Swede
pronunciation
How to pronounce Swede in British English:
UK [swi:d]
How to pronounce Swede in American English:
US [swid]
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- Noun:
- a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
- the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
Word Origin
- Swede (n.)
- "native of Sweden," 1610s, from Low German, from Middle Low German Swede, from a source akin to Old English Sweoðeod, literally "Swede-people," from Sweon (plural) "Swedes" (Old Norse, Old Swedish Sviar), called by the Romans Suiones, probably from Proto-Germanic *sweba "free, independent," or else from *geswion "kinsman."
Example
- 1. The bomber , taimur abdulwahab al-abdaly , was an iraqi-born swede who studied in britain .
- 2. A swede pays tax more willingly than a californian because he gets decent schools and free health care .
- 3. The swede has become notorious for meek efforts outside serie a and presented no danger when manchester united eliminated his club last season .
- 4. There were plenty of bodies between the swede and goal , but he used them to his advantage , curling a right-foot shot into the very bottom corner of hart 's goal .
- 5. The committee noted after the announcement thursday that it had been many years since a swede had won the prize .