Phrase Hound found 36 phrases and 5 compound words that contain swedish. The most common are listed below. Open swedish in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 36
- Old SwedishThe medieval form of the Swedish language, markedly different from the modern language in having more complex case and gender systems.
- Swedish relayA relay race in which members of a team take turns running progressively longer parts of a course. The first member runs 100 meters, the second 200 meters, the third 300 meters, and the fourth 400 meters, equalling one kilometer in total.
- Swedish massageA popular style of massage involving effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, friction, and vibration/shaking as the basic strokes.
- Finland Swedishthe Swedish language as spoken by the Swedish-speaking population in Finland
- Swedish EmpireA European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region from 1611 to 1721.
- Swedish modelThe combating of prostitution by criminalizing the buyer, rather than the seller, of sexual services.
- Swedish mileA unit of measure used in Sweden and other parts of Scandinavia, today with a length of 10 kilometres, but formerly with different values.
- Rinkeby SwedishA variety of the Swedish language used by immigrants in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, especially in the suburb of Rinkeby.
- Swedish drinkA method of torture whereby a restrained victim is forced into consuming unsanitary, sometimes boiling liquids from a funnel.
- Swedish Sign LanguageA sign language commonly used in Sweden.
- Swedish RiteA rite of Freemasonry consisting of a series of ten degrees, common in Scandinavian countries and to a limited extent in Germany.
- Swedish BlueA Swedish breed of domestic duck.
- Swedish Bluesplural of Swedish Blue: A Swedish breed of domestic duck.
- Swedish NightingaleNickname for Jenny Lind (1820–1887), renowned Swedish opera singer.
- Swedish drinksplural of Swedish drink: A method of torture whereby a restrained victim is forced into consuming unsanitary, sometimes boiling liquids from a funnel.
- Swedish bittersA traditional herbal bitters, popularized by Maria Treben, claimed to aid digestion and cure numerous ailments.
- Swedish turnipswede; rutabaga (Brassica napus var. napobrassica)
- Swedish ladderA set of wall bars.
- Swedish torchA fire made from a single log partially split and then set upright, with tinder and kindling placed inside the split.
- Swedish wrenchSynonym of plumber wrench: Other type of pipe wrench used to rotate plumbing pipes.
- Swedish ElkhoundSynonym of Jämthund: A breed of dog of the spitz type that is found in Northern Europe, eponymous with Jämtland.
- Swedish VallhundA dog of a small, powerful breed associated with the Vikings.
- Swedish LapphundA breed of dog of the spitz type from Sweden, used by the Sami people for herding and guarding their reindeer.
- Swedish milesplural of Swedish mile: A unit of measure used in Sweden and other parts of Scandinavia, today with a length of 10 kilometres, but formerly with different values.
- Swedish laddersplural of Swedish ladder: A set of wall bars.
Compound words 5
- SwedishnessThe quality or state of being Swedish.
- SwenglishThe English language as spoken with Swedish influences.
- SwedishizeTo make (more) Swedish.
- SwedishizationThe act or process of Swedishizing.
- SwedishlyIn a manner characteristic of the Swedish people.