Swede

See also: swede

English

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Swede

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Etymology

From Middle Low German Swêde, from a Germanic word akin to Old Norse Svíþjóð, Old English Swēoþēod (“Sweden”, literally “Swede nation”), itself from Swēo (“Swede”), from Proto-Germanic *swihô (“Swede”). Cognate with Dutch Zweed, German Schwede. Doublet of suede.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swiːd/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -iːd

Noun

Swede (plural Swedes)

1. A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.
2. (historical) A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden

Derived terms

• swede
• Finland-Swede, Finland Swede (Swede from Finland, Finnish Swede)
• Swedish
• Swedishness

Related terms

• Sweden

Translations

person from Sweden or of Swedish descent

Afrikaans: Sweed Albanian: suedez (sq) Arabic: سُوِيدِيّ (suwīdiyy) Armenian: շվեդ (hy) (šved) Asturian: suecu (ast) m, sueca (ast) f Azerbaijani: isveçli Breton: Svedad (br) m Bulgarian: швед m (šved), шве́дка f (švédka) Catalan: suec (ca) m, sueca (ca) f Chechen: швед (šʷed) Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏫᏗ (aswidi) Chinese: Mandarin: 瑞典人 (zh) (ruìdiǎnrén) Czech: Švéd (cs) m, Švédka (cs) f Danish: svensker (da) c Dutch: Zweed (nl) m, Zweedse (nl) f Esperanto: svedo, svedino Estonian: rootslane (et) Faroese: svii m, svenskari m, svíi m Finnish: ruotsalainen (fi) French: Suédois (fr) m, Suédoise (fr) f Galician: sueco (gl) m, sueca f Georgian: შვედი (ka) (švedi) German: Schwede (de) m, Schwedin (de) f Greek: Σουηδός (el) m (Souidós), Σουηδή (el) f (Souidí), Σουηδέζος (el) m (Souidézos), Σουηδέζα (el) f (Souidéza) Hawaiian: Kuekene Hebrew: שוודי (he) Hindi: स्वीडिश (hi) (svīḍiś), स्वीडियाई (hi) (svīḍiyāī) Hungarian: svéd (hu) Icelandic: Svíi (is) m Ido: Suediano (io) Irish: Sualannach m Italian: svedese (it) m or f Japanese: スウェーデン人 (ja) (suwēden-jin) Kazakh: швед (şved) Korean: 스웨덴인 (ko) (seuwedenin), 스웨덴 사람 (seuweden saram) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: سوێدی (swêdî) Northern Kurdish: swêdî (ku) Kyrgyz: швед (şved) Latvian: zviedrs m, zviedriete f Lithuanian: švedas (lt) m, švedė (lt) f Macedonian: Швеѓанец m (Šveǵanec), Швеѓанка f (Šveǵanka) Maltese: żvediż m, żvediża f Norwegian: Bokmål: svenske (no) m Nynorsk: svenske (nn) m Old English: Swēon m pl Old Norse: svíar m pl Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify) suesiagua Persian: سوئدی (fa) (su'edi) Polish: Szwed (pl) m, Szwedka (pl) f Portuguese: sueco (pt) m, sueca f Romanian: suedez (ro) m, suedeză (ro) f Russian: швед (ru) m (šved), шве́дка (ru) f (švédka) Sami: Northern Sami: ruoŧŧẹlaš Scottish Gaelic: Suaineach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Шве́ђанин m, Швеђ m, Швеђанка f Roman: Švéđanin, Švȅd (sh) m, Švéđānka f Sicilian: sbidisi m or f Slovak: Švéd m, Švédka f Slovene: Švéd (sl) m, Švédinja f Spanish: sueco (es) m, sueca (es) f Swahili: Mswidi (sw) Swedish: svensk (sv) c (males, or if gender is not important), svenska (sv) c (females, only if gender is important), svenne (sv) c (usually derogatory) Tajik: швед (šved) Turkish: İsveçli (tr) Ukrainian: швед m (šved), шве́дка f (švédka) Uzbek: shved (uz) Venetan: svedexe (vec) m or f Welsh: Swediad m or f Yiddish: שוועד m (shved)

member of the ancient North Germanic tribe

German: Svear (de) pl Gothic: *𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 (*swaiha) Norwegian: Bokmål: svear m pl Nynorsk: svear m pl Old Norse: svíar m pl Russian: свей (ru) m anim (svej) Swedish: svear (sv) c pl

References

• The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.

Anagrams

• sewed, weeds

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

Swede

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Etymology 1

From Dutch Zweden, from Middle Dutch Zweden, Sweden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɪə̯.də/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Swede

1. Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)

   Synonym: Koninkryk van Swede

Related terms

• Sweed
• Sweeds

Etymology 2

Noun

Swede

1. plural of Sweed