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English
Etymology Borrowed from Scots Swethin Swadne Swaden Middle Dutch Sweden Swede Old English Swēoland ( literally “ Swede land ” ) , Swēoþēod ( literally “ Swede nation ” ) , and Swēorīċe ( literally “ Swede kingdom ” ) to refer to the country.[ 1] [ 2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun Sweden
A country in Scandinavia Northern Europe Kingdom of Sweden People often mix up Sweden and Switzerland
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Bengali: সুইডেন ( śuiḍen ) → Cantonese: 瑞典 ( seoi6 din2 ) → Mandarin: 瑞典 ( Ruìdiǎn ) → Hakka: 瑞典 ( Shuì-tién ) → Korean: 서전 ( Seojeon ) → Vietnamese: Thụy Điển → Cornish: Sweden → 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 ) → Welsh: Sweden
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 ( 6 zoe-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 ( Švecija 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: 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 )
Pannonian Rusyn: Шведска f ( Švedska )
Papiamentu: Suecia
Pashto: سويډن (ps) m ( swiḍán )
Pennsylvania German: Schweden n
Persian:
Dari: سْوِیدَن ( swīdan ) , سُوِیدَن ( suwīdan )
Iranian Persian: سوئِد ( 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
References
Anagrams
Cornish Sweden yn an Unyans Europek.
Etymology Borrowed from English Sweden
Pronunciation
Proper noun Sweden m
Sweden country in Scandinavia Northern Europe Synonym: Swedherwyk
Coordinate terms
Welsh
Pronunciation
Proper noun Sweden f not mutable )
Sweden country in Scandinavia Northern Europe
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2020.; “Sweden, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
