January 15, 2026

100 essential starter Swedish words (honest list)

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
hej	hello	Word page
tack	thank you	Word page
ja	yes	Word page
nej	no	Word page
vatten	water	Word page
mat	food	Word page
hund	dog	Word page
katt	cat	Word page
hus	house	Word page
bok	book	Word page
sol	sun	Word page
måne	moon	Word page
dag	day	Word page
natt	night	Word page
barn	child	Word page
man	man	Word page
kvinna	woman	Word page
bil	car	Word page
väg	road	Word page
stad	city	Word page
stor	big	Word page
liten	small	Word page
bra	good	Word page
dålig	bad	Word page
varm	warm	Word page
kall	cold	Word page
äta	to eat	Word page
dricka	to drink	Word page
gå	to walk	Word page
springa	to run	Word page
se	to see	Word page
höra	to hear	Word page
pappa	dad	Word page
mamma	mom	Word page
bror	brother	Word page
syster	sister	Word page
vän	friend	Word page
röd	red	Word page
blå	blue	Word page
gul	yellow	Word page
grön	green	Word page
vit	white	Word page
svart	black	Word page
ett	one	Word page
två	two	Word page
tre	three	Word page
fyra	four	Word page
fem	five	Word page
pengar	money	Word page
tid	time	Word page
flygplats	airport	Word page
sjukhus	hospital	Word page
bibliotek	library	Word page
restaurang	restaurant	Word page
arbete	work	Word page
semester	vacation	Word page
väder	weather	Word page
regn	rain	Word page
snö	snow	Word page
skog	forest	Word page
sjö	lake	Word page
strand	beach	Word page
berg	mountain	Word page
tåg	train	Word page
buss	bus	Word page
cykel	bicycle	Word page
läkare	doctor	Word page
lärare	teacher	Word page
student	student	Word page
middag	dinner	Word page
frukost	breakfast	Word page
kaffe	coffee	Word page
bröd	bread	Word page
ost	cheese	Word page
mjölk	milk	Word page
äpple	apple	Word page
sovrum	bedroom	Word page
kök	kitchen	Word page
badrum	bathroom	Word page
trädgård	garden	Word page
nyckel	key	Word page
telefon	phone	Word page
dator	computer	Word page
klocka	clock	Word page
börja	to begin	Word page
sluta	to stop	Word page
förstå	to understand	Word page
behöva	to need	Word page
tycka	to think/believe	Word page
försöka	to try	Word page
berätta	to tell	Word page
vacker	beautiful	Word page
ful	ugly	Word page
snabb	fast	Word page
långsam	slow	Word page
svår	difficult	Word page
lätt	easy	Word page
lycklig	happy	Word page
ledsen	sad	Word page
trött	tired	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.

January 15, 2026

100 essential starter Swedish words (honest list)

1 min read

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
hej	hello	Word page
tack	thank you	Word page
ja	yes	Word page
nej	no	Word page
vatten	water	Word page
mat	food	Word page
hund	dog	Word page
katt	cat	Word page
hus	house	Word page
bok	book	Word page
sol	sun	Word page
måne	moon	Word page
dag	day	Word page
natt	night	Word page
barn	child	Word page
man	man	Word page
kvinna	woman	Word page
bil	car	Word page
väg	road	Word page
stad	city	Word page
stor	big	Word page
liten	small	Word page
bra	good	Word page
dålig	bad	Word page
varm	warm	Word page
kall	cold	Word page
äta	to eat	Word page
dricka	to drink	Word page
gå	to walk	Word page
springa	to run	Word page
se	to see	Word page
höra	to hear	Word page
pappa	dad	Word page
mamma	mom	Word page
bror	brother	Word page
syster	sister	Word page
vän	friend	Word page
röd	red	Word page
blå	blue	Word page
gul	yellow	Word page
grön	green	Word page
vit	white	Word page
svart	black	Word page
ett	one	Word page
två	two	Word page
tre	three	Word page
fyra	four	Word page
fem	five	Word page
pengar	money	Word page
tid	time	Word page
flygplats	airport	Word page
sjukhus	hospital	Word page
bibliotek	library	Word page
restaurang	restaurant	Word page
arbete	work	Word page
semester	vacation	Word page
väder	weather	Word page
regn	rain	Word page
snö	snow	Word page
skog	forest	Word page
sjö	lake	Word page
strand	beach	Word page
berg	mountain	Word page
tåg	train	Word page
buss	bus	Word page
cykel	bicycle	Word page
läkare	doctor	Word page
lärare	teacher	Word page
student	student	Word page
middag	dinner	Word page
frukost	breakfast	Word page
kaffe	coffee	Word page
bröd	bread	Word page
ost	cheese	Word page
mjölk	milk	Word page
äpple	apple	Word page
sovrum	bedroom	Word page
kök	kitchen	Word page
badrum	bathroom	Word page
trädgård	garden	Word page
nyckel	key	Word page
telefon	phone	Word page
dator	computer	Word page
klocka	clock	Word page
börja	to begin	Word page
sluta	to stop	Word page
förstå	to understand	Word page
behöva	to need	Word page
tycka	to think/believe	Word page
försöka	to try	Word page
berätta	to tell	Word page
vacker	beautiful	Word page
ful	ugly	Word page
snabb	fast	Word page
långsam	slow	Word page
svår	difficult	Word page
lätt	easy	Word page
lycklig	happy	Word page
ledsen	sad	Word page
trött	tired	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.