The Swedish word for head is
huvud
| Declensions | |
|---|---|
| a head | ett huvud |
| the head | huvudet |
| heads | huvuden |
| the heads | huvudena |
Translations for head and their definitions
| åka |  © | |
| 1. v. to go (by using something more/else than the human or animal body, for example skis, skates or a vehicle) | ||
| 2. v. to depart, to leave (intransitive) | ||
| huvud | © | |
| 1. n-n. (anatomy) head; a body part | ||
| 2. n-n. head; the topmost part of some things | ||
| 3. n-n. head; the end of a tool used for striking | ||
| 4. n-n. head; the blunt end of a fastener | ||
| 5. n-n. (in compounds, huvud-) main, chief, the most important, the first thing of all | ||
| (prefixusex, huvud, stad, t2=city, huvudstad, t3=main city; capital city) | ||
| (prefixusex, huvud, sak, t2=thing, huvudsak, t3=main thing) | ||
| (prefixusex, huvud, led, t2=road, huvudled, t3=main road/priority road) | ||
| (prefixusex, huvud, ingång, t2=entrance, huvudingång, t3=main entrance) | ||
| skalle | |
| 1. n-c. (colloquial) head (part of the body) | |
| 2. n-c. (anatomy) cranium, skull |
| rektor | © | |
| 1. n-c. a headmaster/headmistress; headteacher(R:Utrikes namnbok) (primary school; grundskola) | ||
| 2. n-c. a headmaster/headmistress; principal (secondary school; gymnasieskola) | ||
| 3. n-c. a principal; director (institutes and colleges; fackhögskola) | ||
| 4. n-c. a rector, a headmaster, a schoolmaster; the leader of a school or other institute of education | ||
| ledare | |
| 1. adj. comparative of led | |
| 2. n-c. a leader; ruler | |
| 3. n-c. someone who leads, guides or directs somebody else | |
| 4. n-c. the competitor who is in the lead in a race | |
| 5. n-c. conductor; material which can conduct electricity well (less commonly: heat) | |
| 6. n-c. an editorial article, short for ledarartikel |
| krona | |
| 1. n-c. crown (headwear) | |
| 2. n-c. (often definite) crown, state, government | |
| Det tillhör kronan. - It belongs to the crown. | |
| kronofogde - crown bailiff | |
| 3. n-c. krona (the Swedish currency unit), abbreviated to kr or kr. | |
| See also: 500 kronor: röding 1 000 kronor: lax, lakan, lök | |
| 4. n-c. krone (Danish and Norwegian currencies) | |
| 5. n-c. króna (currencies) | |
| 6. n-c. heads (of a coin) | |
| Krona eller klave? - Heads or tails? |
| leda | |
| 1. v. to (gently) lead; to guide, to conduct | |
| 2. v. to be in the lead; to be the leader of a competition | |
| 3. v. to guide, to direct; to be in a position of leadership | |
| 4. adj. singular definite of led | |
| 5. adj. plural of led | |
| 6. n-c. boredom, aversion (towards something one has had too much of) |
| bornyr | |
| 1. n-c. foam, head (on carbonated beverages) |
| främst | |
| 1. adv. mainly, primarily | |
| Det här är främst en politisk fråga - This is mainly a political issue | |
| 2. adv. at the front; foremost, first (in position or rank) | |
| Bland Säffles racerförare sätter jag honom främst - Among Säffle's racing drivers, I put him first | |
| I den bakre klungan av löpare ligger Nisse främst - In the rear group of runners, Nisse is in front ("lies Nisse the most forward") |
| nicka | |
| 1. v. to nod | |
| 2. v. (sports) to head, to strike with the head |
| spets | |
| 1. n-c. point, tip, end, nib, head | |
| 2. n-c. lace | |
| spets-bh - lace bra | |
| 3. n-c. spitz (dog breed) |
| topp | |
| 1. n-c. top, peak | |
| 2. n-c. top; head (topmost part of anything) | |
| 3. interj. (colloquial) agreed! |
| chef | |
| 1. n-c. A boss, manager; person in charge, person who directly oversees the work being done |
| fradga | |
| 1. n-c. froth (around the mouth, usually from illness or (powerless) rage, sometimes figuratively) | |
| att (tugga) fradga - to froth at the mouth ("chew froth") | |
| 2. n-c. froth, foam (more generally, often on carbonated beverages and of foam with smaller bubbles) | |
| 3. v. (sometimes reflexive) to become frothy (e.g. of the sea, or froth at the mouth) |
| först | |
| 1. adv. first, firstly; having no predecessor | |
| Han kom först i loppet. - He finished first in the race. | |
| 2. adv. only | |
| Först vid lunch, fick han höra om olyckan. - Only at lunch, did he learn about the accident. |
| skalla | |
| 1. v. headbutt | |
| 2. v. (of sounds) blast, ring out, resound |
| skum | |
| 1. adj. somewhat dark, not illuminated | |
| 2. adj. shady, dodgy | |
| Vara inblandad i skumma affärer - Be mixed up in shady business | |
| Jag såg en skum man i affären igår - I saw a shady guy at the store yesterday | |
| 3. adj. weird, strange | |
| Vilket skumt resonemang - What a strange line of reasoning | |
| 4. n-n. foam, froth | |
| 5. n-n. head (foam on carbonated beverages) |
| direktör | |
| 1. n-c. a manager; boss or leader of a company | |
| 2. n-c. a director(R:Utrikes namnbok) (in the European Union) |
| föreståndare | |
| 1. n-c. a superintendent, a manager; chiefly for a non-corporate organization or institution |
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