Grammar › Ordförråd: Swedish vocabulary, about 1000 useful words
Ordförråd: Swedish vocabulary, about 1000 useful words
The vocabulary list (ordförrådet) has about 1000 words grouped by theme. Nouns come with article and plural, verbs with their group, adjectives with irregular forms, and words with a fixed preposition are marked. Here are two sample tables from the first section, small high-frequency words.
Frågeord (question words)
| Svenska | Meaning (English) | Svenska | Meaning (English) |
|---|---|---|---|
| vem (som) | who | hur | how |
| vad (som) | what | hur mycket / många | how much / many |
| vilken / vilket / vilka | which | hur länge | how long |
| var | where (location) | hur ofta | how often |
| vart | where to | varför | why |
| varifrån | where from | när | when |
Adverb (adverbs of time, frequency, degree)
| Svenska | Meaning (English) | Svenska | Meaning (English) |
|---|---|---|---|
| nu | now | alltid | always |
| då | then, at that time | ofta | often |
| sedan / sen | then, afterwards | ibland | sometimes |
| snart | soon | sällan | rarely |
| redan | already | aldrig | never |
| ännu / fortfarande | still, yet | oftast | usually, mostly |
| ännu inte | not yet | genast / direkt | immediately |
| först | first | äntligen | finally (at last) |
| till slut | in the end | plötsligt | suddenly |
| tidigare | earlier | senare | later |
| bara | only, just | också / även | also |
| ganska | quite, rather | mycket | very, much |
The complete edition contains the whole list. Meanings are given in English.