1
: the North Germanic language spoken in Sweden and a part of Finland
2
plural in construction
: the people of Sweden
Swedish
adjective
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Yves Tumor has responded after being booed by the crowd during the artist’s opening set for Swedish House Mafia.
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Klarna made a solid debut on the New York Stock Exchange, with shares of the Swedish buy now, pay later company rising nearly 15%, the latest in a run of high-profile initial public offerings this year.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
In October 2020, more than two hundred years after the speculations of Michell, Laplace and von Soldner, a band of journalists gathered at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm to hear the Secretary General of the Academy announce the recipient of the year’s Nobel Prize in Physics.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
The crowd roared for each—Erica from Italy (Swedish), Len from Canada (Thai), Wim from Belgium (Eastern freestyle), and so on.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Klarna made a solid debut on the New York Stock Exchange, with shares of the Swedish buy now, pay later company rising nearly 15%, the latest in a run of high-profile initial public offerings this year.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
In October 2020, more than two hundred years after the speculations of Michell, Laplace and von Soldner, a band of journalists gathered at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm to hear the Secretary General of the Academy announce the recipient of the year’s Nobel Prize in Physics.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
The crowd roared for each—Erica from Italy (Swedish), Len from Canada (Thai), Wim from Belgium (Eastern freestyle), and so on.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Swedish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Swedish. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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Swedish
noun
Swed·ish
ˈswēd-ish 
1
: the Germanic language spoken in Sweden
2
Swedish plural
: the people of Sweden
Swedish
adjective
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