sjö
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word sjö. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word sjö, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say sjö in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word sjö you have here. The definition of the word sjö will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofsjö, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
en sjö (sense 1) 
en båt som är ute på sjön (sense 2) 
De är ute på sjön (sense 2)
Icelandic
| 70 | ||
| ← 6 | 7 | 8 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: sjö Ordinal: sjöundi Ordinal abbreviation: 7. | ||
Etymology
From Old Norse sjau, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.
Pronunciation
Numeral
sjö (indeclinable)
See also
- sjöa (noun)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish siœr, from Old Norse sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Cognate with English sea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɧøː/, (Central Sweden)
- (Southern, common in Central Sweden) IPA(key):
- (common in North Sweden, variant in Central Sweden) IPA(key):
Audio; : (file)
- Rhymes: -øː
Noun
sjö c
- a lake
- Synonym: insjö
- 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
- (uncountable, especially in the definite and in "på sjön" (on the sjö)) the sea and lakes collectively (sometimes also including watercourses, etc., by extension), especially the sea; sea, water, lake, etc.
- Synonyms: (at sea, in a broad sense) till sjöss, (at sea) på havet, (at sea) till havs
- saker att tänka på när du är ute på sjön
- things to keep in mind when you're out on the water / at sea / on the lake
- segla ut på sjön
- sail out on the water / to sea
- hoppa i sjön
- jump into the water
- kasta pengar i sjön
- throw money down the drain
- 1891, “Betlehems stjärna (Gläns över sjö och strand) [Star of Bethlehem (Shine over sea and shore )]”, Viktor Rydberg (lyrics), Alice Tegnér (music):
- Gläns över sjö och strand, stjärna ur fjärran. Du som i Österland tändes av Herran.
- Shine over sea and shore, star from afar. You who in the East were lit by the Lord.
- a big wave
- En stor sjö slog sönder styrhyttens fönster
- A large wave broke the windows of the wheelhouse
- Synonym of sjögång
- grov sjö
- rough seas
- hög sjö
- high seas
- krabb sjö
- choppy seas
- Sjön går hög
- There are high waves
- (obsolete and in some names) a sea
- Synonym: hav
- Östersjön
- the Baltic Sea
Usage notes
- Refers to the sea in various expressions and often also in compounds (or to seas and lakes collectively, possibly also watercourses, etc.). Some examples include sjöfart, sjöman, sjöresa, and sjösäker.
- "På sjön" can have connotations closer to "on the water" compared to "till havs (“at sea”)" and the like, and so sounds more natural when close to shore or in a coastal archipelago or the like. "On the water" works as a generic translation, though the default intuition is the sea.
Declension
Declension of sjö
Derived terms
See also
- bölja
- fjärd
- göl (very small body of water)
- tjärn
- hav (“sea”)
- ocean (very large body of water, such as the Atlantic)
References
- sjö in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sjö in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sjö in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sea”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.