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Swedish vocabulary: weather and nature

Sun, rain, snow, wind, but also the sea, the mountains and the forest: weather and landscapes in Swedish.

Here are 100 Swedish words on “Weather and landscapes”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 39 words

SwedishEnglish
altitudaltitude
strandbeach
brisbreeze
kustcoast
svalcool
graddegree
östereast
åkerfield
skogforest
klyftagorge
buktgulfLarge inlet of the coast where the sea reaches inland
kullehill
sjölake
landskaplandscape
lågtrycklow pressure area
mildmild
bergspassmountain pass
naturnature
norrnorth
oceanocean
platåplateau
lufttryckpressure
regnrain
regnbågerainbow
klipparock
sandsand
havsea
breddshoreEdge of a river or lake
himmelsky
södersouth
källaspring
stormstorm
solsun
mulnato cloud over
vågwaveRising and falling movement of the water surface
väderweather
västerwest
vindwind
dungewood

Level 2: medium 36 words

SwedishEnglish
lavinavalanche
barometerbarometer
kanjoncanyon
grottacave
molncloud
cykloncyclone
torkadrought
dyndune
utbrotteruption
översvämningflood
dimmafog
iskallfreezing
frostfrost
vindbygust
hagelhail
värmeböljaheatwave
bergssidahillside
orkanhurricane
djungeljungle
blixtlightning
blixtnedslaglightning strike
ängmeadow
dismist
ravinravine
sundstrait
bäckstream
åskväderthunderstorm
tidvattentide
blåsato blow
klarnato brighten up
svalnato cool down
smältato melt
regnato rain
värmas uppto warm up
tornadotornado
tropiskt klimattropical climate

Level 3: hard 25 words

SwedishEnglish
högtryckanticyclone
torrt klimatarid climate
molnigcloudy
kratercrater
flodmynningestuary
rimfrostfrost coating
gläntaglade
packisice floe
isbergiceberg
lagunlagoon
norrskennorthern lights
halvöpeninsula
regnigrainy
revreef
brinkriverbankSlope along the side of a river
snödrivasnowdrift
snöflingasnowflake
stäppsteppe
aprilskursudden shower
uppklarnandesunny spell
sumpmarkswamp
haglato hail
snöato snowVerb, the falling of flakes
ultraviolettultraviolet
blåsigwindy

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How many words are in this list?
This page gives 100 Swedish words on “Weather and landscapes”. The full topic holds 152 in the KoKo app: 60 at the easy level, 54 at the medium level and 38 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?
With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
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