207 words
Swedish words starting with E
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- e-maile-mail
- e-poste-mail
- ebbaonly used in ebba ut
- edcurse, oath
- ederyour, yours
- effektoutput, power
- effektivefficient, effective
- effektiviteteffectiveness, efficiency
- effektivteffective, efficient
- efterafter, later
- efterblivenbackward
- efterforskninginquiry, investigation
- efterfrågandemand
- efterhandgradually, with time
- efterlysawould like to see, make inquiries about
- efterlysningall-points bulletin
- efterlystwanted
- efterlämnabe survived by, leave
- eftermiddagafternoon
- efternamnsurname, family (last) name
- efterrättpudding, sweet
- eftersombecause, seeing that, since, as, because
- eftersöktin demand, (very) popular
- eftertankeconsideration, reflection
- efterträdaresuccessor
- efteråtafterwards
- egaalternative form of äga; to pwn
- egenown, odd, peculiar, strange
- egendomproperty
- egendomligstrange, remarkable
- egenskapcharacteristic, property
- egentligenactually, really
- egetown, personally, individualistically, uniquely, oddly, peculiarly
- eggedge
- egnaown, own; plural of egen
- egoego
- egoistiskegoistic
- egyptierEgyptian
- egyptiskEgyptian; of or pertaining to Egypt or Egyptians
- egyptiskaEgyptian; a female person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
- ejnot
- ekoak
- ekoecho
- ekologiskorganic
- ekonomifinances, economy
- ekonomiskfinancial, economic
- ekonomiskteconomical, Economic
- ekorresquirrel
- ekvationequation
- elelectricity, electric current or power; clipping of elektricitet or elektrisk, short for el- och energiprogrammet
- elaknasty, evil
- elchocka current used in electroconvulsive therapy
- eldfire
- eldaburn, light a fire
- eldgivningfiring (discharge of a gun or other weapon)
- eldkraftfirepower
- eldstridgunfight (combat with firearms)
- eldsvådadestructive fire, such as a house burning
- elefantelephant
- eleganselegance
- elegantelegant
- elektricitetelectricity
- elektrikerelectrician
- elektriskelectrical
- elektromagnetiskelectromagnetic
- elektronikelectronics
- elektroniskelectronic
- elementelement, radiator
- elevpupil, student
- elimineraeliminate
- elitelite
- elleror
- elvaeleven
- eländemisery
- eländigrotten, miserable
- empm (indicating hours in the afternoon); abbreviation of eftermiddagen
- emailemail
- emellanbetween
- emellanåtoccasionally, sometimes
- emoemo (3), a genre of music and the fashion associated with it, an emo (4), a fan of the previous
- emotopposite
- emotionellemotional
- empatiempathy
- ena, an
- enaagree, unite, unify
- enadunite
- enasunite
- enaståendeexceptional, outstanding
- enbartonly, alone, solely
- endaonly, single
- endastonly
- endeend, only one
- eneone; masculine definite of en
- energienergy
- enfaldigsilly, simple
- engagemangengagement, commitment
- engageraengage, employ
- engageradengaged
- engelskEnglish
- engelskaEnglish
- engelsktEnglishly; in an English manner
- engelsmanan Englishman (person from England)
- enhetunit
- enhörningunicorn, a unicorn
- enigunited, unanimous, agreed
- enkeleasy, simple
- enkelteasy, simply
- enlighetin accordance with, accordance
- enligtaccording to
- enormenormous, immense
- enormtenormously
- enseven
- ensamlonely, alone
- ensamhetloneliness, solitude
- ensamståendesingle, sole (not in a relationship), lone (without (contact with) close relatives)
- ensamtlonely
- ensamvargloner (one who lacks or avoids company), lone wolf
- enskildregarded separately (from the group or the like to which it belongs); individual, separate, single, etc., apart from others; individual, separate, private, one-on-one, etc.
- enstakaoccasional, separate
- entréentrance, admission
- entreprenörcontractor
- entusiasmenthusiasm
- entusiastiskenthusiastic
- envisobstinate, stubborn, persistent
- envisaspersist, be obstinate
- epidemiepidemic
- episodincident, episode
- eryou, your
- erayour, yours (possessed by the multiple individuals addressed, of multiple things), you (vocative determiner used before a plural noun, regardless of gender)
- eranalternative form of er (“your, yours”)
- eratalternative form of ert (“your, yours”)
- erbjudaoffer
- erbjudandeoffer
- erbjudenoffer
- erfarenexperienced, practised
- erfarenhetexperience
- erkändacknowledged
- erkännaacknowledge, admit
- erkännandeacknowledgement, recognition
- erkäntadmittedly, recognized as
- ersyour (only in address); a contraction of the archaic eders, being a genitive form of er
- ersattreplaced, superseded
- ersättacompensate, replace
- ersättaresubstitute
- ersättningcompensation, substitute
- ertappacatch
- erövracapture, win
- erövringconquest
- eskortescort
- eskorterato escort (accompany as a safeguard), to escort (lead)
- espressoespresso
- essace
- estEstonian; a person from Estonia
- estlandestonia
- etableraestablish
- etableradestablished
- eterether
- etikethics
- etikettlabel, etiquette
- etiskethical
- etnicitetetnicity, ethnicity, ethnos
- etta, an, one
- ettaone, first
- euroeuro
- europeiskEuropean
- europeiskaEuropean, a European woman
- evawoman
- evakueraevacuate
- evakueringevacuation
- evenemangevent, occasion
- eventuellpossible, any
- eventuelltpossibly
- evigeternal, persistent, never-ending, everlasting
- evigheteternity
- evolutionevolution
- exspecimen, example
- exaktexact
- exalteradhighly-strung, (over-)excited
- examendegree, examination
- excellensExcellency
- excentriskeccentric
- exempelexample
- exempelvisfor example
- exemplarspecimen, example
- exfruex-wife (former wife)
- exilexile
- existensexistence
- existeraexist
- exklusivexclusive, select
- exotiskexotic
- expanderaexpand
- expeditionoffice, expedition
- experimentexperiment
- experimentellexperimental
- experimenteraexperiment
- expertexpert
- expertisexpertise
- exploderaexplode
- exploderadexploded
- explosionexplosion
- explosivexplosive
- exponeraexpose
- expressexpress
- extraextra
- extraordinärextraordinary
- extremextreme
- extremtextreme, extremely (to an extreme degree)
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