Swedish/Spelling

Grammar

tung, tvinga, sväng

regn, lugn, ugn, hägn

An exception is tvungna because the ng spelling of this word is herited from the particip form tvungen.

English examples of the tj sound: wash, fish, flush, shallow, ship

Before hard vowel, (at the beginning of words), the tj-sound is spelled tj.

tjusa, tjäna, tjalla, tjog

Before soft vowel, (at the beginning of words), the tj-sound is spelled k.

Kina, kela, kind, kärlek, kyrka, körsbär

When not at the beginning of words the tj-sound is spelled sch or rs.

dusch, usch

fors, färsk, kurs,

Before soft vowel the skj-sound is spelled sk.

skepp, skinn, sky, skärm, sköld

Before hard vowel the skj-sound is spelled skj.

skjorta, skjul, skjuta

Before the soft vowel ä the skj-sound is sometimes spelled stj.

stjärna, stjärt, stjälk

For some exceptions the skj-sound is spelled sj.

sju, sjätte

For some exceptions in beginning of words, before a soft vowel the skj-sound is spelled g.

generell, generös, giraff

Before o in some borrowed words spelled ch.

choklad, chock

Before o in some borrowed words spelled ti.

station, situation, aktion

jord, boj,

djup, djungel, djärv, djur

gärna, ge

gjuta, gjorde

hjärna, hjälp

ord, börda

kort, art

This sound depends strongly on dialect. There are five variants.

sång, stilla, bas

cykel, cyklop, cyanid, Cecilia

zick-zack

Language classification: this is a Swedish language resource.