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This is the 3rd book in the Swedish Frequency Dictionary series.


With this book, you will increase your vocabulary from roughly CEFR B2+ up to CEFR C1+.


This book is for advanced students of Swedish, and meant for those who want to improve their Swedish even further.


By knowing the most used 7.500 words, you will have a vocabulary comparable to an adult native speaker with higher education. You will be able to express yourself comfortably, and are able to understand 93% of all Swedish text, and 97% of all spoken Swedish.


It is not necessary to have read the 1st or 2nd book in the series for you to enjoy this frequency dictionary. It can be used as a stand-alone tool, or in conjunction with any other language method.


This book contains:


- The most common 5.001-7.500 Swedish words, with English translations.

- Swedish vocabulary ranked by general frequency and alphabet.

- Frequency as part of speech (most used adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc.)

- 2.500 Swedish to English example sentences.

Why Study By Frequency?


While it's important to note it's impossible to pin down these numbers and statistics with 100% accuracy, these are a global average of multiple sources. According to research, this is the amount of vocabulary needed for varying levels of fluency:



- 250 words: the essential core of a language. Without these words, you cannot construct sentences.

- 750 words: those that are used every single day by every person who speaks the language.

- 2500 words: those that should enable you to express everything you could possibly want to say, although some creativity might be required.

- 5000 words: the active vocabulary of native speakers without higher education. You will understand 95% of all spoken language.

- 10,000 words: the active vocabulary of native speakers with higher education.

- 20,000 words: the amount you need to recognize passively in order to read, understand, and enjoy a work of literature such as a novel by a notable author.


What is Inside This Book?


A frequency list of the most frequently used Swedish words, based on analysis of 20 gigabytes of Swedish subtitles, the equivalent of 80.000 books of 200 pages each; more than two large libraries worth of text.
A large base text collection is absolutely vital in order to establish a reliable general frequency list.

Subtitles have the advantage of corresponding both to written and spoken language. This makes subtitles the best method for creating a useful and practical word frequency list.

This Swedish to English frequency dictionary can roughly be divided in three parts.


- 2.500 Swedish words in ranked by general frequency


- Frequency ranking by part of speech (E.G, The most