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Definition: Swede |
SwedeNoun1. A native or inhabitant of Sweden. 2. A cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root. 3. The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Swede" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1645. (references) |
Etymology: Swede \Swede\, noun. [Compare to German Schwede.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Similar to and sometimes mistaken for its cousin the turnip. In fact it is often called a yellow turnip. Rutabagas are larger, rounder, denser and sweeter than turnips. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | Inhabitant of Sweden. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SwedeSynonyms: rutabaga (n), rutabaga plant (n), swedish turnip (n), turnip cabbage (n), yellow turnip (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: mangold (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology). |
Crosswords: Swede |
| English words defined with "Swede": Lingism. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Swede": Brilliant Madman. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Swede" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Afrikaan (Sweden). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm poison, Swede, to myself and everybody around me. (The Killers; writing credit: Anthony Veiller) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Swede Hearts (1917) Tillie the Little Swede (1916) Swede Larson (1914) | |
Song Titles | Red Headed Swede (performing artist: The Skal Club Spelmanslag) | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | Figure 22. Arwidsson bottle invented by the Swede Thorsten Arwidsson in 1879 used by Swedish and Danish investigators. The pencil indicates the placement of of the releasing mechanism. Left: descending. Right: ascending. This type of of bottle was used in 1952 by the Danish light vessel VYL. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Dog Kennels, Swede Boy's Camp. Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Swede" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Swede" is used about 146 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 146 | 26,107 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Swede" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Swede | Last name | 170 | 49,134 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Swede"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | Sweed. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | suedez (swedish), rrepë suedeze (swedish turnip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | السويدي أحد أبناء السويد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | швед (swedish), вид шведска ряпа (swedish turnip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 瑞典人 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tuřín (turnip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | svensker. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Zweed. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | svedo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | svenskari, svíi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | اهل سوءد (Swedish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ruotsalainen (Swedish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Suédois (Swedish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | Sweed. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schwede, schwedin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κραμβογογγύλια (mangold, rutabaga, swedish cabbage-turnip, swedish turnip), ραίβα (rutabaga, Swedish turnip), ρουτουμπάγα (rutabaga, Swedish turnip), σουηδόσ, σουηδικά γογγύλια (mangold, rutabaga, swedish cabbage-turnip, swedish turnip), Σουηδός (Swedish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | svéd (swedish), svéd ember, karórépa (cole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | Svíi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | svedese (swedish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | スウェーデン蕪 (rutabaga, suede, Swedish turnip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | スウェーデンかぶ (rutabaga, Swedish turnip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Soolynagh (Swedish), napin Soolynagh, napin (turnip), Fynn-Loghlynagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | svenske. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edesway Szwed. (various references) sueco (Swedish). (various references) suedez (swedish). (various references) швед. (various references) bela repa (swedish turnip), šveđanin. (various references) sueco (Swedish). (various references) svensk (Swedish), kålrot (rutabaga, swedish turnip). (various references) คนสวีเ"น (Sweden). (various references) sarı şalgam (swedish turnip), isveçli, Ísveçlí (Swedish). (various references) юwed (r). (various references) швед, бруква (rutabaga). (various references) rwden (turnip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Brassica napobrassica. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 58 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de petroV hkolouqei autw apo makroqen ewV thV aulhV tou arcierewV kai eiselqwn esw ekaqhto meta twn uphretwn idein to teloV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Petrus autem sequebatur eum a longe usque in atrium principis sacerdotum et ingressus intro sedebat cum ministris ut videret finem |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þanne ænde. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But Petir swede him afer, in to the halle of the prince of prestis; and he wente in, and sat with the seruauntis, to se the ende. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Peter folowed him a farre of vnto the hye prestes place: and went in and sate with the servauntes to se the ende. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But Peter followed him at a distance, to the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants to see the end. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But Peter went after him at a distance, to the house of the high priest, and went in and took his seat with the servants, to see the end. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 58 |
