A | [ɑː] | K | [koː] | U | [ʉː] |
B | [beː] | L | [ɛl] | V | [veː] |
C | [seː] | M | [ɛm] | W | [dʊbəlveː] |
D | [deː] | N | [ɛn] | X | [ɛks] |
E | [eː] | O | [uː] | Y | [yː] |
F | [ɛf] | P | [peː] | Z | [”sɛːta] |
G | [geː] | Q | [kʉː] | Å | [oː] |
H | [hoː] | R | [ær] | Ä | [ɛː] |
I | [iː] | S | [ɛs] | Ö | [øː] |
J | [jiː] | T | [teː] |
The letter W wasn’t considered a letter until 2006 but a variation of V. Now it is once again a member of the alphabet and together with Q and Z it is only found in loan words and names.
Å, Ä and Ö are also added to the alphabet. They aren’t just “umlauts” like in German but free from their oppressors and are their own unique individual letters. If you want to check a dictionary for something beginning with one of these three letters, check in the back.
In Swedish we differentiate between hard and soft vowels.
Hard vowels are A, U, O and Å and the soft ones are E, I, Y, Ö and Ä. This is important for some consonants since soft vowels change their pronunciation.
Furthermore, we divide them into long and short vowels.
A vowel is long:
bi (ett) | noun | bee | ||||
bil (en) | noun | car |
A vowel is short:
fågel (en) | noun | bird | ||||
häst (en) | noun | horse | ||||
puss (en) | noun | kiss | ||||
tomte (en) | noun | santa claus, father christmas, santa, gnome |
Double consonants shorten the vowel before them. Only M and N are exceptions since they often shorten the vowel before them also when they aren’t written in pairs.
hem (ett) | noun | home | ||||
man (en) | noun | man |
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