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Essential Swedish Adjectives You Should Know

Lalo Team·Updated April 17, 2026·3 min read

The most common Swedish adjectives ranked by frequency. Describe people, places, and things with confidence.

135 adjectives found

WordTranslation
andraother, second
storbig, large, great
helawhole, entire
nyanew (plural/definite)
sammasame
mångamany
olikadifferent, various
varjeevery, each
bragood, well
nästanext
rättright, correct, dish
flermore (countable)
förstafirst
helwhole, entire
egenown
långlong, tall
sistalast, final
ingano, none (plural)
småsmall (plural)
liteta little, small (neuter)
gammalold
annananother, other
rikrich
fattigpoor
höghigh, tall; pile
litensmall, little
endaonly, sole
ensamalone, lonely
svårdifficult, hard
blåblue
gröngreen
bättrebetter
tystquiet, silent
lycklighappy
skönbeautiful, nice
varmwarm, hot
kallcold
mörkdark
ungyoung
rödred
vitwhite
svartblack
gulyellow
finfine, nice
starkstrong
svagweak
snabbfast, quick
långsamslow
tungheavy
lätteasy, light
renclean, pure
smutsigdirty
torrdry
våtwet
bredwide, broad
smalnarrow, thin
djupdeep
kortshort
nynew
fulugly
vackerbeautiful, pretty
gladhappy, glad
ledsensad, sorry
argangry
räddscared, afraid
trötttired
hungrighungry
törstigthirsty
sjuksick, ill
friskhealthy, well
nöjdsatisfied, pleased
färdigready, finished
möjligpossible
nödvändignecessary
viktigimportant
farligdangerous
säkersafe, certain
frifree
fullfull, drunk
tomempty
öppenopen
stängdclosed
sanntrue
falskfalse
vanligcommon, usual
ovanligunusual, uncommon
tydligclear, obvious
billigcheap
dyrexpensive
tidigearly
senlate
halvhalf
dubbeldouble
snällkind, nice
elakmean, nasty
modigbrave, courageous
klokwise, clever
dumstupid, dumb
latlazy
flitigdiligent, hardworking
försiktigcareful, cautious
lugncalm, quiet
stressadstressed
nyfikencurious
tacksamgrateful, thankful
stoltproud
avundsjukjealous, envious
upptagenbusy, occupied
ledigfree, off work
intressantinteresting
tråkigboring, sad
roligfunny, fun
spännandeexciting
underbarwonderful
hemskhorrible, terrible
perfektperfect
enkelsimple, easy
kompliceradcomplicated
typisktypical
modernmodern
traditionelltraditional
förralast, previous
trevligpleasant, nice
välkommenwelcome
riktigreal, proper, genuine, correct
klarclear, ready, done, finished
direktdirect, immediate, straight
privatprivate, personal
nationellnational
lokallocal
politiskpolitical
socialsocial
naturlignatural, unaffected
positivpositive, optimistic
negativnegative

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