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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Originally intended for the Swedish Navy, the vessel is aligned with NATO’s interoperability standards.
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
Cranes Take Flight ‘When The Cranes Fly South’ was Lisa Ridzén’s debut novel and hot property after winning the Swedish Book Of The Year, the 2025 Swedish Bookseller’s Prize, and being shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2025.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Nov. 2025
If the knife person in your life doesn’t have a carbon-steel blade already, the Japanese knifemaker Misono’s Swedish Carbon Gyuto ($125 for the twenty-one-centimetre blade) is a perfect start.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
In 2023, Mármol Sánchez led a study that sequenced RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, in the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
Cranes Take Flight ‘When The Cranes Fly South’ was Lisa Ridzén’s debut novel and hot property after winning the Swedish Book Of The Year, the 2025 Swedish Bookseller’s Prize, and being shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2025.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Nov. 2025
If the knife person in your life doesn’t have a carbon-steel blade already, the Japanese knifemaker Misono’s Swedish Carbon Gyuto ($125 for the twenty-one-centimetre blade) is a perfect start.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
In 2023, Mármol Sánchez led a study that sequenced RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, in the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
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“Swedish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Swedish. Accessed 2 Dec. 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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