January 15, 2026

100 essential starter Swedish words (honest list)

By LearnSwedishFast Team · 1 min read

Many articles promise “the 100 most common Swedish words” without showing methodology. We don’t rank by corpus frequency yet—so we label this honestly: these are the first 100 entries from our curated starter curriculum.

Use the table as a reference, open individual word pages for pronunciation hints, then switch to active recall in the free arcade game. The full list lives on /words.

Swedish	English	Practice
i	in	Word page
att	to	Word page
jag	I	Word page
inte	not	Word page
ett	a	Word page
de	the	Word page
det	the	Word page
om	If	Word page
annan	Other	Word page
du	you	Word page
någon	any	Word page
när	when	Word page
detta	this	Word page
nu	Now	Word page
den	the	Word page
där	where	Word page
min	my	Word page
lite	a little	Word page
denna	this	Word page
in	in	Word page
här	here	Word page
en hand	one hand	Word page
en mun	a mouth	Word page
samma	same	Word page
kanske	perhaps	Word page
därför	therefore	Word page
som	as	Word page
för	for	Word page
att göra	to do	Word page
att ge	to give	Word page
att använda	to use	Word page
att få	to get	Word page
att gå	to go	Word page
ett land	a country	Word page
många	many	Word page
att vilja	to want	Word page
att känna	to feel	Word page
vatten	water	Word page
mat	food	Word page
en	a	Word page
ett öga	one eye	Word page
en kropp	a body	Word page
ett barn	a child	Word page
en kvinna	a woman	Word page
före	before	Word page
att vara	to be	Word page
att kunna	to be able to	Word page
att se	to see	Word page
att säga	to say	Word page
att skriva	to write	Word page
att veta	to know	Word page
att läsa	to read	Word page
att tänka	to think	Word page
stor	great	Word page
annars	otherwise	Word page
bra	Good	Word page
mycket	very	Word page
efter	after	Word page
att höra	to hear	Word page
lång	long	Word page
att leva	to live	Word page
att flytta	to move	Word page
nära	near	Word page
dålig	Poor	Word page
att hända	to happen	Word page
få	get	Word page
att bo	to live	Word page
kort	short	Word page
var	where	Word page
ovan	above	Word page
svår	difficult	Word page
att röra	to touch	Word page
att dö	to die	Word page
sann	TRUE	Word page
en gud	a god	Word page
dess	its	Word page
på	on	Word page
å	oh	Word page
av	of	Word page
skola	school	Word page
och	and	Word page
till	to	Word page
vi	we	Word page
te	tea	Word page
man	MAN	Word page
sig	one	Word page
han	he	Word page
sin	its	Word page
från	from	Word page
men	but	Word page
all	all	Word page
måste	must	Word page
vad	What	Word page
under	during	Word page
också	also	Word page
då	when	Word page
böra	behoove	Word page
hur	how	Word page
mig	me	Word page
mot	against	Word page

Rows mirror the first 100 entries in our dataset—labeled honestly as a starter set you can practice immediately.

If you want structured theory first, read our posts on active recall and SM-2 spaced repetition—both link back to gameplay.