# Swedish

Pronunciation: say "SWEE-dish" US /ˈswi.dɪʃ/, UK /ˈswiː.dɪʃ/

## Adjective

1. Connected with Sweden: its land, people, institutions, or culture.
   - Simple: Belonging to or coming from Sweden, a country in northern Europe.
   - _The Swedish coastline stretches for thousands of miles along the Baltic Sea._
   - _Several Swedish companies are admired worldwide for their minimalist furniture design._
3. Relating to the Swedish language: its grammar, vocabulary, or pronunciation.
   - Simple: Relating to the language spoken in Sweden, such as its words or grammar.
   - _The Swedish alphabet includes three letters not found in English._
   - _Her Swedish pronunciation improved noticeably after a year in Stockholm._

## Proper noun

2. The language of Sweden and Åland, and one of the two official languages of Finland, also spoken by a small minority in Estonia.
   - Simple: The language spoken in Sweden and in parts of Finland.
   - _He translated the novel from Swedish into English._
   - _Many road signs in Finland appear in both Finnish and Swedish._

## Origin

Formed from "Swede" and the suffix "-ish," related to Dutch "Zweeds" and German "Schwedisch."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/swedish (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).