HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of Swede | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
swiːd

Definitions

  1. The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
  2. A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.
  3. A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden
  4. The plant from which this is obtained.
  5. The turnip.
    Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland
  6. The head.
    UK, slang

Equivalents

Afrikaans Sweed
العربية السويدي سويدي
Azərbaycanca isveçli
Català suec sueca
Čeština kolník Šved Švédka tuřín
Dansk svensker
Esperanto svedino svedo
Español sueca sueco
Eesti rootslane
فارسی سوئدی
Gaeilge Sualannach
Gàidhlig Suaineach
Galego sueca sueco
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Kuekene
Magyar svéd
Հայերեն շվեդ
Íslenska Svíi
Italiano svedese
ქართული შვედი
Lietuvių Švedas
Latviešu zviedriete zviedrs
Македонски Шве́ѓанец Шве́ѓанка
Malti Żvediż
Nederlands Zweed Zweedse
Português sueca sueco
Română suedez suedeză
Русский свей Швед шведка
Slovenčina Švéd Švédka
Slovenščina Šved Švedinja
Svenska kålrot rabba svear svenne svensk svenska
Kiswahili Mswidi
Türkçe İsveçli
Українська бруква швед шведка

Examples

“Gotta be so careful nowadays; local copper's no problem but the cow from the council done me 'cos this almost brained a punter when it fell on his swede.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See all C2 English words →

See also

Learn this word in context

See Swede used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free