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Food and drinks are a recurring talking point, not only while eating out on vacation. So let’s learn the most common words and phrases related to this topic.
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This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Swedish“.
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Basic Food & Spices
| English | Swedish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| bread [Sg] | bröd | breads [Pl] | bröd |
| roll [Sg] | småfranska | rolls [Pl] | småfranska |
| butter | smör | |
| cheese [Sg] | ost | cheese [Pl] | ostar |
| honey | honung | |
| jam [Sg] | sylt | jams [Pl] | sylter |
| egg [Sg] | ägg | eggs [Pl] | ägg |
| noodles [Sg] | nudlar | noodles [Pl] | nudlar |
| rice | ris | |
| yoghurt [Sg] | yoghurt | yoghurts [Pl] | yoghurtar |
| sugar | socker | |
| salt | salt | |
| pepper | peppar | |
| spice [Sg] | krydda | spices [Pl] | kryddor |
| oil [Sg] | olja | oils [Pl] | oljor |
Basic Words & Phrases
| English | Swedish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| (to) eat | (att) äta | |
| food | mat | |
| (to) drink | att dricka | |
| drink [Sg] | dryck | drinks [Pl] | drycker |
| hungry | hungrig | |
| hunger | hunger | |
| thirsty | törstig | |
| thirst | törst | |
| (to) cook | (att) laga | |
| (to) taste | (att) smaka | |
| tasty | god | |
| delicious | utsökt | |
| Bon appetit! / Enjoy your meal! | Smaklig måltid! | |
| Cheers! / To your health! | Skål! | |
| breakfast [Sg] | frukost | breakfasts [Pl] | frukostar |
| lunch [Sg] | lunch | lunches [Pl] | luncher |
| dinner [Sg] | middag | dinners [Pl] | middagar |
| restaurant [Sg] | restaurang | restaurants [Pl] | restauranger |
| bar [Sg] | bar | bars [Pl] | barer |
| café [Sg] | café | cafés [Pl] | caféer |
Dishes
| English | Swedish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| soup [Sg] | soppa | soups [Pl] | soppor |
| salad [Sg] | sallad | salads [Pl] | sallader |
| french fries / chips [Sg] | pommes frites | french fries / chips [Pl] | pommes frites |
Dishes & Cutlery
| English | Swedish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| cutlery [Sg] | bestick | cutlery [Pl] | bestick |
| fork [Sg] | gaffel | forks [Pl] | gafflar |
| spoon [Sg] | sked | spoons [Pl] | skedar |
| knife [Sg] | kniv | knives [Pl] | knivar |
| plate [Sg] | tallrik | plates [Pl] | tallrikar |
| glass [Sg] | glas | glasses [Pl] | glas |
| cup [Sg] | kopp | cups [Pl] | koppar |
| mug [Sg] | mugg | mugs [Pl] | muggar |
Drinks
| English | Swedish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| water | vatten | |
| mineral water | mineralvatten | |
| soda water / sparkling water | bubbelvatten kolsyrat vatten | |
| still water | kranvatten | |
| juice [Sg] | juice | juices [Pl] | juicer |
| beer [Sg] | öl | beers [Pl] | öl |
| wine [Sg] | vin | wines [Pl] | viner |
| champagne [Sg] | champagne | champagnes [Pl] | champagner |
| cocktail [Sg] | cocktail | cocktails [Pl] | cocktails |
| milk | mjölk | |
| cocoa | kakao | |
| coffee | kaffe | |
| tea | te |
Flavors
| English | Swedish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| sweet [Sg] | söt | sweet [Pl] | söta |
| sour [Sg] | sur | sour [Pl] | sura |
| spicy [Sg] | stark | spicy [Pl] | starka |
| salty [Sg] | salt | salty [Pl] | salta |
| bitter [Sg] | bitter | bitter [Pl] | bittra |
Fruit & Vegetables
| English | Swedish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| fruit [Sg] | frukt | fruit [Pl] | frukter |
| vegetables [Sg] | grönsaker | vegetables [Pl] | grönsaker |
| apple [Sg] | äpple | apples [Pl] | äpplen |
| orange [Sg] | apelsin | oranges [Pl] | apelsiner |
| strawberry [Sg] | jordgubbe | strawberries [Pl] | jordgubber |
| banana [Sg] | banan | bananas [Pl] | bananer |
| potato [Sg] | potatis | potatoes [Pl] | potatisar |
| cucumber [Sg] | gurka | cucumbers [Pl] | gurkor |
Meat & Sausages
| English | Swedish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| meat | kött | |
| sausage [Sg] | korv | sausages [Pl] | korvar |
| small sausage [Sg] | prinskorv | small sausages [Pl] | prinskorvar |
| ham [Sg] | skinka | hams [Pl] | skinkor |
| chicken [Sg] | kyckling | chicken [Pl] | kycklingar |
| fish [Sg] | fisk | fish [Pl] | fiskar |
| beef [Sg] | nötkött | beef [Pl] | nötkött |
| lamb [Sg] | lamm | lamb [Pl] | lamm |
Sweets
| English | Swedish | Pronunciation (Audio) |
|---|---|---|
| chocolate [Sg] | choklad | chocolate [Pl] | choklad |
| pie [Sg] | paj | pies [Pl] | pajer |
| cake [Sg] | tårta | cakes [Pl] | tårtor |
| biscuit [Sg] | kaka | biscuits [Pl] | kakor |
| icecream | glass |
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