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Loan words
This lesson is going to show us some of the words that the Swedish language has loaned from languages. Är ni redo?
Most of languages have loan words from other languages. It is very common to loan words from English nowadays. Most of these words are related to new technologies, computer science and computer-based things in general. However there are many traditional words that came to language in the past as well.
Have you ever wondered where some of the Swedish words originally come from? Most of the loan words in Swedish are from German, Arabic, English, French and Greek (Latin).
Loan words from German
Do you know any Swedish words loaned from the German language? Here is a short list of some of these words.
betala — pay
billig — cheap
fru — wife
herr — Mr.
möjlig — possible
summa — amount
