Swede

Meaning

1. A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.
2. (historical) A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden

Synonyms

Swedish

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Northern Sami

Sweden

🇸🇪

Dalecarlian

Translations

svedese

🇸🇪/🇦🇽

Suédois

Schwede

sueco

🇸🇪/🇦🇽

Zweed

sueco

Suédoise

Σουηδός

Schwedin

sueca

İsveçli

suec

🇸🇪/🇦🇽

Σουηδή

Pronounced as (IPA)

/swiːd/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse: Svíþjóð

Cognate with Old English: Swēoþēod

Cognate with Dutch: Zweed

Cognate with German: Schwede

In summary

From Middle Low German Swêde, from a Germanic word akin to Old Norse Svíþjóð, Old English Swēoþēod (“Sweden”, literally “Swede nation”), itself from Swēo (“Swede”), from Proto-Germanic *swihô (“Swede”). Cognate with Dutch Zweed, German Schwede. Doublet of suede.