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English Spelled Like Swedish
In English some of the easiest Swedish words for speakers are English spelled like Swedish. The English words below are followed by their pronunciations to help you realize that these foreign words spelled exactly like Swedish are really English words. Some of the following English words spelled like Swedish are recently borrowed from English, like 'computer' and 'internet'. Some others have been borrowed from French ['ballet'] or from other languages by both English and Swedish . Some English words spelled like Swedish are also pronounced like Swedish. [In the following pronunciation guide, only English words pronounced like Swedish are included now, enclosed in single quotation marks. The rest of the English pronunciations will be added later.] ----- ENGLISH SPELLED LIKE SWEDISH ENGLISH -- [SAY SWEDISH] adapter -- [‘adapter’] alarm äpple April baby bacon -- [‘bacon’] band bank bar -- [‘bar’] beige bikini -- [‘bikini’] bit broccoli -- [‘broccoli’] camembert camping centimeter chili chips cola -- [‘cola’] cognac -- [‘cognac’] December -- [‘december’] denim -- [‘denim’] deodorant diesel -- [‘diesel’] digital diet dollar (U.S.) -- [‘dollar’] donation drink (n) -- [‘drink’] enter express extra -- [‘extra’] fax fax machine film -- [‘film’] foto gate -- [‘gate’] gay -- [‘gay’] gin -- [‘gin’] gluten -- [‘gluten’] golf -- [‘golf’] gram gratis -- [‘gratis’] guide -- [‘guide’] gym hall hand horn -- [‘horn’] information instant messenger intercity internet jazz jeans juice kilogram kilometer liter -- [‘liter’] loafers -- [‘loafers’] lunch man mandarin massage medium -- [‘medium’] melon meter minimum moped motel -- [‘motel’] muffin -- [‘muffin’] museum non-stop November -- [‘november’] opera orange panorama park (n.) -- [‘park’] pasta (Br) -- [‘pasta’] per person petite -- [‘petite’] plan portion post (Br) -- [‘post’] premium present problem pub racket -- [‘racket’] ragu rap -- [‘rap’] receptionist region ring -- [‘ring’] rosé -- [‘rosé’] salt -- [‘salt’] September -- [‘september’] service shampoo sherry shopping shorts silver -- [‘silver’] sightseeing -- [‘sightseeing’] snorkel snowboard -- [‘snowboard’] souvenir spa -- [‘spa’] squash station student studio sweatshirt taxi -- [‘taxi’] tennis -- [‘tennis’] terminal toast -- [‘toast’] tonic -- [‘tonic’] tunnel under -- [‘under’] vaginal vegetarian vermouth vodka -- [‘vodka’] whisky zucchini ----- In some cases two words in English are joined together to form one Swedish word: ENGLISH -- [SAY SWEDISH] audio guide business center jet ski -- [‘jetski’] lift pass -- [‘liftpass’] milk shake -- [‘milkshake’] shopping center ----- FOR A GREATER CHALLENGE
For a greater challenge, see English Spelled Somewhat Like Swedish.
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