Swedish Adjectives
Learning the Swedish Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Swedish language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Swedish.
Swedish Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Swedish Adjectives |
| adjectives | adjektiv |
| a green tree | ett grönt träd |
| a tall building | en hög byggnad |
| a very old man | en mycket gammal man |
| the old red house | det gamla röda huset |
| a very nice friend | en mycket trevlig vän |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Swedish has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Swedish.
List of Adjectives in Swedish
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Swedish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Swedish vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Swedish Adjectives |
| colors | färger |
| black | svart |
| blue | blå |
| brown | brun |
| gray | grå |
| green | grön |
| orange | orange |
| purple | lila |
| red | röd |
| white | vit |
| yellow | gul |
| |
| sizes | storlekar |
| big | stor |
| deep | djup |
| long | lång |
| narrow | smal |
| short | kort |
| small | liten |
| tall | hög |
| thick | tjock |
| thin | tunn |
| wide | bred |
| |
| shapes | former |
| circular | rund |
| straight | rak |
| square | fyrkantig |
| triangular | trekantig |
| |
| tastes | smaker |
| bitter | bitter |
| fresh | frisk |
| salty | salt |
| sour | sur |
| spicy | kryddig |
| sweet | söt |
| |
| qualities | egenskaper |
| bad | dålig |
| clean | ren |
| dark | mörk |
| difficult | svår |
| dirty | smutsig |
| dry | torr |
| easy | lätt |
| empty | tom |
| expensive | dyr |
| fast | snabb |
| foreign | utländsk |
| full | full |
| good | bra |
| hard | hård |
| heavy | tung |
| inexpensive | billig |
| light | ljus |
| local | lokal |
| new | ny |
| noisy | bullrig |
| old | gammal |
| powerful | kraftfull |
| quiet | tyst |
| correct | korrekt |
| slow | långsam |
| soft | mjuk |
| very | mycket |
| weak | svag |
| wet | våt |
| wrong | fel |
| young | ung |
| |
| quantities | mängder |
| few | få |
| little | lite |
| many | många |
| much | mycket |
| part | del |
| some | några |
| a few | ett fåtal |
| whole | hela |
Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Swedish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Swedish Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Swedish lessons here: Learn Swedish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.