Adjective

långsam

slow

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Meaning

långsam is the Swedish word for slow — a adjective you meet early when building Swedish vocabulary. Learn it in context with the example below, hear the pronunciation, then lock it into memory by playing it in the free LearnSwedishFast arcade game.

Example

Tåget är mycket långsamt.

The train is very slow.

Short, natural learner sentences—meant for memory, not dictionary citations.