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swede¹

  • /swiːd/

Sounds like Swede · Rhymes with -iːd

Where it comes from

From the earlier term Swedish turnip, because the Swedes introduced the plant to the English in the 1700s.

noun swedes

  1. UK The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rapeseed, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
  2. The plant from which this is obtained.

    Similar: rutabaga

  3. Ireland, Northern England, Scotland The turnip.
  4. UK, slang The head. Gotta be so careful nowadays; local copper's no problem but the cow from the council done me 'cos this almost brained a punter when it fell on his swede.

Similar: rutabaga, neep, yellow turnip, winter turnip

swede²

  • /swiːd/

Sounds like Swede · Rhymes with -iːd

Where it comes from

Coined by Michel Gondry in the film Be Kind Rewind, from the claim that films produced in this way were imported from Sweden.

verb swedes · sweding · sweded

  1. To produce a low-budget remake of a film without the use of professional actors or filming techniques. Chances are you've sweded something before without even knowing it.

Swede³

  • /swiːd/

Rhymes with -iːd

Where it comes from

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. Doublet of suede.

noun Swedes

  1. A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent. For the past nine years Swedes have been frustrated by foreign submarines probing their coastal waters.
  2. historical A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rutabaga, swedish turnip, rutabaga plant, turnip cabbage, yellow turnip, lump, hacking, scandinavian, krona, swedish, finn, sweden, finns, turnip, rapeseed, brassica

noun

Similar: rutabaga, neep, yellow turnip, winter turnip

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verb produce a low-budget remake

Françaissuéder

noun person from Sweden

Españolsueco, sueca
한국어스웨덴인 seuwedenin, 스웨덴 사람 seuweden saram
日本語スウェーデン人 suwēden-jin
中文瑞典人 ruìdiǎnrén
हिन्दीस्वीडिश svīḍiś, स्वीडियाई svīḍiyāī
KiswahiliMswidi
Portuguêssueco, sueca
FrançaisSuédois, Suédoise
DeutschSchwede, Schwedin
Italianosvedese
ΕλληνικάΣουηδός Souidós, Σουηδή Souidí, Σουηδέζος Souidézos, Σουηδέζα Souidéza
Românăsuedez, suedeză
Русскийшвед šved, шве́дка švédka
العربيةسُوِيدِيّ suwīdiyy
עבריתשוודי

noun member of the ancient North Germanic tribe

DeutschSvear
Русскийсвей svej

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@misc{swede_2026,
  title = {swede},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/swede},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}