Family words in Swedish

Words for family members and other relatives in Swedish, a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Sweden and Finland.

	svenska (Swedish)
family	familj
parents	föräldrar
father	far; pappa
mother	mamma; mor
children	barn
son	son
daughter	dotter
husband	man
wife	hustru; fru
brother	bror
sister	syster
uncle	farbror (pt); morbror (mt)
aunt	faster (pt); moster (mt)
cousin	kusin
nephew	brorson; (brother's son); systerson; (sister's son); nevö
niece	brorsdotter; (brother's daughter); systerdotter; (sister's daughter)
grandparents	farföräldar (pt); morföräldar (mt)
grandfather	farfar (pt); morfar (mt)
grandmother	farmor (pt); mormor (mt)
grandchildren	barnbarn
grandson	sonson; (son's son); dotterson; (daughter's son)
granddaughter	sondotter; (son's daughter); dotterdotter; (daughter's daughter)
father-in-law	svärfar
mother-in-law	svärmor
brother-in-law	svåger
sister-in-law	svägerska

Links

Family words in Germanic languages
http://www.ielanguages.com/germanic_family.html

Family words in Germanic languages

Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish, Yiddish

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