| Cebuano | Apan si Pedro nga nagpaantaw minunot kaniya hangtud sa hawanan sa tugkaran sa balay sa labawng sacerdote, ug sa paghisulod na niya milingkod siya uban sa mga bantay aron sa pagtan-aw sa sangputan. |
| Croatian | A Petar je išao za njim izdaleka do dvora velikog sveæenika; i ušavši unutra, sjedne sa stražarima da vidi svršetak. |
| Danish | Men Peter fulgte ham i Frastand indtil Ypperstepræstens Gård, og han gik indenfor og satte sig hos Svendene for at se, hvad Udgang det vilde få. |
| Dutch | En Petrus volgde Hem van verre tot aan de zaal des hogepriesters, en binnengegaan zijnde, zat hij bij de dienaren, om het einde te zien. |
| Finnish | Ja Pietari seurasi häntä taampana ylimmäisen papin esipihaan asti; ja hän meni sinne ja istui palvelijain joukkoon nähdäksensä, kuinka lopulta kävisi. |
| French | Pierre le suivit de loin jusqu` la cour du souverain sacrificateur, y entra, et s`assit avec les serviteurs, pour voir comment cela finirait. |
| German | Petrus aber folgte ihm nach von ferne bis in den Palast des Hohenpriesters und ging hinein und setzte sich zu den Knechten, auf daß er sähe, wo es hinaus wollte. |
| Haitian Creole | Pyè t'ap swiv Jezi yon ti jan lwen lwen, jouk yo rive nan lakou kay granprèt la. Li antre nan lakou a tou, li chita ak gad yo pou l' wè kouman sa t'apral fini. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Petrus mengikuti Yesus dari jauh sampai ke halaman rumah imam agung. Lalu Petrus masuk ke dalam halaman itu, dan duduk bersama pengawal-pengawal. Ia ingin tahu bagaimana semuanya itu akan berakhir nanti. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi Petrus mengikut Yesus dari jauh, sehingga sampai ke balai Imam Besar itu, lalu masuklah ia duduk bersama-sama segala hamba hendak melihat akibatnya. |
| Italian | Pietro intanto lo aveva seguito da lontano fino al palazzo del sommo sacerdote; ed entrato anche lui, si pose a sedere tra i servi, per vedere la conclusione. |
| Manx Gaelic | Agh deiyr Peddyr er foddey ny yei, gys thie yn ard-saggyrt, as hie eh stiagh, as hoie eh marish y vooinjer dy yeeaghyn cre'n erree harragh er. |
| Maori | Ko Pita ia i aru i a ia i tawhiti ki te marae o te tino tohunga, a tomo atu ana, noho tahi ana me nga kaimahi, kia kite i te mutunga. |
| Norwegian | Og Peter fulgte ham langt bakefter like til yppersteprestens gård, og han gikk inn og satte sig hos tjenerne for å se hvad enden vilde bli. |
| Portuguese | E Pedro o seguia de longe até o pátio do sumo sacerdote; e entrando, sentou-se entre os guardas, para ver o fim. |
| Rumanian | Petru L -a urmat de departe, pknq la curtea marelui preot; apoi a intrat knlquntru, wi a wezut jos cu aprozii, ca sq vadq sfkrwitul. |
| Russian | рЕФТ ЦЕ УМЕ"ПЧБМ ЪБ оЙН ЙЪ"БМЙ, "П "ЧПТБ ЕТЧПУЧСЭЕООЙЛПЧБ; Й, ЧПК"С ЧОХФТШ, УЕМ УП УМХЦЙФЕМСНЙ, ЮФП'Щ ЧЙ"ЕФШ ЛПОЕ". |
| Shuar | Tura Pítiur árantak Jesusan nemarkin uuntri jeen aari jeamiayi. Tura suntarjai tsanin pujusmiayi Jesusan itiurkartin tusa. |
| Swahili | Petro alimfuata kwa mbali mpaka uani kwa Kuhani Mkuu, akaingia ndani pamoja na walinzi ili apate kuona mambo yatakavyokuwa. |
| Swedish | Och Petrus följde honom på avstånd ända till översteprästens gård; där gick han in och satte sig bland rättstjänarna för att se vad slutet skulle bliva. |
| Uma | Petrus metuku' ngkawao-wadi, duu' -na rata hi berewe tomi Imam Bohe. Mesua' -i hi berewe pai' -i mohura dohe topojaga, apa' doko' na'inca ba napa mpai' to majadi' hi Yesus. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Swede": swedes. (additional references) | |
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"Swede" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sawasdi, Sawdde, Sgwyd, Shedee, Sowaidi, swade, swedge, sweed, sweede. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Swede" (pronounced swē"d) |
| 3 | -w ē" d | Tweed, weed. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sewed, weeds. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-s-w" | |
-1 letter: dees, dews, ewes, seed, weds, weed, wees. | |
-2 letters: dee, dew, eds, ewe, see, sew, wed, wee. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, es, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-s-w" | |
+1 letter: bedews, dweebs, reweds, shewed, skewed, slewed, spewed, stewed, swedes, tweeds, wedels, wedges. | |
+2 letters: deewans, dewaxes, dewiest, dewless, drawees, endwise, lewdest, resawed, resewed, resowed, rewelds, screwed, seaweed, sewered, shrewed, sinewed, strewed, sweated, swelled, swerved, unsewed, wedders, wedelns, wedgies, weeders, welders, welshed, wrested. | |
+3 letters: answered, awardees, bendwise, besnowed, bestowed, burweeds, cudweeds, dewaters, dewiness, doweries, dwellers, dyeweeds, edgeways, edgewise, endowers, eschewed, escrowed, gumweeds, hogweeds, leewards, lewdness, mayweeds, midweeks, pigweeds, pinweeds, ragweeds, redwares, reendows, reshowed, rewashed, rewidens, seaweeds, seesawed, showered, shrewder, shrewdie, sidewise, silkweed, skewered, snapweed, speedway, sumpweed, swiveled, tarweeds, tweedles, waxweeds, weakside, weaseled, wedgiest, weediest, weedless, weekdays, weekends, weirdest, weirdies, weirdoes, weldless, wergelds, westered, wheedles, wideners, wideness, wielders, wormseed, worsened, wrestled. | |
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