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Swedish Spelled Like EnglishSwedish Spelled Like English are the very easiest Swedish words for English speakers. The Swedish words below are followed by their pronunciations to help you realize that these foreign words spelled exactly like English are really Swedish words. Some of the following Swedish words spelled like English 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 . In the following pronunciation guide, Swedish words pronounced like English are enclosed in single quotation marks, as in: bacon -- [‘bacon’]. The easiest introduction to Swedish pronunciation is to pronounce each of these Swedish words spelled like English. By hearing how the Swedish pronunciation differs from the English pronunciation you are familiar with, you will begin to get an understanding of the Swedish pronunciation system. ----- SWEDISH SPELLED LIKE ENGLISH SWEDISH -- [SAY] adapter -- [‘adapter’] alarm äpple -- [EPH-leh] april -- [ap-RIHL] baby -- [beh-BIH] bacon -- [‘bacon’] band (music) bank -- [bahngk] bar -- [‘bar’] beige -- [beesh] bikini -- [‘bikini’] bit (piece) -- [beet] broccoli -- [BROH-koh-lee] camembert -- [kam-ehm-BEHRT] camping centimeter -- [SEHN-tee-MAY-tuhr] chili -- [SHEE-lih] chips (potato) -- [shihps] cola -- [‘cola’] cognac -- [‘cognac’] december -- [‘December’] denim -- [‘denim’] deodorant -- [deh-u-du-RAHNT] diesel -- [‘diesel’] digital -- [dih-gih-TAHL] diet dollar (U.S.) -- [DOH-lar] donation drink -- [n] -- [‘drink’] enter express -- [EHX-prehs] extra -- [‘extra’] fax -- [‘fax’] fax machine film (movie) -- [‘film’] foto gate (boarding) -- [‘gate’] gay -- [‘gay’] gin -- [‘gin’] gluten -- [‘gluten’] golf -- [gohlf] gram -- [krahm] gratis -- [GRAH-tihs] guide -- [‘guide’] gym -- [yim] hall hand horn (animal) -- [‘horn’] information (desk) -- [ihn-for-mah-SHOON] instant messenger intercity (trains) internet -- [in-tehr-NET] jazz -- [yas] jeans -- [‘jeans’] juice -- [yoas] kilogram -- [KEE-loa-krahm] kilometer -- [KEE-loa-MAY-tuhr] liter -- [‘liter’] loafers -- [‘loafers’] lotto (lottery) lunch man mandarin (orange) -- [man-da-REEN] massage -- [ma-SAHSH] medium -- [‘medium’] melon -- [meh-LOAN] meter -- [MAY-tuhr] minimum (requirement) moped -- [moh-PEED] motel -- [‘motel’] muffin -- [‘muffin’] museum -- [mew-SAY-ewm] non-stop november -- [‘November’] opera -- [OA-peh-ra] orange (color) -- [oa-RANSH] panorama park (n.) -- [‘park’] pasta -- [PAS-ta] per -- [pehr] person petite -- [‘petite’] plan portion (meal) -- [pohrt-SHOAN] post (office) -- [‘post’] premium (gasoline) present (gift) problem -- [pru-BLEHM] pub racket (sports) -- [‘racket’] ragu (stew) rap (music) -- [‘rap’] receptionist region ring -- [‘ring’] rosé -- [‘rosé’] salt -- [‘salt’] september -- [‘September’] service (charge) shampoo sherry -- [sheh-REE] shopping -- [SHOH-pihng] shorts -- [‘shorts’] silver -- [‘silver’] sightseeing -- [‘sightseeing’] snorkel snowboard -- [‘snowboard’] souvenir spa -- [‘spa’] squash -- [skoawsh] station student studio sweatshirt -- [‘sweatshirt’] taxi -- ["taxi"] tennis -- [‘tennis’] terminal (airport) toast -- [‘toast’] tonic (water) -- [TOH-nihk] tunnel (underpass) under -- [‘under’] vaginal -- [vah-gih-NAHL] vegetarian -- [veh-geh-ta-ree-AHN] vermouth -- [VEHR-meutt] vodka -- [‘vodka’] whisky -- [VIHS-kee] zucchini -- [seu-KEE-nee] ----- In some cases two words spelled like English are joined together to form one Swedish word: SWEDISH -- [SAY] audioguide businesscenter draglift (skiing) jetski -- [‘jet ski’] liftpass -- [‘lift pass’] milkshake -- [‘milk shake’] originalversion (film) shoppingcenter -----
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