Hungry? How to start placing your order meals in Swedish? These are several of the questions you will have whenever venturing in a Swedish speaking nation. Learn More
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Please click here to find out the Swedish meals words and phrases readily which can be used for ordering food in Swedish eating places and coffee shops.
| Bon appetit! | Smaklig måltid! (Smock lig mol tid) |
| A table for one person/two people, please. | Ett bord för en/två, tack. (At boord fur ahn/tfoo , tac) |
| Can I look at the menu, please? | Får jag se på menyn, tack? (Foor yag seh poo meh-neen taak) |
| Can I look in the kitchen? | Kan jag titta i köket? (Can yag tee-ta ee chu-keht) |
| Is there a house specialty? | Finns det en husets special? (feens dat ehn hoosats spahsee-ahl) |
| Is there a local specialty? | Finns det en lokal specialitet? (feens dat ehn loocal spahsee-ahlitee) |
| I'm a vegetarian. | Jag är vegetarian. (Yag ahr vehgehtahreean) |
| I'm a vegan. | Jag är vegan. (Yag ahr vehgaan) |
| I don't eat pork. | Jag äter inte fläskkött. (Yag ehtahr eentah flahsc-shut) |
| I don't eat beef. | Jag äter inte nötkött. (Yag ehtahr eentah nyot-shyot ) |
| I only eat kosher food. | Jag äter bara koshermat. (Yag ehter bahra koshermaht) |
| Except for the big cities, this will draw a blank stare from the waiter. Most Swedes are aware that pork is not kosher, but apart from that, almost all non-Jewish Swedes would not have any idea about kosher rules. Jews constitute roughly 0.15 | |
| Can you make it "lite", please? (less oil/butter/lard) | Jag vill ha det lätt tack. (mindre olja/smör/flott) (Yag veel hah deht laht tac. (meendreh olya/smur/floth) |
| à la carte | à la carte (ahla cahrt) |
| breakfast | frukost (frucost) |
| lunch | lunch (loonsh) |
| tea | te (teh) |
| supper | middag (meeddag) |
| I want _____. | Jag vill ha _____. (Yag veel ha) |
| chicken | kyckling (shu cleeng) |
| beef | biff/nötkött (beeff/nyot-shyot) |
| fish | fisk (.fihsk) |
| ham | skinka (sheenca) |
| sausage | korv (korv) |
| cheese | ost (oost) |
| egg | ägg (eg) |
| fried egg | stekt ägg (stekt eg) |
| scrambled egg | äggröra (eg-gryor-ra) |
| salad/salat | sallad (sahlad) |
| (fresh) vegetables | (färska) grönsaker ((fehshca)gryon sahcehr) |
| (fresh) fruit | (färsk) frukt ((fehshk) frooct) |
| bread | bröd (bryod) |
| toast | toast/rostat bröd med smör/rostat bröd (toast/rostat bryod mehd smyor/ rostat bryod) |
| noodles | nudlar (noodlar) |
| rice | ris (rees) |
| beans | bönor (byon-oor) |
| May I have a glass of _____? | Kan jag få ett glas_____? (Can yag foo et glahs) |
| May I have a cup of _____? | Kan jag få en kopp_____? (Can yag foo ehn cop) |
| May I have a bottle of _____? | Kan jag få en flaska_____? (Can yag foo ehn flaasca) |
| coffee | kaffe (ca-feh) |
| tea | te (teh) |
| juice | juice (yoos) |
| fruit juice | fruktjuice (frukht yoas) |
| bubbly water | bubbelvatten (boobehlvahtehn) |
| water | vatten (vah tehn) |
| milk | mjölk (myolk) |
| ice-cream | glass (gla-ss) |
| beer | öl (urhl) |
| red/white wine | röd/vitt vin (ryod/veet veen) |
| May I have some _____? | Kan jag få lite_____? (Can yag foo leeteh) |
| salt | salt (sahlt) |
| sugar | socker (sock-ker) |
| black pepper | svartpeppar(svart pehppar) |
| butter | smör (smyorr) |
| Excuse me, waiter? (getting attention of server) | Ursäkta, hovmästarn! (Ushecta, hoovmastarn) |
| I'm finished. | Jag är klar. (Yag ehr clahr) |
| It was delicious. | Det smakade utmärkt. (deht smahcade utmehrct) |
| Please clear the plates. | Ta bort faten, tack. (Tah boort fahten tac) |
| The check, please. | Notan, tack. (Nootan, tac) |
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