Swede

From Middle Low German Swêde, from a Germanic word akin to Old Norse Svíþjóð, Old English Swēoþēod (“Sweden”, literally “Swede nation”), itself from Swēo (“Swede”), from Proto-Germanic *swihô (“Swede”). Cognate with Dutch Zweed, German Schwede.

A crowd of Swedes.

• IPA^(key): /swiːd/

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• Rhymes: -iːd

Swede (plural Swedes)

1. A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.
2. (historical) A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden

• swede
• Finland-Swede, Finland Swede (Swede from Finland, Finnish Swede)
• Swedish
• Swedishness

• Sweden

• The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.

• sewed, weeds

From Dutch Zweden, from Middle Dutch Zweden, Sweden.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɛ.də/

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Swede

1. Sweden (a country in Northern Europe)

   Synonym: Koninkryk van Swede

• Sweed
• Sweeds

Swede

1. plural of Sweed