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Top 100 Swedish Words Every Beginner Should Know

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

The most frequent 100 words in Swedish cover a huge portion of everyday conversation. Learning these first gives you the biggest return on your study time.

#WordTranslation
1ochand
2iin, at
3attto, that
4detit, that
5somwho, which, that, as
6ena, an, one
7on, at, in
8äris, are, am
9avof, by, from
10förfor, because
11medwith
12harhave, has
13denit, the (common gender)
14tillto, until, for
15intenot
16varwas, were; where
17jagI
18dethey, the (plural)
19etta, an, one (neuter)
20hanhe
21omif, about, around
22viwe
23hadehad
24kancan, may
25honshe
26menbut
27frånfrom
28so, then, thus
29duyou (singular)
30elleror
31sigoneself, himself, herself
32varato be
33vidat, by, near
34ocksåalso, too
35nunow
36allaall, everyone
37skashall, will
38överover, above, across
39sinahis, her, its, their (reflexive possessive)
40efterafter, behind
41kommercomes, will
42sedanthen, since, afterwards
43därthere, where
44baraonly, just
45sägersays, say
46sinhis, her, its (reflexive possessive, common)
47härhere
48vadwhat
49underunder, during
50hanshis
51uppup
52dennathis
53skullewould, should
54andraother, second
55mycketvery, much, a lot
56närwhen, near
57någotsomething, anything
58kunnato be able to, can
59sägato say, to tell
60demthem
61hurhow
62finnsexists, there is/are
63tvåtwo
64redanalready
65sitthis, her, its (reflexive possessive, neuter)
66migme
67blito become, to get
68then, at that time
69to get, to receive; few
70manone, you (general), man
71utanwithout, but rather
72genomthrough, by
73to go, to walk
74ossus
75tato take
76dagday
77mermore
78åryear
79kommato come
80mellanbetween
81utout
82fickgot, received (past tense of 'få')
83blevbecame (past tense of 'bli')
84nogenough, probably
85storbig, large, great
86helawhole, entire
87tidtime
88nyanew (plural/definite)
89självself, myself, yourself
90ingenno one, nobody, no
91görato do, to make
92sammasame
93nerdown
94välwell, surely, I suppose
95geto give
96ditthere, to there
97landcountry, land
98villewanted
99motagainst, towards
100mångamany

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