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The Swedish word for school is
skola





school

Declensions
a schoolen skola
the schoolskolan
schoolsskolor
the schoolsskolorna



Translations for school and their definitions

stim
     1. n-n. a school (a group of fish)
     2. n-n. bustle, buzz ((excited activity with) loud noise of many blended voices)


skola ©
     1. v. shall, will, be going to; used in the present tense (ska or skall) with a main verb in the infinitive to give the future tense, mostly intended future, or used in the past tense (skulle) with a main v
           Jag ska äta - I'm going to (shall) eat
           Om jag hade en pizza så skulle jag äta den - If I had a pizza, I would eat it
           Jag skulle just äta pizzan när svanen attackerade - I was just going to eat the pizza when the swan attacked
           Jag skulle inte ha ätit två pizzor - I shouldn't have eaten two pizzas (can also be expressed with borde)
     2. v.          (ng, Used to make a phrase polite(r). How impolite (if at all) each less polite example is depends on familiarity and context, like in English.)
                   Kan du skjutsa mig till stan? - Can you give me a ride to town?
                   Skulle du kunna skjutsa mig till stan? - Could you ("would you be able to") give me a ride to town?
                   Jag vill ha en kaka - I want a cookie
                   Jag skulle vilja ha en kaka - I would like (to have) ("would want to have" – idiomatic) a cookie
                   Vi skulle vilja betala - We would like to pay
                   Jag ska ha den där - Give me that one ("I shall have that one")
                   Jag skulle vilja ha den där - I would like to have that one
                   Kan du flytta bilen lite så att vi får plats? - Can you move your car a bit to make room for us?
                   Skulle du kunna flytta bilen lite så att vi får plats? - Could you move your car a bit to make room for us?
                   Skulle du kunna tänka dig att flytta bilen lite så att vi får plats? - Would you be willing (would you consider, "would you be able to imagine yo
                   Ska det vara en kaka till? - Would you like ("shall it be") another cookie? (dated)
     3. n-c. a school
     4. v. to school, teach


högskola
     1. n-c. college (university); university college; an institution of higher education that teaches undergraduates, but that does not in general have the rights to issue graduate degrees, except for in specifie


fakultet
     1. n-c. faculty; a division of a university
     2. n-c. (mathematics) factorial


institution
     1. n-c. an institution (an established organization)
     2. n-c. an institution (a habit)
     3. n-c. an institution (a person)
     4. n-c. a department (at a university)
           datavetenskapliga institutionen
             department of computer science
           institutionen för fysik
             department of physics


lära
     1. n-c. a scientific branch, a theory
     2. n-c. a creed, a doctrine, a tenet
     3. n-c. an apprenticeship
     4. v. to teach, to instruct
           Min vän lär mig franska. - My friend is teaching me French.
     5. v. to learn, to study, to teach oneself
           Jag lär mig franska. - I am learning French.
     6. v. to be said to
           Han lär ha berättat det för henne igår - He is said to / is bound to have told her yesterday
     7. v. to be bound to (be very likely to)
           Eftersom han är fotbollsspelare lär han ha tränat väldigt hårt i sin ungdom - Since he is a soccer player, he is bound to have trained very hard in his youth
           Är han norrman lär han prata norska - If he is Norwegian, he is bound to speak Norwegian
           Hon lär aldrig våga klappa en krokodil igen efter att den där nästan åt upp henne - She'll probably never ("is bound to never") dare pet another crocodile after that one almost ate her
           De lär göra den bästa pizzan i stan - They're said to / are bound to (ambiguous) make the best pizza in town (with the first interpretation more likely without additional context)
     8. v. to have to
           Nu lär du springa om du ska hinna dit före åtta - Now you'll have to run if you're to get there before eight


skolbildning
     1. n-c. schooling, education (theoretical learning rather than practical)
     2. n-c. a school within a science, the formation of a school (based on particular theories or methods)
           Jagpsykologin är en amerikansk skolbildning.
             Ego psychology is an American school.
           Den harmoniska deltonserien har varit föremål för otaliga undersökningar, teoretiska system och skolbildningar inom musikteori.
             The harmonic series has been the subject of numerous investigations, theoretical systems and formations of schools within music theory.


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