Language/Swedish/Vocabulary/Family
If you're studying the family vocabulary in Swedish, you'll quickly discover that the distinction between your maternal and paternal family lines is deeply ingrained in the Swedish language. When it comes to grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews, there are different words for each depending on whether they fall on your mother's side or your father's side (or your daughter or your brother).
"Familj" means family and "släkt" means relatives. How these words are used in Swedish can vary a little. Some people talk about family as only the people you live with, others with the relatives you are close to, and some for extended family. Swedes usually don't use the word "släkt" unless it's for more distant family members that they aren't very close to.
Below, you'll find our comprehensive vocabulary guide for talking about family in Swedish. After mastering this lesson, you might also be interested in exploring other related topics, such as our list of commonly confused Swedish words, learning how to describe a person's appearance or personality in Swedish, or expanding your knowledge with our Swedish food vocabulary guide.
Familj (Family)[edit | edit source]
English | Swedish |
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grandparents generation | farföräldrar och morföräldrar generation |
father's father | farfar |
father's mother | farmor |
mother's father | morfar |
mother's mother | mormor |
parents generation | föräldrar generation |
father | far |
mother | mor |
father's brother | farbror |
mother's brother | morbror |
father's sister | faster |
mother's sister | moster |
godfather | gudfader |
godmother | gudmor |
father-in-law | svärfar |
mother-in-law | svärmor |
peers | jämlikar |
brother | bror |
sister | syster |
cousin | kusin |
wife | fru |
husband | man |
brother-in-law | svåger |
sister-in-law | svägerska |
children generation | barn generation |
son | son |
daughter | dotter |
brother's son | brorson |
sister's son | systerson |
brother's daughter | brorsdotter |
sister's daughter | systerdotter |
son-in-law | svärson |
daughter-in-law | svärdotter |
grandchildren generation | barnbarn generation |
son's son | sonson |
daughter's son | dotterson |
son's daughter | sondotter |
daughter's daughter | dotterdotter |
Videos[edit | edit source]
Learning Swedish (Family Members) "Swedish dialogue" (2020)[edit | edit source]
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