The Swedish word for island is
ö
| Declensions | |
|---|---|
| an island | en ö |
| the island | ön |
| islands | öar |
| the islands | öarna |
Translations for island and their definitions
| ö |  © | |
| 1. n-c. island | ||
| Gotland är den största ön i Östersjön. - Gotland is the largest island in the Baltic Sea. | ||
| holme | |
| 1. n-c. holme |
| kobbe | |
| 1. n-c. a low, rocky, rounded islet (in a coastal archipelago) |
| skär | |
| 1. adj. (dated) pure, clean | |
| ren och skär tur - pure luck (idiomatic – can also be expressed as "ren tur") | |
| 2. adj. pink; having a color between red and white, sometimes with a hint of beige, as in the skin color of white people. | |
| 3. n-n. a skerry, an island (especially a small rocky island) | |
| 4. v. present indicative of skära | |
| 5. v. imperative of skära |
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