Swedish
/ˈswiː.dɪʃ/adjective
Swedish is spelled S-W-E-D-I-S-H: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Swedish means “Of or pertaining to Sweden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Swedish?
| Letters | 7: S-W-E-D-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 16 times per million words; the 5,025th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Swedish?
Swedish appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,025th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Swedish?
- /ˈswiː.dɪʃ/
Swedish has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-Swedish.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does Swedish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to Sweden.
- 2
Of or pertaining to the Swedish language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Swedish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to Sweden:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | suédois |
| German | schwedisch |
| Portuguese | sueco |
| Spanish | sueco |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Swedish come from?
From Swede + -ish. Cognate with Dutch Zweeds, German Schwedisch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).