Swedish pronunciation guide
Phonetical alphabet IPA
Consonants
| b | [siis-keyword]bil[/siis-keyword] [biːl] | (car) |
| d | [siis-keyword]din[/siis-keyword] [dɪnː] | (yours) |
| ɖ | [siis-keyword]bord[/siis-keyword] [buːɖ] | (table) |
| f | [siis-keyword]flöjt[/siis-keyword] [fløjːt] | (flute) |
| g | [siis-keyword]gul[/siis-keyword] [gʉːl] | (yellow) |
| h | [siis-keyword]hon[/siis-keyword] [hʊnː] | (she) |
| k | [siis-keyword]kram[/siis-keyword] [krɑːm] | (hug) |
| l | [siis-keyword]lista[/siis-keyword] [ˇlɪsːta] | (list) |
| ɭ | [siis-keyword]pärla[/siis-keyword] [ˇpæːɭa] | (pearl) |
| m | [siis-keyword]mage[/siis-keyword] [ˇmɑːgɛ] | (stomach) |
| n | [siis-keyword]Norden[/siis-keyword] [nuːɖɛn] | (the north) |
| ɳ | [siis-keyword]barn[/siis-keyword] [bɑːɳ] | (child) |
| ŋ | [siis-keyword]sång[/siis-keyword] [sɔŋː] | (song) |
| p | [siis-keyword]pipa[/siis-keyword] [ˇpiːpa] | (pipe) |
| r | [siis-keyword]räv[/siis-keyword] [rɛːv] | (fox) |
| s | [siis-keyword]sur[/siis-keyword] [sʉːr] | (sour) |
| ʂ | [siis-keyword]mars[/siis-keyword] [maʂː] | (March) |
| t | [siis-keyword]tro[/siis-keyword] [truː] | (believe) |
| ʈ | [siis-keyword]lort[/siis-keyword] [lʊʈː] | (dirt) |
| v | [siis-keyword]vecka[/siis-keyword] [ˇvɛkːa] | (week) |
| ɕ | [siis-keyword]kök[/siis-keyword] [ɕøːk] [siis-keyword]kjol[/siis-keyword] [ɕuːl] [siis-keyword]tjuv[/siis-keyword] [ɕʉːv] | (kitchen) (skirt) (thief) |
| ɧ | [siis-keyword]själ[/siis-keyword] [ɧɛːl] [siis-keyword]skäl[/siis-keyword] [ɧɛːl] [siis-keyword]stjärna[/siis-keyword] [ˇɧæːɳa] [siis-keyword]skjorta[/siis-keyword] [ˇɧʊʈːa] [siis-keyword]station[/siis-keyword] [staˈɧuːn] [siis-keyword]choklad[/siis-keyword] [ɧʊklɑː(d)] [siis-keyword]giraff[/siis-keyword] [ɧɪˈrafː] [siis-keyword]pension[/siis-keyword] [paŋˈɧuːn] [siis-keyword]passion[/siis-keyword] [paˈɧuːn] | (soul) (reason) (star) (shirt) (station) (chocolate) (giraffe) (pension) (passion) |
Vowels
| a | [siis-keyword]katt[/siis-keyword] [katː] | (cat) |
| ɑː | [siis-keyword]lat[/siis-keyword] [lɑːt] | (lazy) |
| eː | [siis-keyword]sen[/siis-keyword] [seːn] | (late) |
| ɪ | [siis-keyword]simma[/siis-keyword] [ˇsɪmːa] | (swim) |
| iː | [siis-keyword]tid[/siis-keyword] [tiːd] | (time) |
| ɔ | [siis-keyword]och[/siis-keyword] [ɔkː] | (and) |
| ʊ | [siis-keyword]apor[/siis-keyword] [ˇɑːpʊr] | (monkeys) |
| uː | [siis-keyword]sol[/siis-keyword] [suːl] | (sun) |
| ɵ | [siis-keyword]undra[/siis-keyword] [ˇɵnːdra] | (wonder) |
| ʉ | [siis-keyword]duell[/siis-keyword] [dʉˈɛlː] | (duell) |
| ʉː | [siis-keyword]mur[/siis-keyword] [mʉːr] | (wall) |
| ʏ | [siis-keyword]lykta[/siis-keyword] [ˇlʏkːta] | (lantern) |
| yː | [siis-keyword]myra[/siis-keyword] [ˇmyːra] | (ant) |
| oː | [siis-keyword]så[/siis-keyword] [soː] | (so) |
| ɛ | [siis-keyword]tänka[/siis-keyword] [ˇtɛŋːka] | (think) |
| ɛː | [siis-keyword]räkna[/siis-keyword] [ˇrɛːkna] | (calculate) |
| æ | [siis-keyword]ärr[/siis-keyword] [ærː] | (scar) |
| æː | [siis-keyword]lärare[/siis-keyword] [ˇlæːrarɛ] | (teacher) |
| ø | [siis-keyword]önska[/siis-keyword] [ˇønːska] | (wish) |
| øː | [siis-keyword]lök[/siis-keyword] [løːk] | (onion) |
| œ | [siis-keyword]dörr[/siis-keyword] [dœrː] | (door) |
| œː | [siis-keyword]lördag[/siis-keyword] [lœːɖɑːg] [lœːɖa] | (Saturday) |
Special characters
| ː | Long sound | |
| ˈ | Main stress | |
| ˌ | Secondary stress | |
| ˇ | Grave accent, accent 2 |