Toggle the table of contents svenska 40 languages Asturianu Català Čeština Cymraeg Deutsch Ελληνικά Esperanto Español Suomi Français ગુજરાતી हिन्दी Magyar Հայերեն Ido Íslenska Italiano 日本語 ქართული 한국어 Kurdî ລາວ Lietuvių Latviešu Malagasy Plattdüütsch Nederlands Norsk bokmål Polski Português Română Русский Sängö Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Shqip Svenska Türkçe Татарча / tatarça Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча 中文 Entry Discussion English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Print/export Create a book Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wiktionary, the free dictionary Old Norse [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] svenska strong feminine accusative singular of svenskr strong masculine accusative plural of svenskr weak masculine oblique singular of svenskr weak feminine nominative singular of svenskr weak neuter all cases singular of svenskr Swedish [ edit ] Swedish Wikipedia has an article on: svenska Wikipedia sv Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA ( key ) :  /²svɛnska/ Audio : ( file ) Hyphenation: sven‧ska Etymology 1 [ edit ] From svensk +‎ -a , the suffix stemming from tunga ( “ tongue ” ) , used to make terms for languages. Noun [ edit ] svenska   c ( uncountable ) Swedish (language) Talar du svenska ? Do you speak Swedish ? (literally, “ Speak you Swedish ? ”) Hon talar inte (så mycket) svenska She doesn't speak (much) Swedish (literally, “ She speaks not (so much) Swedish ”) Ursäkta, min svenska är inte så bra Excuse me, my Swedish isn't very good (literally, “ Excuse, my Swedish is not so good ”) Hur säger man det på svenska ? How do you say that/it in Swedish ? (literally, “ How says one that on [the idiomatic preposition] Swedish ? ”) Vad heter det på svenska ? What is that/it called in Swedish ? (literally, “ What is-named that on [the idiomatic preposition] Swedish ? ”) "Vad kallas det på svenska?" (What is-called that on Swedish?) is also perfectly clear, but less idiomatic. Det kan vara svårt att öva sin svenska när folk byter till engelska It can be difficult to practice your Swedish when people switch to English (literally, “ It can be difficult to practice one's Swedish when people switch to English ”) Alla talar svenska Everyone speaks Swedish Common phrase on posters and covers and the like for dubbed movies. lånord i svenskan loan words in [the] Swedish Definite corresponds to thinking of a language as a whole, or as an entity, put differently. Compare "in the Swedish language." Compare also for example kärlek ( “ love ” ) , människa ( “ human ” ) , and the usage notes for på ( “ on ” ) on schools. Declension [ edit ] Declension of svenska nominative genitive singular indefinite svenska svenskas definite svenskan svenskans plural indefinite — — definite — — Derived terms [ edit ] finlandssvenska fornsvenska kanslisvenska nusvenska nysvenska runsvenska svenskspråkig svensktalande Etymology 2 [ edit ] svensk ( “ Swede ” ) +‎ -a ( feminine suffix ) Noun [ edit ] svenska   f a female Swede – Är hennes kollega också norska? – Nej, hon är svenska . – Is her colleague also a [female] Norwegian? – No, she is a [female] Swede . See vara for why there is no article. "Hon är svensk " also works. två svenskor two Swedish women Declension [ edit ] Declension of svenska nominative genitive singular indefinite svenska svenskas definite svenskan svenskans plural indefinite svenskor svenskors definite svenskorna svenskornas Etymology 3 [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] svenska inflection of svensk : definite singular plural References [ edit ] “ svenska ”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [ Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy ] (in Swedish) svenska on the Swedish Wikipedia. Wikipedia sv Retrieved from " https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=svenska&oldid=92426461 " Categories : Old Norse non-lemma forms Old Norse adjective forms Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation Swedish terms with audio pronunciation Swedish compound terms Swedish lemmas Swedish nouns Swedish common-gender nouns Swedish uncountable nouns Swedish terms with usage examples Swedish terms suffixed with -a Swedish feminine nouns Swedish non-lemma forms Swedish adjective forms sv:Languages sv:Nationalities sv:Sweden Swedish autological terms Hidden categories: Pages with entries Pages with 2 entries
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