Help:IPA/Swedish

The chart below shows how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Swedish pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Swedish on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Swedish in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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The Sweden pronunciation is based primarily on Central Standard Swedish, and the Finland one on Helsinki pronunciation. Recordings and example transcriptions in this help are in Sweden Swedish, unless otherwise noted.

See Swedish phonology and Swedish alphabet § Sound–spelling correspondences for a more thorough look at the sounds of Swedish.

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation SWE FIN b bokⓘ book ɕ tɕ kjolⓘ, tjockⓘ, könⓘ sheep (SWE); cheap (FIN) d dopⓘ dad ɖ rd nordⓘ[1] retroflex /d/ f fotⓘ foot ɡ godⓘ good h hotⓘ hat ɧ ʃ sjuⓘ, stjärnaⓘ, skörⓘ, stationⓘ, pensionⓘ, geniⓘ, chokladⓘ[2] somewhat like Scottish loch or sheep (varies regionally) j jordⓘ, genomⓘ, Göteborgⓘ yoyo k konⓘ cone l lovⓘ lack ɭ rl kärlⓘ[1] retroflex /l/ m modⓘ mode n nodⓘ node ɳ rn barnⓘ[1] retroflex /n/ ŋ långⓘ long p polⓘ pole r rovⓘ[3] Scottish rose; somewhat like American atom s sotⓘ soot ʂ rs torsdagⓘ[1] retroflex /ʃ/, somewhat like shrine t tokⓘ tool ʈ rt partiⓘ[1] retroflex /t/ v våtⓘ vote Rare sounds IPA Examples English approximation w Wales Wales aː Zlatan, Bratislava aha

Vowels IPA Examples English approximation SWE FIN a ɑ mattⓘ cut ɑː matⓘ bra æ värkⓘ, verkⓘ[4] trap æː äraⓘ[4] ham eː fetⓘ mayor ɛ e hällⓘ, fettⓘ sell ɛː eː hälⓘ RP pair ɪ i sillⓘ hit iː silⓘ leave ɔ o mollⓘ[5] off oː målⓘ[5] floor œ ø nöttⓘ[5] somewhat like hurt œ börjaⓘ[4][5] œː öraⓘ[4][5] somewhat like herd øː nötⓘ[5] ɵ ʉ fullⓘ, musikⓘ[5][6] moot ʉ duell, känguru[5][6][7] ʉː fulⓘ[5][8] mood ʊ u bottⓘ[5] wool uː botⓘ[5] rule ʏ y syllⓘ[5][7] somewhat like cute yː sylⓘ[5][8] somewhat like cube Suprasegmentals IPA Examples Explanation SWE FIN ˈ◌̌ ˈ◌ anden [ˈǎnːdɛn] 'the duck' tone 1 / acute accent:[9] rising-falling tone in Stockholm: [ˈǎnːdɛ̂n]ⓘ low-rising tone in Gothenburg: [ˈànːdɛ̌n] falling-low tone in Malmö: [ˈânːdɛ̀n] ˈ◌̂ anden [ˈânːdɛn] 'the spirit' tone 2 / grave accent:[9] falling-falling tone in Stockholm: [ˈânːdɛ̂n]ⓘ falling-rising tone in Gothenburg: [ˈânːdɛ̌n] rising-falling tone in Malmö: [ˈǎnːdɛ̂n] ˌ Oxenstierna [ˈʊ̂ksɛnˌɧæːɳa] secondary stress, as in intonation ː Helsingfors [hɛlsɪŋˈfɔʂː]ⓘ geminated consonant: fresh shrimp[10]