Meanings
- A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden. Capital: Stockholm.
People often mix up Sweden and Switzerland.
1 more example
Bessent has also been spearheading trade negotiations. Last week he traveled to Sweden to meet with Chinese trade officials to discuss extending the current tariff rates in place on both countries’ goods. This comes as there’s a looming August 12 deadline for the two sides to extend rates or face higher tariffs.
2025 August 5, Elisabeth Buchwald, “Trump says Scott Bessent no longer in the running for Fed chair”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025 - A place in the United States, including
- A place in the United States, including:
- A town in Monroe County, New York.
Origin
- Middle DutchSweden
- ScotsSwethin
- EnglishSweden
Borrowed from Scots Swethin, Swadne (also Swaden), from Middle Dutch Sweden, dative of Swede. Originally used to refer to the people before the late 1600s, later displaced native Old English Swēoland (literally “Swede land”), Swēoþēod (literally “Swede nation”), and Swēorīċe (literally “Swede kingdom”) to refer to the country.
More words from Scots, Middle Dutch
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Swede
- SwedeScandinavian country
Arabic السُّوَيْد
- السُّوَيْد (as-suwayd)Scandinavian country
Basque Suedia
- SuediaScandinavian country
Bengali সুইডেন
- সুইডেন (śuiḍen)Scandinavian country
Bulgarian Шве́ция
- Шве́ция (Švécija)Scandinavian country
Catalan Suècia
- SuèciaScandinavian country
Chinese Cantonese 瑞典
- 瑞典 (seoi⁶ din²)Scandinavian country
Chinese Mandarin 瑞典
- 瑞典 (Ruìdiǎn)Scandinavian country
Czech Švédsko
- ŠvédskoScandinavian country
Danish Sverige
- SverigeScandinavian country
Dutch Zweden
- ZwedenScandinavian country
Esperanto Svedio, Svedujo
- SvedioScandinavian country
- SvedujoScandinavian country
- SvedlandoScandinavian country
Estonian Rootsi
- RootsiScandinavian country
Finnish Ruotsi
- RuotsiScandinavian country
French Suède
- SuèdeScandinavian country
German Schweden
- SchwedenScandinavian country
Greek Σουηδία
- Σουηδία (Souidía)Scandinavian country
Hawaiian Kuekene
- KuekeneScandinavian country
Hebrew שְׁוֶדְיָה
- שְׁוֶדְיָה (shvédya)Scandinavian country
Hindi स्वीडन
- स्वीडन (svīḍan)Scandinavian country
Hungarian Svédország
- SvédországScandinavian country
Icelandic Svíþjóð
- SvíþjóðScandinavian country
Indonesian Swedia
- SwediaScandinavian country
Irish An tSualainn
- An tSualainnScandinavian country
Italian Svezia
- SveziaScandinavian country
Japanese スウェーデン, 瑞典
- スウェーデン (Suwēden)Scandinavian country
- 瑞典 (Suwēden)Scandinavian country
Korean 스웨덴, 스웨리예
- 스웨덴 (Seuweden)Scandinavian country
- 스웨리예 (Seuweriye)Scandinavian country
- 서전 (Seojeon)Scandinavian country
Latin Suēcia, Svēcia
- SuēciaScandinavian country
- SvēciaScandinavian country
- SuētiaScandinavian country
Latvian Zviedrija
- ZviedrijaScandinavian country
Lithuanian Švedija
- ŠvedijaScandinavian country
Malay Sweden
- SwedenScandinavian country
Māori Wīreni, Huītene
- WīreniScandinavian country
- HuīteneScandinavian country
Norwegian Bokmål Sverige
- SverigeScandinavian country
Polish Szwecja
- SzwecjaScandinavian country
Portuguese Suécia
- SuéciaScandinavian country
Punjabi ਸਵੀਡਨ, سَوِیڈَن
- ਸਵੀਡਨ (savīḍan)Scandinavian country
- سَوِیڈَن (sauiīḍan)Scandinavian country
Romanian Suedia
- SuediaScandinavian country
Russian Шве́ция
- Шве́ция (Švécija)Scandinavian country
Scottish Gaelic An t-Suain
- An t-SuainScandinavian country
Slovak Švédsko
- ŠvédskoScandinavian country
Spanish Suecia
- SueciaScandinavian country
Swahili Uswidi
- UswidiScandinavian country
Swedish Sverige
- SverigeScandinavian country
Tagalog Suwesya
- SuwesyaScandinavian country
Tamil சுவீடன்
- சுவீடன் (cuvīṭaṉ)Scandinavian country
Thai สวีเดน
- สวีเดน (sà-wii-den)Scandinavian country
Turkish İsveç
- İsveçScandinavian country
Ukrainian Шве́ція
- Шве́ція (Švécija)Scandinavian country
Urdu سْوِیڈَن
- سْوِیڈَنScandinavian country
Vietnamese Thụy Điển
- Thụy ĐiểnScandinavian country
Welsh Sweden
- SwedenScandinavian country
Yiddish שוועדן
- שוועדן (shvedn)Scandinavian country
Zulu ISwidi
- ISwidiScandinavian country
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Sweden
Cite this entry
Sweden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sweden
“Sweden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sweden. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sweden,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sweden.
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