Swedish Nouns
Learning the Swedish Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Swedish language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Swedish.
Swedish nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Swedish Nouns |
| nouns | substantiv |
| my car | min bil |
| green car | miljöbil |
| three cars | tre bilar |
| car garage | bilgarage |
| outside the car | utanför bilen |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Swedish has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Swedish.
List of Nouns in Swedish
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Swedish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Swedish vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Swedish Nouns |
| arm | arm |
| back | rygg |
| cheeks | kinder |
| chest | bröst |
| chin | haka |
| ear | öra |
| elbow | armbåge |
| eye | öga |
| face | ansikte |
| finger | finger |
| fingers | fingrar |
| foot | fot |
| hair | hår |
| hand | hand |
| head | huvud |
| heart | hjärta |
| knee | knä |
| leg | ben |
| lip | läpp |
| mouth | mun |
| neck | nacke |
| nose | näsa |
| shoulder | axel |
| stomach | mage |
| teeth | tänder |
| thigh | lår |
| throat | strupe |
| thumb | tumme |
| toe | tå |
| tongue | tunga |
| tooth | tand |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Swedish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Swedish Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Swedish lessons here: Learn Swedish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.