The Swedish G is pronounced differently depending on which letters surround it.
| gata (en) | noun | road | ||||
| glas (ett) | noun | glass | ||||
| god | adj. | good, delicious | ||||
| gul | adj. | yellow | ||||
| gå | verb | go |
| berg (ett) | noun | mountain | ||||
| gift (ett) | noun | poison, venom | ||||
| gym (ett) | noun | gym | ||||
| göra | verb | do | ||||
| Sverige | proper noun | sweden | ||||
| älg (en) | noun | moose, elk |
G is pronounced like [ŋ] (ng) in front of an N.
| lugn | adj. | calm | ||||
| regn (ett) | noun | rain |
In some loan words G is pronounced like [g] in front of E and I.
| agent (en) | noun | agent | ||||
| biologi (en) | noun | biology | ||||
| logik (en) | noun | logic |
A few loan words, especially French, make the G sound like [ɧ].
| geni (ett) | noun | genious | ||||
| genre (en) | noun | Genre | ||||
| giraff (en) | noun | giraffe |
If a French loan word ends on -ge, the -e is dropped and the G turns into [ɕ].
| bagage (ett) | noun | luggage, baggage | ||||
| garage (ett) | noun | garage, carpark |
Some consonants at the end of words get dropped in spoken Swedish. This concerns G and common words where you’ll see this phenomenon often are dag [dɑː(g)] and jag [jɑː(g)].
Like with B and D, G turns into it’s harder equivalent K after a short vowel and in front of S or T.
högst [høkst], the heighest, sagt [sakt], said.
Some important words make up the exception of this rule. Säga [”sɛja], to say, and mig [mɛj], me, dig [dɛj], you, and sig [sɛj], oneself/himself/herself. G is here pronounced like [j].
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