Which Swedish words should I learn first?

The easiest words of grammar and everyday life: basic verbs, small structural words, polite phrases, numbers, family, food. This page gathers 100 of them.

What comes after these 100 words?

Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 100 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Swedish words and brings each one back at the right moment.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

Your first 100 Swedish words

New to Swedish? Here are 100 easy words to start with: verbs, the small words of grammar and everyday vocabulary, translated into English.

These words come from the 26 grammar and everyday-life topics of KoKo. The app holds 2,397 words at this level.

Grammar 24 words

Swedish	English
säga	to say
läsa	to read
skratta	to laugh
döda	to kill
låg	low
bra	good
rå	raw
hård	hard
där	there
här	here
dåligt	badly
lite	little
till	toPreposition, movement in the direction of a place
från	fromProvenance, origin
och	and
eller	or
dit	thereAdverbial pronoun of place, replaces a complement
den här	thisDemonstrative determiner, masculine before a consonant
något	somePartitive article, masculine singular
av det	of it
komma in	to come in
stiga på	to get on
lämna tillbaka	to give back
komma ut	to get out

Everyday life 76 words

Swedish	English
nej	no
ja	yes
tack	thank you
hej	hiInformal greeting
ett	one
tio	ten
få	few
sex	six
slut	end
maj	May
sommar	summer
augusti	August
ben	boneHard part of the skeleton
hals	neck
rygg	back
näsa	nose
blåmärke	bruise
vila	rest
hälsa	health
virus	virus
vän	friend
bebis	baby
son	son
make	husbandEveryday use
galen	crazy
besviken	disappointed
förlägenhet	embarrassment
glädje	joy
nyckel	key
säng	bed
vägg	wall
golv	floor
skruv	screw
trä	wood
spik	nail
lim	glue
strumpa	stockings
krage	collar
stilig	smart
läder	leather
vitlök	garlic
vete	wheat
vatten	water
juice	juice
ekologisk	organic
skål	bowl
hunger	hunger
smak	flavour
påse	bag
dyr	expensive
pinkod	PIN code
kostnad	cost
gata	street
järnvägsstation	train station
park	park
stadskarta	map
buss	bus
turistbuss	coach
motorcykel	motorbike
hamn	harbour
flyg	flight
hotellräkning	bill
plats	site
guide	guide
bergspass	mountain pass
öster	east
sjö	lake
näbb	beak
tupp	rooster
bo	nest
guld	gold
båge	arch
järn	iron
länk	link
sida	page
samtal	call

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Which Swedish words should I learn first?: The easiest words of grammar and everyday life: basic verbs, small structural words, polite phrases, numbers, family, food. This page gathers 100 of them.
What comes after these 100 words?: Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 100 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Swedish words and brings each one back at the right moment.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

How KoKo makes words stick

These lists come from KoKo, the app to learn Swedish vocabulary on iPhone.