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<div class="pg_page_title">Family members & Relatives in Swedish</div> | <div class="pg_page_title">Family members & Relatives in Swedish</div> | ||
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If you study the family vocabulary in Swedish, you will quickly find that the distinction between your maternal and paternal family lines is extremely ingrained in the Swedish language. | If you study the family vocabulary in Swedish, you will quickly find that the distinction between your maternal and paternal family lines is extremely ingrained in the Swedish language. | ||
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!Swedish | !Swedish | ||
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!'''grandparents generation''' | |||
!'''farföräldrar och morföräldrar generation''' | |||
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|father's father | |father's father | ||
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|mormor | |mormor | ||
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!'''parents generation''' | |||
!'''föräldrar generation''' | |||
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|father | |father | ||
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|svärmor | |svärmor | ||
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!'''peers''' | |||
!'''jämlikar''' | |||
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|brother | |brother | ||
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|svägerska | |svägerska | ||
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!'''children generation''' | |||
!'''barn generation''' | |||
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|son | |son | ||
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|svärdotter | |svärdotter | ||
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!'''grandchildren generation''' | |||
!'''barnbarn generation''' | |||
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|son's son | |son's son | ||
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===How to Talk about Your Family in Swedish?=== | ===How to Talk about Your Family in Swedish?=== | ||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSklTi9v-60</youtube> | <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSklTi9v-60</youtube> | ||
Revision as of 00:41, 26 December 2022
If you study the family vocabulary in Swedish, you will quickly find that the distinction between your maternal and paternal family lines is extremely 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 this is used in Swedish can vary a little. Some talk about family as only the people you live with, others with the relatives you are close to, and some for extended family. Swedish usually don't use the word "släkt" unless it's more distant family that we aren't very close to.
Below, you'll find our comprehensive vocabulary guide for talking about family in Swedish.
Familj (Family)
| English | Swedish |
|---|---|
| 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
Learning Swedish (Family Members) "Swedish dialogue" (2020)
Swedish names for family members - 10 Swedish Words
How to Talk about Your Family in Swedish?