{"id":2578,"date":"2010-12-29T17:41:15","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T17:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=2578"},"modified":"2010-12-29T17:41:15","modified_gmt":"2010-12-29T17:41:15","slug":"new-words-in-swedish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/new-words-in-swedish\/","title":{"rendered":"New words in Swedish"},"content":{"rendered":"

2010 will soon draw to a close and by the end of every year, Svenska spr\u00e5kr\u00e5det (The Swedish Language Council<\/strong>) puts together a list over the new words that have infiltrated the Swedish during the past year. The list normally contains between 40-50 words\u00a0and it can be anything from new made up words, loan words from other languages and words that haven’t been used for ages but for some reason has had a comeback. So, before we head into 2011, let’s take a quick look at some of the words we learnt and used during 2010:<\/p>\n

* App<\/strong> – Short for “application”, a program that are downloaded from internet to your mobile phone.<\/p>\n

* Askstoppad<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0 A verb for being held up by\u00a0the big ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano with the impossible name. (aska = ash, stoppad = held).<\/p>\n

* Ask\u00e4nka (Ash widow<\/strong>) – When your husband were trapped somewhere because of the ash cloud, you became an “ask\u00e4nka”.<\/p>\n

* Bloppis<\/strong> – To sell things you no longer want – clothes, shoes bags etc – via your blog. Comes from the word for “jumble sale” in Swedish, which is “loppmarknad”, often referred to as “loppis”. Combine that with the word “blog” and you got a “bloppis”.<\/p>\n

* Kaffeflicka (Coffee girl)<\/strong> \u00a0– A new term for a girl who is invited to gentlemen parties as “something sweet to go with the coffee”.\u00a0 This word came from the book “Den ofrivillige monarken” about our king, read more here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

* K\u00f6ttklister\u00a0 (Meat glue<\/strong>) – A substance made out of animal blood to glue together smaller pieces of meat to make it look like something nice and tasty.<\/p>\n

* Pl\u00e5nboksbr\u00f6llop (wallet wedding)<\/strong> – A budget wedding\u00a0to suit your means.<\/p>\n

* Wikil\u00e4cka (Wiki leak)<\/strong> – When secret information leaked to the public via the webpage Wikileak.<\/p>\n

* Vuvuzela<\/strong> – a long plastic horn that we became very familiar with during the World Cup in South Africa. It comes from an expression in Zulu meaning make lots of noise.<\/p>\n

Find the whole list of new words in the Swedish language here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2010 will soon draw to a close and by the end of every year, Svenska spr\u00e5kr\u00e5det (The Swedish Language Council) puts together a list over the new words that have infiltrated the Swedish during the past year. The list normally contains between 40-50 words\u00a0and it can be anything from new made up words, loan words…<\/p>\n

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