Special characters
[ ] | The phonetic alphabet is written in between square brackets. |
ː | Long sound |
‘ | Accent I |
” | Accent II |
Sounds in Swedish
[ɑː] | bra | [brɑː] | good |
[a] | katt | [kat] | cat |
[b] | bi | [biː] | bee |
[d] | dum | [dɵmː] | stupid |
[eː] | el | [eːl] | electricity |
[f] | fel | [feːl] | wrong |
[g] | god | [guːd] | good |
[h] | hel | [heːl] | whole |
[iː] | ila | [”iːla] | hurry |
[ɪ] | inte | [”ɪnːtə] | not |
[j] | jag | [jɑːg] | I |
[k] | kul | [kʉːl] | fun |
[l] | lim | [lɪmː] | glue |
[m] | man | [manː] | man |
[n] | natt | [natː] | night |
[uː] | mor | [muːr] | mother |
[ʊ] | dom | [‘dʊmː] | judgement |
[p] | prata | [”prɑːta] | to talk |
[r] | rum | [rɵmː] | room |
[s] | snok | [snuːk] | grass snake |
[t] | tal | [tɑːl] | speech |
[ʉː] | ful | [fʉːl] | ugly |
[ɵ] | full | [fɵlː] | full |
[v] | vatten | [‘vatːən] | water |
[yː] | yla | [”yːla] | howl |
[ʏ] | sylt | [sʏlːt] | jam |
[oː] | sova | [”soːva] | to sleep |
[ɔ] | boll | [bɔlː] | ball |
[æː] | lära | [”læːra] | to teach |
[æ] | värre | [‘værːə] | worse |
[ɛ] | elva | [”ɛlːva] | eleven |
[ɛː] | läsa | [”lɛːsa] | to read |
[œː] | öra | [”œːra] | ear |
[œ] | dörr | [dœrː] | door |
[øː] | öl | [øːl] | bier |
[ø] | tölp | [tølːp] | sloab |
[ə] | enkel | [ɛŋːkəl] | easy |
[ŋ] | sång | [sɔŋː] | song |
[ɧ] | sjuk | [ɧʉːk] | sick |
[ɕ] | tjuv | [ɕʉːv] | thief |
[ʂ] | kors | [kɔʂː] | cross |
[ɖ] | jord | [juːɖ] | earth |
[ʈ] | kort | [kɔʈː] | card |
[ɳ] | garn | [gɑːɳ] | yarn |
[ɭ] | Karl | [kɑːɭ] | Karl |