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Whether you're drawn to the melodic cadence of Swedish or intrigued by its unique vocabulary, each question promises to spark your curiosity and expand your language skills.
5 Swedish Language quizzes and 50 Swedish Language trivia questions.
1.
  A Little Quiz About Swedish   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Don't worry, you don't need to know any Swedish to play this quiz. As a Germanic language, there are similarities to English in both the origin of many words, and how the language has developed. You may find you know more than you think!
Average, 10 Qns, akg1486, Jan 29 19
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akg1486
Jan 29 19
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  Basic Swedish    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How much Swedish do you know? In this quiz, I'll give you a Swedish word and you translate it into English. Good Luck!
Average, 10 Qns, Icea, Jan 27 06
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Icea
1942 plays
3.
  How Good Is Your Swedish?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Take an imaginary trip to my hometown, Gothenburg. And learn some of the words necessary to know for a pleasant stay. Welcome!
Average, 10 Qns, kissaki, Jun 01 09
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kissaki
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  Svenska! (Swedish) :o)    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here is a little quiz to find out if you know the basics of Swedish ... Lycka till! :o)
Average, 10 Qns, Marie-Eve, Nov 25 14
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Marie-Eve
1911 plays
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  Learn Swedish!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Do you want to learn Swedish? Well here are some common phrases!
Average, 10 Qns, magenta_monroe, Feb 24 11
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magenta_monroe
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trivia question Quick Question
When you come to a foreign country it is nice to be able to say hello to the people you meet. How do you do that in Swedish?

From Quiz "How Good Is Your Swedish?"




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Swedish Language Trivia Questions
1. How do you say "What´s your name?" in Swedish?

From Quiz Learn Swedish!

Answer: Vad heter du?

"Lever du?" means "Are you alive?". "Är vi släkt?" means "Are we related?" and "Vilket namn har du inte?" means "What name don't you have?"

2. When you come to a foreign country it is nice to be able to say hello to the people you meet. How do you do that in Swedish?

From Quiz How Good Is Your Swedish?

Answer: Hej

The normal word for saying hello is hej. If you want to be more polite you could say Goddag - good day. Or if it is in the morning, godmorgon, or in the evening, godkvaell.

3. But it is not always easy to get the attention that you wish from people. If you are standing at the tourist information booth and want to catch the clerk's attention by saying 'excuse me', how do you do that?

From Quiz How Good Is Your Swedish?

Answer: Ursäkta

If you just say Ursäkta that should be good enough.

4. The names of the days of the week in Swedish and English share the same linguistic roots in most cases. For example, the Swedish word "onsdag" is "Oden's day"; "Wednesday" means the same. One day is an exception, though. Which Swedish day is this?

From Quiz A Little Quiz About Swedish

Answer: Lördag

Despite the umlauts, you could probably see the similarities between Måndag/Monday and Söndag/Sunday. And Fredag/Friday are definitely cognate words. But "Lördag", the equivalent of the English Saturday, comes from the old word "lögh" with the same etymological root as the English word "lye". The day is so named as it was the day of the week when people washed themselves and, presumably, their clothes. Danish and Norwegian share this word for Saturday.

5. How do we say 'Sweden' in Swedish?

From Quiz Svenska! (Swedish) :o)

Answer: Sverige & sverige

I morgon ska jag flytta till Sverige ... Tomorrow morning I will move to Sweden! :o)

6. What does 'Hur mar du?' means?

From Quiz Svenska! (Swedish) :o)

Answer: How are you?

Hur mar du idag? Jag mar bra tack! {;o)} How are you today? I'm fine thanks!

7. There are two countries where Swedish is an official language. The first one is obviously Sweden, but what is the other one?

From Quiz Svenska! (Swedish) :o)

Answer: Finland

In Finland, there are two official languages. First, the Finnish language and then Swedish. Only 6 percent of the population in Finland are Swedish speaking.

8. "Rött" is a ... what?

From Quiz Learn Swedish!

Answer: A colour

"Rött" means "Red". "Blått, grönt, gult, guld" is also colours and means "Blue, green, yellow, gold".

9. How do we say 'coffee' in Swedish?

From Quiz Svenska! (Swedish) :o)

Answer: Kaffe

En kopp kaffe, tack! :)

10. In town you want to have something to eat. You know that traditional Swedish junk food is a sausage with mashed potatoes. How do ask for that?

From Quiz How Good Is Your Swedish?

Answer: Korv med mos

When you have asked for that you will be asked whether you want your sausage boiled or fried - kokt eller grillad. And whether you want ketchup and mustard - ketchup(!) och senap.

11. Sweden celebrates Christmas and New Year. If you ever go to a Christmas or New Year's Eve party in Sweden, this may be useful. How do you say "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year" in Swedish?

From Quiz Learn Swedish!

Answer: "God Jul!" and "Gott Nytt År!".

All of these incorrect answers are just rubbish and made up, except for "Ja må han leva!", wich is a part of the Swedish Happy Birthday Song, and means (if directly translated) "Yes may he live!", but if you want it to make sense it is better to translate it to "Yes he will live!". Did you know that in Sweden they give out presents on the 24th December, NOT the 25th?

12. Which "disco" band from Sweden was very popular in the 70s?

From Quiz Svenska! (Swedish) :o)

Answer: ABBA & abba

'Dancing Queen, young and sweet only seventeen... Dancing Queen, feel the beat from the tambourine oh yeah...' *smile*

13. Say that you want to spend your evening watching a good play at the theatre. Theatre is easy, that's teater, but what is a play called?

From Quiz How Good Is Your Swedish?

Answer: Pjaes

You don't like the theatre? What about going to the cinema? It's called bio.

14. Please translate the words 'Where' and 'Which' from English to Swedish in the same order.

From Quiz Svenska! (Swedish) :o)

Answer: Var, Vilken (t)

Var ar du? Where are you? :)

15. Back at the youth hostel you want to ask when breakfast is served. What is breakfast called?

From Quiz How Good Is Your Swedish?

Answer: Frukost

And for your other meals? Lunch is easy, it's - lunch! And dinner? That's middag.

16. How could you ask someone how old they are?

From Quiz Learn Swedish!

Answer: Both of these

You are asking the same question except in different ways, because "Hur många år är du?" means "How many years are you?" and "Hur gammal är du?" means "How old are you?". So they are different ways to ask the same question and you would get the same answer.

17. How do we say 'I speak Swedish'?

From Quiz Svenska! (Swedish) :o)

Answer: Jag pratar svenska

Jag pratar svenska. Du? :) You can also say 'Jag talar svenska'.

18. ABBA is a Swedish pop group whose songs were used in the famous musical "Mamma Mia!". "Mamma Mia!" is an Italian expression which means "My Mother!". How do you say "Dear Mother" in Swedish?

From Quiz Learn Swedish!

Answer: Kära Mamma

That wasn't so hard was it? You know, The winner takes it all... Lycka till med livet! (Good Luck with your life!)

19. There are two ways for me to say goodbye to you. What are they?

From Quiz Svenska! (Swedish) :o)

Answer: Hej da, adjo

Hej da och jag hoppas att vi kan se snart! Goodbye and I hope that we can meet again! :o)

20. It's now time to say goodbye to Sweden. How do you say that?

From Quiz How Good Is Your Swedish?

Answer: Hejdaa

Hejdaa! And we'll meet again - paa aaterseende!

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