List of English words of Swedish origin

This is a list of English words borrowed from the Swedish language. aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" fartlek, "endurance training in which a runner alternates periods of sprinting with periods of jogging" gantelope, "gauntlet" glögg, "a hot spiced wine and liquor punch served in Scandinavian countries as a Christmas drink" gravlax, "salmon cured especially with salt, sugar, pepper, and dill and often additional ingredients (such as fennel, coriander, lime, and vodka or aquavit)" gyttja, "a lacustrine mud containing abundant organic material" lek, "an assembly area where animals (such as the prairie chicken) carry on display and courtship behavior" lingonberry, "(or better: linberry, since the sw.

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List of English words of Swedish origin

This is a list of English words borrowed from the Swedish language. aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" fartlek, "endurance training in which a runner alternates periods of sprinting with periods of jogging" gantelope, "gauntlet" glögg, "a hot spiced wine and liquor punch served in Scandinavian countries as a Christmas drink" gravlax, "salmon cured especially with salt, sugar, pepper, and dill and often additional ingredients (such as fennel, coriander, lime, and vodka or aquavit)" gyttja, "a lacustrine mud containing abundant organic material" lek, "an assembly area where animals (such as the prairie chicken) carry on display and courtship behavior" lingonberry, "(or better: linberry, since the sw.

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