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Swedish Alphabet and Pronunciation

Hello Polyglots, 👋

In today's lesson, you will learn how to write the different letters of the Swedish alphabet, how to pronounce these letters using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), or by watching a video with the pronunciation of the letters by a native speaker. 🇸🇪

You will also find at the end of this lesson a virtual keyboard to be able to type each special character of this beautiful language. 🖥️

Happy learning! 🌟

After mastering the Swedish alphabet and pronunciation, you can further enhance your language skills by exploring other related lessons such as Swedish Vocabulary: Jobs and Professions, Swedish Vocabulary → Colors and Numbers → Numbers 0-20, and Swedish Grammar → Swedish Nouns → Plural nouns. These lessons will help you build a strong foundation in Swedish and make your learning journey more enjoyable and fruitful. 📚

Swedish Alphabet and IPA Pronunciation

Alphabet

Alphabet	Sound	Example
A a	/ɑː/	a as in ask
B b	/beː/	b as in bank
C c	/seː/	s before i,e,y else "k" as in Canada
D d	/deː/	d as in David
E e	/eː/	e as in elevated, "a" before "g"
F f	/æf/	f as in Frank
G g	/ɡeː/	s as in pleasure before e,i,y,ä,ö. Or "g" as in God elsewhere
H h	/hoː/	h as in holiday
I i	/iː/	dans le mot ink
J j	/jiː/	j as in 's' de pleasure
K k	/koː/	k as in kid
L l	/æl/, /ˈæl.læ/	l as in life
M m	/æm/, /ˈæm.mæ/	m as in mom
N n	/æn/, /ˈæn.næ/	n as in noon
O o	/oː/	o as in old
P p	/peː/	p as in pope
Q q	/kuː/	Q is no longer used
R r	/ær/, /ˈær.ræ/	as in brother
S s	/æs/, /ˈæs.sæ/	s as in Sam
Š š	/ˈhat.tuˌæs/	sh as in ship, sometimes 's' as in small
T t	/teː/	t as in table, sometimes 'd' as in mad
U u	/uː/	as in the ultra
V v	/ʋeː/	sounds as a "b" as in bike
W w	/ʋeː/	v as in vast
X x	/æks/, /ˈæk.sæ/	ks as in wax
Y y	/yː/	y as in year
Z z	/tset/, /ˈtse.tɑ/	s as in small
Ž ž	/ˈhat.tuˌtset/,	sh before e,i,y,ä,ö, "chs" before a,o,å,u
Å å	/oː/	oo as in poor
Ä ä	/æː/	ae as in ache
Ö ö	/øː/	u as in ultra

Swedish Alphabet and Pronunciation Approximant in other languages

LETTERS IN SWEDISH	PRONUNCIATION IN ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
A	ah	a
B	b	b
CA / CO / CU / CÅ / CÄ  / CÖ	kah / koh / kou / koh / keh / ker	ca / co / cu / co / ke / kê
CE / CI / CY	seh / sih / sew	se / si / sy
D	d	d
E	eh	e
F	f	f
GA / GO / GU	gah / goh / gou	ga / go / gu
GE / GI / GY / GÅ / GÄ / GÖ	yeh / yih / yih / yoh / yeh / yer	ie / ii / yy / io / ie / ie
H	h	r
I	ih	i
J	ih	i
K	k	k
LGA / LGO / LGU / LGÅ /	lgah / lgoh / lgou / lgoh	lga / lgo / lgu / lgo
LGE / LGÄ / LGÖ	lyeh / lyeh / lyer	lie / lie / liê
M	m	m
N	n	n
OCH	ohk	ook
P	p	p
Q	q	q
RGA / RGO / RGU / RGÅ /	rgah / rgoh / rgou / rgoh	rga / rgo / rgu / rgó
RGE / RGÖ /	ryeh / ryer	rie / riê
S	S	s
T	T	t
U	U	u
V	V	v
W	W	u
X	KS	ks
Y	Y	y
Z	S	s

Swedish Online Virtual Keyboard