The Swedish word for sharp is
skarp
Translations for sharp and their definitions
| skarp |  © | |
| 1. adj. sharp, critical, cutting | ||
| 2. adj. sharp; able to cut easily | ||
| 3. adj. strong (about smells) | ||
| 4. adj. poignant, pungent; such as the smell of ammonia | ||
| 5. adj. (firearms) live (with lethal ammunition as opposed to blank rounds) | ||
| 6. adj. real-life, real (of a situation or the like) | ||
| Vi trodde det var ett falskt alarm, men det visade sig vara skarpt läge - We thought it was a false alarm, but it tuned out to be real ("sharp situation") | ||
| vass | |
| 1. adj. sharp (able to cut easily) | |
| 2. adj. (figuratively) sharp | |
| vass tunga - sharp tongue | |
| 3. n-c. reed | |
| 4. n-c. a clump of reeds | |
| 5. n-c. reed bed |
| skarpsinnig | |
| 1. adj. keen, acute, sharp, clever, sharp-witted | |
| 2. adj. astute | |
| 3. adj. sagacious | |
| 4. adj. perspicacious |
| prick | |
| 1. adv. on the dot, exactly, sharp | |
| vi träffas prick klockan sju - we'll meet at seven o'clock sharp | |
| 2. adv. with careful aim (in order to hit something) | |
| att skjuta prick - to shoot at a mark / snipe | |
| De sköt prick på en melon - They used a melon as a target ("They shot with careful aim at a melon") | |
| 3. n-c. a dot, small spot | |
| Sista bokstaven i det svenska alfabetet är "ö", det vill säga ett "o" med två prickar över. - The last letter in the Swedish alphabet is "ö", that is, an "o" with two dots over it. | |
| att skjuta prick - to shoot for a target | |
| 4. n-c. a mark, a stain (in a record of good behavior) | |
| Han har haft körkort i 40 år och kört utan prickar - He's had a driver's license for 40 years and has received zero driving infractions | |
| 5. n-c. a guy, person; especially about a particularly nice or funny one | |
| Det var en riktigt trevlig prick, det där. - That was a really nice guy, there. | |
| 6. n-c. a floating seamark in the form of a painted pole, possibly with cones, lights and reflectors | |
| Ser du om pricken därborta är en nord eller en ost? - Can you see whether the mark over there is a north mark or an east mark? |
| klyftig | |
| 1. adj. clever, bright, smart, intelligent |
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