Adjectives describe people or things. You’ll need them whenever you want to describe what something or somebody is like. The car is old, the hotel is cheap. You get it. Memorize the Swedish adjectives below and you’ll be well equipped for most basic conversations.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Swedish“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Adjectives

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Important adjectives

EnglishSwedishPronunciation
(Audio)
goodbrasv-sing_good
baddåligsv-sing_bad
newnysv-sing_new
oldgammalsv-sing_old
smalllitensv-sing_small
large / bigstorsv-sing_largebig
longlångsv-sing_long
shortkortsv-sing_short
cheapbilligsv-sing_cheap
expensivedyrsv-sing_expensive
light / clearljussv-sing_lightclear
darkmörksv-sing_dark
latesensv-sing_late
earlytidigsv-sing_early
interestingintressantsv-sing_interesting
boringtråkigsv-sing_boring
tiredtröttsv-sing_tired
easy / simpleenkelsv-sing_easysimple
for freegratissv-sing_for-free
right / correcträttsv-sing_rightcorrect
wrongfelsv-sing_wrong
strongstarksv-sing_strong
weaksvagsv-sing_weak

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