Pronoun
själv
self
Beginnerpronoun
Meaning
själv is the Swedish word for self — a pronoun 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
Du är fri att bestämma själv.
You are free to decide for yourself.
Short, natural learner sentences—meant for memory, not dictionary citations.
Word forms
Common inflected forms of själv you will see while reading Swedish.
- själva
- självt