Scandinavia and the capital, Stockholm. In everyday life children meet Swedish meatballs, Swedish furniture shops and Swedish authors (Pippi Longstocking was created by a Swedish writer). In language lessons Swedish is a Germanic language related to English, Danish and Norwegian. "Swede" is a person from Sweden and also a vegetable (UK; called rutabaga in the US).

Examples

• We ate Swedish meatballs with jam. tree →
• Swedish is spoken in Sweden and parts of Finland. tree →
• My pen pal is Swedish and lives in Stockholm. tree →
• The Swedish flag is blue with a yellow cross. tree →
• Pippi Longstocking is a famous Swedish book character. tree →
• "Tack" means "thank you" in Swedish. tree →
• The other Danish and Swedish stories are not alarming. tree →

Note

Always written with a capital S: Swedish. The person is "a Swede" (or a Swedish person); the people are "the Swedes". Trap: "swede" with a small s (UK) is a root vegetable; "Swiss" means from Switzerland, a different country.