Swede

See also: swede

English

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.

A crowd of Swedes.

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)
• Azerbaijani: isveçli
• Breton: Svedad (br) m
• Bulgarian: швед m (šved), шве́дка f (švédka)
• Catalan: suec (ca) m, sueca (ca) f
• 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)
• Guaraní: suesiagua
• 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) (Seuweden-in), 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
• Northern Sami: ruoŧŧẹlaš
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svenske (no) m

  Nynorsk: svenske (nn) m

• Old English: Swēo m
• Old Norse: svíar m pl
• 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)
• 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)
• Venetian: 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

Etymology 1

From Dutch Zweden, from Middle Dutch Zweden, Sweden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɛ.də/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Swede

1. Sweden (a country in Northern Europe)

   Synonym: Koninkryk van Swede

Related terms

• Sweed
• Sweeds

Etymology 2

Noun

Swede

1. plural of Sweed