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