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The 100 most common Swedish words

Ranked by how often they are used in spoken Swedish. Learn these and you will recognise roughly half of every conversation. The full lists, with Anki decks, are on the word lists page.

  1. 1jagI
  2. 2detthat, it
  3. 3varabe, last
  4. 4duyou
  5. 5attto, that
  6. 6intenot
  7. 7hahave, have, possess; be provided with
  8. 8ena, an
  9. 9ochand
  10. 10viwe
  11. 11påon, in
  12. 12iin; on, at
  13. 13förto, for
  14. 14hanhe
  15. 15somas
  16. 16omabout, around
  17. 17medwith, for
  18. 18vadwhat
  19. 19varwas, were
  20. 20migme (objective case)
  21. 21härhere
  22. 22digyou, you (singular objective case)
  23. 23såso, thus
  24. 24denit, he, she, that
  25. 25tillto, until
  26. 26kancan
  27. 27dethey
  28. 28menbut
  29. 29görado, make
  30. 30niyou
  31. 31skawill, be going to, (except not formal in tone, but a literal match for meaning) shall, is to; (in the past tense "skulle") were to; was to (Usually not sensible translations, but will provide the right intuition in some tricky cases – see below.)
  32. 32etta, an, one
  33. 33avof, by
  34. 34vetaknow
  35. 35honshe
  36. 36kommacome, arrive
  37. 37villwant
  38. 38jayes, well; all right
  39. 39nunow
  40. 40nejno
  41. 41baraonly, just
  42. 42minmy
  43. 43hurhow
  44. 44tatake; to grab and move to oneself, to bring (along); to carry
  45. 45sesee, look
  46. 46honomhim, him; oblique of han
  47. 47därthere, where
  48. 48måstemust
  49. 49dinyour, yours (common gender, singular), you (vocative determiner used before a singular common gender noun)
  50. 50trobelieve
  51. 51skullewould, should
  52. 52bragood, excellent
  53. 53dåthen, at that time, then
  54. 54närwhen, near
  55. 55komcame
  56. 56sägato say, to tell
  57. 57ossus
  58. 58manman, person
  59. 59blibecome, get
  60. 60fårsheep
  61. 61eryou, your
  62. 62utout, all over
  63. 63demthem, them; accusative/dative of de
  64. 64okejokay, all right
  65. 65elleror
  66. 66frånfrom
  67. 67sigoneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves
  68. 68varförwhy
  69. 69hadehad
  70. 70henneher, her; object form of hon (=she)
  71. 71allaeveryone, all, everybody, everyone
  72. 72uppup (similar senses to English, though compare uppe), open (to an open position or state)
  73. 73gågo, walk
  74. 74alltall 1, everything, all
  75. 75ingenno one, none
  76. 76tackthanks, thank you, please (to add politeness)
  77. 77fåget, receive
  78. 78sasaid
  79. 79ininto
  80. 80igenback, again
  81. 81behövaneed, want
  82. 82mittmy, in the middle (at or around the middle, spatially or more abstractly), (often) right
  83. 83nåtsyncopic form of något (“something, anything”)
  84. 84mycketvery much, greatly
  85. 85gårgoes, walks, goes, runs
  86. 86vemwho
  87. 87hejhello, hallo!
  88. 88kanskeperhaps, maybe
  89. 89gegive
  90. 90litelittle, some; a small amount
  91. 91pratatalk
  92. 92hanshis
  93. 93aldrignever
  94. 94änyet, still
  95. 95efterafter, later
  96. 96sensince, then, late
  97. 97ingetnone, no one
  98. 98juof course, why
  99. 99dittyour, yours, you (vocative determiner used before a singular neuter gender noun)
  100. 100väntawait, expect

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