{"id":2278,"date":"2010-11-18T22:43:12","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T22:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=2278"},"modified":"2016-08-18T20:45:39","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T20:45:39","slug":"fun-with-swedish-compound-words-no-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/fun-with-swedish-compound-words-no-really\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun with Swedish &#8211; Compound Words. No Really."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish words can end up being really long.\u00a0 I mean really long.\u00a0 Nord\u00f6stersj\u00f6kustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranl\u00e4ggningsmaterielunderh\u00e5llsuppf\u00f6ljningssystemdiskussionsinl\u00e4ggsf\u00f6rberedelsearbeten long.\u00a0 I found this word on the always reliable <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Longest_words#Swedish\">Wikipedia<\/a>, which we all know should never be doubted. Or something like that.\u00a0 The claim is this word holds the Guinness World Record for longest word in the Swedish language<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the veracity of the claim, I have never heard this word used in everyday speech.\u00a0 Surprisingly.\u00a0 Again, according to Wikipedia, it means: Northern Baltic Sea Coast Artillery Reconnaissance Flight Simulator Construction Equipment Maintenance Monitoring systems Talk Posts Preparation Works.<\/p>\n<p>But we could have figured that out on our own.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Nord\u00f6stersj\u00f6kustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranl\u00e4ggningsmaterielunderh\u00e5llsuppf\u00f6ljningssystemdiskussionsinl\u00e4ggsf\u00f6rberedelsearbeten is a compound word. \u00a0Or a super duper compound word if you will.\u00a0 We have them in English, and there are plenty of them in Swedish.<\/p>\n<p>They can be intimidating.\u00a0 And sometimes horribly frustrating to pronounce, but by breaking the word up into smaller parts, we can (usually) figure out what is going on.\u00a0 Bokhylla for example, book + shelf = bookshelf.\u00a0 The logical combination makes perfect sense and carries over to English as well.\u00a0 Sometimes though, Swedish sammansatta ord become very logical.\u00a0 On a base level.\u00a0 Gr\u00f6nsak for example, translated literally means green thing.\u00a0 Of course, gr\u00f6nsak is the word for vegetable.\u00a0 Makes sense when you think about it really.<\/p>\n<p>I love compound words in Swedish. \u00a0Probably more than I should, but aside from their usefulness, there are quite a few that entertain me with their combinations and the way they translate directly to English.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve started a list below:<\/p>\n<p>Flodh\u00e4st = hippopotamus (river horse)<br \/>\nPepparkakor = ginger snaps (pepper cookies)<br \/>\nFruktk\u00f6tt = pulp (fruit meat)<br \/>\nBj\u00f6rnb\u00e4r = black berry (bear berry)<br \/>\nJordn\u00f6tter = peanuts (dirt nuts)<br \/>\nTandk\u00f6tt = gums (tooth meat)<br \/>\nSjukhus = hospital (sick house)<br \/>\nBr\u00f6stv\u00e5rta = nipple (breast wart)<br \/>\nKof\u00e5ngare = bumper (cow catcher)<br \/>\nBlixtl\u00e5s = zipper (lightning lock)<br \/>\nTv\u00e4ttbj\u00f6rn = raccoon (washing bear)<br \/>\nF\u00e4rgglad = colorful (color happy)<\/p>\n<p>What other compound words do you like?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish words can end up being really long.\u00a0 I mean really long.\u00a0 Nord\u00f6stersj\u00f6kustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranl\u00e4ggningsmaterielunderh\u00e5llsuppf\u00f6ljningssystemdiskussionsinl\u00e4ggsf\u00f6rberedelsearbeten long.\u00a0 I found this word on the always reliable Wikipedia, which we all know should never be doubted. Or something like that.\u00a0 The claim is this word holds the Guinness World Record for longest word in the Swedish language Regardless of the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/fun-with-swedish-compound-words-no-really\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3079],"tags":[4754],"class_list":["post-2278","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-swedish-language","tag-compound-words"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2278"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7473,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2278\/revisions\/7473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}