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Swedish

swe·dish

UK/ˈswiː.dɪʃ/ US/ˈswidɪʃ/ fairly common

adjective

1.

of or relating to or characteristic of Sweden or its people or culture or language

  • “the Swedish King”
  • “Swedish punch”
  • “Swedish umlauts”

noun

1.

a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland

Origin

From Swede + -ish. Cognate with Dutch Zweeds, German Schwedisch.

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