The Swedish word for rock is
berg
| Declensions | |
|---|---|
| a mountain | ett berg |
| the mountain | berget |
| mountains | berg |
| the mountains | bergen |
Translations for rock and their definitions
| gunga | |
| 1. n-c. a swing (hanging seat or foothold) | |
| 2. v. to swing (on a swing or the like) | |
| 3. v. to rock, to sway (e.g. in a rocking chair, or of a person) |
| berg |  © | |
| 1. n-n. a mountain | ||
| De besteg berget - They climbed the mountain | ||
| 2. n-n. rock, bedrock | ||
| Man har borrat genom berget i jakt på rikedom - People have drilled through the rock in search in search of riches | ||
| eld i berget! - warning cry that an explosive charge has been ignited in a mine | ||
| 3. n-n. a mountain, a very large heap or pile | ||
| ett berg av papper - a mountain of paper | ||
| vagga | |
| 1. n-c. a cradle; a bed for a baby that can be oscillating or swinging back and forth | |
| 2. n-c. a cradle; the place where something has its origin | |
| 3. v. to cradle, to rock (a baby to sleep) | |
| 4. v. to rock, to move gently back and forth |
| Sten | |
| 1. Proper noun. given name, male, from=Old Norse | |
| 2. n-c. a rock, a stone | |
| Han har en liten sten - He has a small stone | |
| 3. n-c. A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks and boulders. |
| chocka | |
| 1. v. shock (cause intense surprise or horror) |
| isbit | |
| 1. n-c. an ice cube (or other small piece of ice, especially when used to cool something) |
| rocka | |
| 1. n-c. ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail) | |
| 2. v. to rock (be great) | |
| 3. v. to rock (play, or listen to, rock music) |
| 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 |
| polkagris | |
| 1. n-c. candy cane (an edible peppermint-flavored candy, usually in the shape of a staff) |
| rock | © | |
| 1. n-c. a coat, an overcoat | ||
| 2. n-c. (music) rock, rock and roll | ||
| bergart | |
| 1. n-c. rock (distinctive composition of minerals) |
| skaka | © | |
| 1. v. to shake (physically or to disturb emotionally) | ||
| 2. v. to shake, to tremble | ||
| crack | |
| 1. n-n. (colloquial) crack cocaine |
| klippa | © | |
| 1. n-c. a cliff, a rock (a cliff, or in an extended sense the entire rock formation having the cliff(s), similar to how "up on the cliff" makes sense for not being on the actual cliff in English) | ||
| Segla mot klipporna där borta - Sail towards the rocks over there | ||
| 2. n-c. bedrock | ||
| 3. n-c. (figuratively) a rock (something strong, stable, and dependable, usually a person) | ||
| Han är en klippa som alltid hjälper till när det är problem - He is a rock who always helps out when there's problems | ||
| Så säger ock jag dig att du är Petrus; och på denna klippa skall jag bygga min församling - And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church (Matthew 16: | ||
| 4. v. to cut with scissors, shears, or the like (cut with two blades or the like in a snipping motion), to clip | ||
| Han klippte av tråden med saxen - He cut the thread with the scissors | ||
| Hon klippte ut bilden ur tidningen - She cut the image out of the newspaper | ||
| klippa in en bild i en annan - insert one image (that has been cut out, with scissors or digitally) into another | ||
| Den här saxen klipper dåligt - These scissors cut poorly | ||
| 5. v. to cut someone's hair | ||
| Jag klippte henne(s hår) - I cut her hair (parenthesized part normally redundant) | ||
| klippa pottfrisyr på någon - give someone a bowl cut | ||
| 6. v. to get a haircut (done by someone else or oneself) | ||
| Jag ska klippa mig imorgon - I'm getting a haircut tomorrow | ||
| Jag ska klippa pottfrisyr - I will get a bowl cut / I will give someone a bowl cut (ambiguous, though the first reading is more likely) | ||
| 7. v. to shear (a sheep) | ||
| klippa ett får - shear a sheep | ||
| 8. v. (figuratively) to cut (connections with someone or the like) | ||
| klippa alla band med någon - cut all ties with someone | ||
| 9. v. (figuratively) to do a (repeated) scissors-like motion | ||
| Hästen klippte med öronen - The horse was flicking its ears | ||
| klippa med ögonen - blink repeatedly | ||
| 10. v. to mow (a lawn), to trim (a hedge), or the like (with any implement) | ||
| Jag klipper gräset - I'm mowing the lawn | ||
| 11. v. to cut (cease recording activities) | ||
| 12. v. (film) to cut (edit a film) | ||
| att klippa en film - to edit a movie | ||
| 13. v. (signal processing) to clip | ||
| 14. v. (computer graphics, video games) to clip | ||
| 15. v. (colloquial) to kill | ||
| Klipp honom! - Kill him! | ||
| 16. v. (in "vara klippt") to no longer be any chance for a good outcome | ||
| Får vakterna syn på oss så är det klippt - If the guards spot us, it's over | ||
| ädelsten | |
| 1. n-c. a gem (precious stone) |
| kränga | |
| 1. v. to heel, to careen | |
| Fartyget krängde åt babord - The ship heeled to port | |
| 2. v. (often with a particle specifying a direction, like på or av) to pull (something) over something (or the reverse), with some difficulty, with a wriggling motion or the like, usually of p | |
| Han krängde på sig våtdräkten - He squeezed himself into the wetsuit / wrangled into the wetsuit | |
| Hon krängde på sig ryggsäcken - She hoisted the backpack onto her back | |
| Han krängde av sig sin trikå - He peeled himself out of his tights | |
| kränga ett däck på en fälg - put a tire on a rim | |
| 3. v. (slang) to sell | |
| 4. v. (slang) to eat |
| gungning | |
| 1. n-c. a smooth swinging or rocking back-and-forth motion | |
| försätta något i gungning - cause something to swing / rock ("bring something into swinging / rocking") | |
| båtens gungningar - the rocking motions of the ship |
| klippblock | |
| 1. rock |
| diamant | |
| 1. n-c. the mineral diamond | |
| 2. n-c. the gem stone diamond, whether cut or not |
| vaggande | |
| 1. Participle. present participle of vagga |
| stenblock | |
| 1. rock | |
| 2. boulder |
| rock'n'roll | |
| 1. n-c. (music) rock'n'roll |
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