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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse sjau, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.
Pronunciation
Numeral
sjö
- seven; the cardinal number after sex (“six”) and before átta (“eight”).
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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish siœr, from Old Norse sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.
Pronunciation
Noun
sjö c
- a lake
en sjö vid en stuga- a lake by a cottage
Vi ska gå och bada i sjön- We are going for a swim in the lake
Jason Voorhees är fastkedjad på botten av sjön- Jason Voorhees is chained to the bottom of the lake
- the sea or any large body of water, especially in compounds, such as sjöfart, sjöman, sjösäker, and in some expressions, like "till sjöss" and "ute på sjön"
Han gick till sjöss- He went to sea (became a sailor)
Sjön går hög- The sea is rough
- a sea (archaic)
- a wave
En stor sjö slog sönder styrhyttens fönster+- A large wave broke the windows of the wheelhouse
Declension
Derived terms
See also
- göl (very small body of water)
- tjärn
- hav
- ocean (very large body of water, such as the Atlantic)
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