21 Swedish words that do not exist in English

Here is a list of Swedish words that you can not find in English as one word. Let's have a look at them and see how many of them you know.

  • Förrgår
  • Övermorgon 
  • Orka
  • Harkla
  • Hinna 
  • Blunda
  • Mysa
  • Duktig
  • Jobbig
  • Gubbe/Gumma
  • Mormor/farmor/morfar/farfar
  • Farbror/morbror/faster/moster
  • Fika 
  • Lagom
Now it is the time to see what they mean.
  • Förrgår - The day before yesterday
  • Övermorgon - The day after tomorrow
  • orka - to have strength, to have the energy to
  • harkla - to clean one's throat
  • hinna - to have enough time
  • blunda - to shut one's eyes
  • mysa - to have comfort and pleasant time
  • duktig - clever and skilled
  • jobbig - physically and/or mentally exhausting
  • gubbe - old man, gumma - old woman 
  • mormor-morfar, farmor-farfar - grandmather (mother of mother-father), grandfather (father of mother-father)
  • farbror-morbror, faster-moster - uncle (brother of father-mother), aunt (sister of father-mother)
  • fika - the activity/verb to describe to have coffee with "kaffebröd"/pastries with people
  • lagom - not much, not little, just right, appropriate. 
If you want to read more about them or discover even more words, I would recommend you to visit the reference pages. Hope you enjoyed the unique words of the beautiful Swedish Language!

References
http://www.debatthuset.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8723
http://sprak.ifokus.se/discussions/4f6ccdbbd4ebea3ff100062c-10-ord-som-inte-finns-pa-engelska
http://lexin.nada.kth.se
http://www.sanakirja.fi

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