Swede

See also: swede

English

From Middle Low German Swêde, from a Germanic word akin to Old English Swēoþēod (“Swede-people”), itself from Swēon (“Swedes”) (Old Norse Svíar), from Proto-Germanic *swihô (“Swede”). Cognate with Dutch Zweed, German Schwede.

Swede (plural Swedes)

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

person from Sweden or of Swedish descent

Arabic: سُوِيدِيّ‎ (suwīdiyy)
Armenian: շվեդ (hy) (šved)
Azerbaijani: isveçli
Breton: Svedad m
Bulgarian: швед m (šved), шведка f (švédka)
Catalan: suec (ca) m, sueca (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏫᏗ (Aswidi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 瑞典人 (zh) (Ruìdiǎnrén)
Czech: Švéd (cs) m, Švédka (cs) f
Danish: svensker (da) c
Dutch: Zweed (nl) m, Zweedse (nl) f
Esperanto: svedo, svedino
Estonian: rootslane (et)
Faroese: svii m, svenskari m, svíi m
Finnish: ruotsalainen (fi)
French: Suédois (fr) m, Suédoise (fr) f
Georgian: , შვედი (švedi)
German: Schwede (de) m, Schwedin (de) f
Greek: Σουηδός (el) m (Souidós), Σουηδή (el) f (Souidí), Σουηδέζος (el) m (Souidézos), Σουηδέζα (el) f (Souidéza)
Hawaiian: Kuekene
Hebrew: שוודי‎
Hungarian: svéd (hu)
Icelandic: Svíi (is) m
Ido: Suediano (io)
Italian: svedese (it) m or f
Japanese: スウェーデン人 (ja) (Suwēden-jin)
Korean: 스웨덴인 (ko) (Seuweden-in)

Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سوێدی‎ (swêdî)

Northern Kurdish: swêdî (ku)
Latvian: zviedrs m, zviedriete f
Lithuanian: švedas (lt) m, švedė (lt) f
Maltese: żvediż m, żvediża f
Northern Sami: ruoŧŧẹlaš
Norwegian:
Bokmål: svenske (no) m

Nynorsk: svenske (nn) m
Old Norse: svíar m pl
Polish: Szwed (pl) m, Szwedka (pl) f
Portuguese: sueco (pt) m, sueca f
Romanian: suedez (ro) m, suedeză (ro) f
Russian: швед (ru) m (šved), шве́дка (ru) f (švédka)
Scottish Gaelic: Suaineach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Шве́ђанин m, Швеђ m, Швеђанка f

Roman: Švéđanin, Švȅd (sh) m, Švéđānka f
Slovak: Švéd m, Švédka f
Slovene: Švéd (sl) m, Švédinja f
Spanish: sueco (es) m, sueca (es) f
Swahili: Mswidi (sw)
Swedish: svensk (sv) c (males, or if gender is not important), svenska (sv) c (females, only if gender is important), svenne (sv) c (usually derogatory)
Turkish: İsveçli (tr)
Ukrainian: швед m (šved), шведка f (švédka)
Venetian: svedexe (vec) m or f

member of the ancient North Germanic tribe

Swede

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