Swedish Vocabulary: Family and friends

– Useful words you should know –

Want to learn the Swedish language? Here’s a complete list of the most basic, common and useful words in Swedish with their translation in English, on the topic of family and friends. Ideal to help you boost your Swedish vocabulary!

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ENGLISH	SWEDISH
the great-grandfather	farfarsfar
the great grandmother	mormor
the grandfather	morfadern
the grandmother	mormor
the grandson	barnbarnet
the granddaughter	barnbarnet
the grandchildren	barnbarnen
the father	fadern
the mother	mamman
the parents	föräldrarna
the child	barnet
the children	barnen
the son	sonen
the daughter	dottern
a baby	en bebis
a teenager	en tonåring
the adults	de vuxna
the brother	brorsan
the sister	systern
half-brother	halvbror
half-sister	halvsyster
a twin	en tvilling
the uncle	farbrodern
the aunt	tanten
the cousin	kusinen
the nephew	brorsonen
the niece	systerdottern
a friend	en vän
the boyfriend	pojkvännen
the girlfriend	flickvännen
the fiancé	fästmannen
the groom	brudgummen
the husband	mannen
the wife	hustrun
the parents-in-law	svärföräldrarna
father-in-law	svärfar
the mother-in-law	svärmor
the brother-in-law	svågern
the sister-in-law	svägerskan
the son-in-law	svärsonen
the daughter-in-law	svärdottern
a family member	en familjemedlem
adopted	antog
only son	enda sonen

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