Noun

sjö

lake

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Meaning

sjö is the Swedish word for lake — a noun 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

Vi simmar i en sjö.

We are swimming in a lake.

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