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swedish

/ˈswidɪʃ/

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What does swedish mean?

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to Sweden.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Swedish language.

proper noun

  1. A North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland, and by a very small minority in Estonia.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈswidɪʃ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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“She is like a Swedish summer. I spent nearly a year there when I was a young man,” he explained to Ottenburg.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
He was the chosen "fox" of another primary room, and had the fair colouring and sturdy frame which matched his Swedish name.
Sara Cone BryantHow to Tell Stories to Children, and Some Stories to TellProject Gutenberg ebook #474
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His charger, flying without its rider, and covered with blood, soon made known to the Swedish cavalry the fall of their king.
Friedrich SchillerThe History of the Thirty Years' WarTranslated by A. J. W. (Alexander James William) MorrisonProject Gutenberg ebook #566
On the left of the strait is the old Swedish city of Helsinburg, at the foot, and on the side of a hill.
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947
We see something of the same kind even in our domestic varieties, as in the thickened stems of the common and swedish turnip.
Charles DarwinOn the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for LifeProject Gutenberg ebook #1228