{"id":6629,"date":"2014-06-13T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T16:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=6629"},"modified":"2018-08-10T13:07:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T13:07:53","slug":"15-swedish-nouns-for-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/15-swedish-nouns-for-the-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Swedish Nouns for the World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Cup started yesterday in Brazil. There have been protests in the year leading up to the start of the tournament and there are sure to be more. While there is plenty to be said about all that has gone on politically, this post is going to focus instead on the soccer being played. Or at least the Swedish nouns describing the soccer being played.<\/p>\n<p>The FIFA World Cup is known in Sweden as V\u00e4rldsm\u00e4sterskapet i fotboll or Fotbolls-VM. That translates as the World Championship of Soccer\/Football. The Swedish men\u2019s team has never won the World Cup, although, the last time Sweden hosted the World Cup back in 1958 Sweden came in second to Brazil.<br \/>\nSweden did not qualify this year for the World Cup,so you\u2019ll have to cheer for someone else. But while you\u2019re doing that, here are a few new words for you to learn:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 300px\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Svenska<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h2>Engelska<\/h2>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">en anfallare<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h4>a forward<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">en avbytare<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h4>a substitute<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">en back<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h4>a defender<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">en f\u00f6rsvarare<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h4>a defender<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">en fotbollsplan<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h4>a soccer field or pitch<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">en m\u00e5lvakt<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h4>a goalie<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">en mittf\u00e4ltare<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h4>a midfielder<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">en supporter<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">a fan<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h4>en tr\u00e4nare<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">a coach<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h4>en utvisning<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">a dismissal or ejection<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h4>en varning<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">a caution or warning<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h4>ett gult kort<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">a yellow card<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h4>ett m\u00e5l<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">a goal<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h4>ett r\u00f6tt kort<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">a red card<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h4>offsideregeln<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">the offsides rule<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Cup started yesterday in Brazil. There have been protests in the year leading up to the start of the tournament and there are sure to be more. 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