Sweden

Sweden

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots Swaden, from Middle Dutch Sweden, dative of Swede. Displaced native Old English Swēoland (literally “Swede land”), Swēoþēod (literally “Swede nation”), and Swēorīċe (literally “Swede kingdom”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈswiː.dən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈswi.dən/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːdən

Proper noun

Sweden

1. A country in Scandinavia. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden

Derived terms

• Swede
• Swedish

Translations

Scandinavian country

Abkhaz: Швециа (Ŝvecja) Acehnese: Swèdia Afrikaans: Swede Albanian: Suedi f (indefinite), Suedia (sq) f (definite) Amharic: ስዊድን (səwidn) Arabic: السُّوَيْد‎ (ar) f (as-suwayd) Hijazi Arabic: السُّويد‎ f or m (as-suwēd) Aragonese: Suecia f Armenian: Շվեդիա (hy) (Švedia) Aromanian: Suidii f (indefinite), Suidia f (definite) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܲܝܕܝܼܵܐ‎ f (šwaydia) (formal), ܣܘܲܝܕ‎ (swayd) (vernacular) Asturian: Suecia (ast) f Azerbaijani: İsveç (az) Bambara: Swedi Bashkir: Швеция (Şvetsiya) Basque: Suedia (eu) Belarusian: Шве́цыя f (Švjécyja), Швэ́цыя f (Švécyja) (Taraškievica) Bengali: সুইডেন (bn) (suiḍen) Bikol Central: Suesya Bislama: Sweden Breton: Sveden (br) Bulgarian: Шве́ция (bg) f (Švécija) Burmese: ဆွီဒင် (hcwidang) Catalan: Suècia (ca) f Cebuano: Sweden Central Kurdish: سوید‎ (suyd) Chechen: Швеци (Šʷeci) Cherokee: ᏍᏫᏕᏂ (swideni) Chinese: Cantonese: 瑞典 (seoi6 din2) Hakka: 瑞典 (Shuì-tién) Mandarin: 瑞典 (zh) (Ruìdiǎn) Min Nan: 瑞典 (Sūi-tián) Chuvash: Швеци (Švetsi) Cornish: Swedherwyk, Sweden m Corsican: Svezia Crimean Tatar: İsveç Czech: Švédsko (cs) n Danish: Sverige (da) Dhivehi: ސުވިޑެން‎ (suviḍen̊) Dutch: Zweden (nl) n Dzongkha: སུའི་ཌན (su'i ḍan) Elfdalian: Swerre Erzya: Швеция Мастор (Švecija Mastor) Esperanto: Svedio (eo), Svedujo (eo), Svedlando (eo) Estonian: Rootsi (et) Ewe: Sweden Extremaduran: Suécia Farefare: Suedgo Faroese: Svøríki (fo) n Fiji Hindi: Sweden Finnish: Ruotsi (fi) French: Suède (fr) f Friulian: Svezie Gagauz: Şveţiya Galician: Suecia (gl) f Georgian: შვედეთი (ka) (švedeti) German: Schweden (de) n Alemannic: Schweden n Bavarian: Schwen, Schwedn Greek: Σουηδία (el) f (Souidía) Greenlandic: Sverige (kl), Svenskit Nunaat (kl) Guaraní: Suesia Gujarati: સ્વિડન (sviḍan) Haitian Creole: Syèd Hausa: Suwedan Hawaiian: Kuekene Hebrew: שְׁװֶדְיָה \\ שְׁוֶדְיָה‎ f (sh'védya) Hindi: स्वीडन (hi) (svīḍan) Hungarian: Svédország (hu) Icelandic: Svíþjóð (is) f Ido: Suedia (io) Ilocano: Sweden Indonesian: Swedia (id) Interlingua: Svedia Inuktitut: ᔅᕗᕆᑭ (sforiki), Svuriki Irish: An tSualainn f, Ríocht na Sualainne f Italian: Svezia (it) f Japanese: スウェーデン (ja) (Suwēden), 瑞典 (ja) (Suwēden) Javanese: Swedia Kabardian: Шуэц (Šuec) Kalmyk: Сведин Нутг (Svedin Nutg) Kannada: ಸ್ವೀಡನ್ (kn) (svīḍan) Kapampangan: Sweden Karachay-Balkar: Швеция (Şvetsiya) Karakalpak: Shvetsiya Kashubian: Szwedzkô (csb) Kazakh: Швеция (Şvesiä) Khmer: ស៊ុយអែត (km) (suyʼaet) Komi-Permyak: Шведму (Švedmu) Komi-Zyrian: Швеция (Švecija) Kongo: Suedi Konkani: स्विडन Korean: 스웨덴 (ko) (Seuweden), 스웨리예 (ko) (Seuweriye) (North Korea) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: سوید‎ (suyd) Northern Kurdish: Swêd (ku) Kven: Ruottii Kyrgyz: Швеция (ky) (Şvetsiya) Ladino: Suesia Lao: ສະວີເດັນ (lo) (sa wī den) Latgalian: Švedeja f Latin: Suēcia (la) f Latvian: Zviedrija f Ligurian: Sveçia Limburgish: Zwaede Lingala: Swédi Lithuanian: Švedija (lt) f Livonian: Rūotšmō Lombard: Svezia f Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: Sveden German Low German: Sweden (nds) n Luganda: Swiiden Luxembourgish: Schweden (lb) n Macedonian: Шведска (mk) f (Švedska) Malagasy: Soeda (mg) Malay: Sweden (ms) Malayalam: സ്വീഡൻ (svīḍaṉ) Maltese: Żvezja Manchu: ᠰᡳᡶᡳᠶ᠋ᡝᠰᠺᠣ Manx: Y Toolyn f Maori: Wīreni, Huītene Marathi: स्वीडन (svīḍan) Mari: Eastern Mari: Швеций (Švecij) Mazanderani: سوئد‎ Meänkieli: Ruotti Moksha: Шведмастор (Švedmastor) Mongolian: Швед (mn) (Šved) Nahuatl: Suecatlān Nauruan: Sweden, Widen Neapolitan: Sguezia Nepali: स्वीडेन (svīḍena) Newar: स्वीडेन (swīḍena) Norman: Suède f North Frisian: Swärik Norwegian: Bokmål: Sverige (no) n Nynorsk: Sverige (nn) n Occitan: Suècia (oc) f Old Church Slavonic: Свеньско (Svenĭsko) Old English: Swēoland n, Swēorīċe n Oriya: ସ୍ୱିଡେନ (swiḍenô) Ossetian: Швеци (Šveci) Papiamentu: Suecia Pashto: سويډن‎ (ps) m (swiḍán) Pennsylvania German: Schweden n Persian: سوئد‎ (fa) (su'ed) Piedmontese: Svessia Pitcairn-Norfolk: Swiiden Polish: Szwecja (pl) f Pontic Greek: Σουηδία (Souidía) Portuguese: Suécia (pt) f Punjabi: ਸਵੀਡਨ (savīḍan) Quechua: Suysya Rarotongan: Tuitene Romanian: Suedia (ro) f Romansch: Svezia Russian: Шве́ция (ru) f (Švécija) Rusyn: Швеція f (Švecija) Rwanda-Rundi: Kinyarwanda: Suwede Samoan: Sweden Samogitian: Švedėjė Sanskrit: स्वीडन (svīḍana) Sardinian: Isvetzia Saterland Frisian: Sweden Scots: Swaden Scottish Gaelic: An t-Suain Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Шве̏дска̄ f Roman: Švȅdskā (sh) f Sicilian: Sbezzia Silesian: Szwecyjo n Sindhi: سويڊن‎ Sinhalese: ස්‍වීඩනය (swīḍanaya) Slovak: Švédsko (sk) n Slovene: Švédska (sl) f Somali: Sweden, Iswiidhan Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: Šwedska f Sami: Inari: Ruotâ Kildin: Рӯц е̄ммьне (Rūc ’ēmm’nje) Lule: Svierik Northern: Ruoŧŧa Pite: Sverdji Skolt: Ruõcc Southern: Sveerje, Svöörje Ume: Ruohtsa Spanish: Suecia (es) f Sundanese: Swédia Swahili: Uswidi (sw) Swazi: ISwideni Swedish: Sverige (sv) n Tagalog: Suwesya Tajik: Шветсия (tg) (Švetsiya) Tamil: சுவீடன் (cuvīṭaṉ) Tatar: Швеция (tt) (Şwetsiya) Telugu: స్వీడన్ (te) (svīḍan) Tetum: Suésia Thai: สวีเดน (th) (sà-wii-den) Tibetan: སི་ཝེ་དེན (si we den) Tigrinya: ስዊድን (səwidn) Tok Pisin: Suwidan Turkish: İsveç (tr) Turkmen: Şwesiýa Udmurt: Швеция (Švecija) Ukrainian: Шве́ція (uk) f (Švécija) Upper Sorbian: Šwedska Urdu: سویڈن‎ (svīḍan) Uyghur: شۋېتسىيە‎ (shwëtsiye) Uzbek: Shvetsiya (uz) Venetian: Svezsia Vietnamese: Thụy Điển (瑞典) Volapük: Svedän (vo) Võro: Roodsi Walloon: Suwedwesse Waray-Waray: Suecia Welsh: Sweden (cy) f West Flemish: (please verify) Zweedn West Frisian: Sweden (fy) Western Panjabi: سویڈن‎ (pnb) Wolof: Suweed Yakut: Швеция (Şvetsiya) Yiddish: שוועדן‎ (shvedn) Yoruba: Swídìn Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) İswec (diq) Zealandic: Zweden Zhuang: Ruidenj Zulu: ISwidi

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• Suecophile

Anagrams

• endews, newsed, snewed

---

Welsh

Proper noun

Sweden f (not mutable)

1. Sweden (a country in Europe)

Derived terms

• Teyrnas Sweden (“Kingdom of Sweden”)