kaffe (-t), coffee.
kaftan (-en, -er), caftan; clergyman's gown or frock.
kainsmärke (-t, -n), mark of Cain, stigma of sin or crime.
kal, barren.
kalas (-et, -- or -er), dinner party, feast, spread, party, banquet.
kalkon (-en, -er), turkey.
kall (-et, --), calling, office, profession.
kall, cold, frigid, cool, chilly.
kalla (-ade, -at), to call, name; to appoint;
kalla ned, nedkalla, to invoke.
kallna (-ade, -at), to cool, grow cold.
Kalmar, Calmar.
kalv (-en, -ar), calf.
kam (-men, -mar), ridge, crest.
kam|mare (-maren, -rar or --), chamber, room.
kammarkollegi|um (-et, -er), land revenue department.
kamp (-en), fight, battle, combat, struggle, strife; contest, match;
debate, discussion; controversy.
kamrat (-en, -er), comrade, fellow, playmate, chum; associate.
kamrerare (-n, --), or kamrer (-en, -er), accountant, cashier, clerk.
kanhända, perhaps, possibly, perchance.
kann|a (-an, -or), tankard.
kanske, perhaps, perchance, possibly, maybe.
kansliråd (-et, --), secretary (in the chancery department or other
government office).
kant (-en, -er), border, quarter, direction, rim.
kant|a (-ade, -at), to line, edge.
kaos, chaos.
kapitäl (-en, -er), capital, letter, initial; commonly capital
(of column, pillar).
kaplan (-en, -er), chaplain, ordinary.
karakteristisk, characteristic.
karbin (-en, -er), carbine.
karl (-en, -n, -ar), man.
Karl, Charles, Carl;
Karlar the Charleses.
Karl XII, Charles XII.
Karlstadstidningen, The Karlstad News.
Karo, common name for a dog, as Rover, Fido, etc.
karolin (-en, -er), Carolinian, spec., soldier of Charles XII., veteran
of the army of Charles XII.
Karon, Charon, mythological ferryman of the river Styx.
kast|a (-ade, -at), to throw; to pitch or roll (in games).
katt (-en, -er), cat.
kedjad, chained, fettered.
Kerameikos, Cerameicus, the Potters' Quarter in Athens.
kerub (-en, -er), cherub, angel.
kid (-et, --), kid.
Kimon, Cimon, Athenian commander.
kind (-en, -er), cheek.
kinesisk, Chinese.
kist|a (-an, -or), casket, coffin.
kist(e)lock (-et, --), coffin lid, cover of casket.
kiv (-et, --), wrangle, quarrel.
kiv|a (-ade, -at), to quarrel; to quibble, wrangle;
commonly kivas.
kjol (-en, -ar), skirt, gown, flounces.
kjort|el (-eln, -lar), kirtle, skirt, robe, gown.
klag|a (-ade, -at), to complain, lament, grumble;
klaga an (anklaga), to accuse.
klagan, complaint, lamentation, plaint.
klagande, plaintive, pitiful.
klandr|a (-ade, -at), to censure, reproach, blame, condemn, denounce,
criticise; to complain of; to find fault with.
klang (-en, -ar), ring, sound, tone, peal, tinkle.
klangdag (-en, -ar), gala day; pl. palmy days.
klangfull, ringing, resonant, melodious, musical, sonorous.
klapp|a (-ade, -at), to strike together; to pat; to beat, throb;
klappa i händerna, to applaud.
klappande (-t), clapping (of hands), applause, patter, rapping.
klar, clear, bright.
Klara, St. Clara church or parish.
klarhet (-en, -er), clearness, lucidity.
klarn|a (-ade, -at), to clear, grow clear; to brighten.
klas|e (-en, -ar), cluster.
klassicitet (-en), classicism.
klassisk, classical.
klenät (-et, --), butter cooky, a crisp cooky shaped in a form and
fried in lard.
klimat (-et, -- or -er), climate, clime.
kling|a (-ade, -at), to sound, ring, jingle, tinkle, chink.
klipp|a (-an, -or), rock, crag, cliff.
klock|a (-an, -or), clock, time-piece; bell.
klok, sane, wise.
klokskap (-en), wisdom, prudence.
klost|er (-ret, --), convent, cloister, monastery.
klostercell (-en, -er), convent chamber.
klosterglugg (-en, -ar), convent wicket; aperture or loophole in
a convent wall.
klot (-et, --), globe, ball, orb.
klubb (-en, -ar), club.
klyft|a (-an, -or), chasm, cleft.
kläck|a (-te, -t), to hatch.
klä|da (-dde, -tt), to clothe, array, dress, garb; to cover.
klädd, dressed, clothed.
kläde (-t, -n), cloth.
kläden (kläderna), garments.
klädnad (-en, -er), clothing, raiment, garb.
klänningsstycke (-t, -n), piece of dress goods.
klöver (-n), clover.
klöverång|a (-an, -or), scent of clover.
knall (-en, -ar), crash, crack, clap, peal; report.
knapp, meager, sparse, brief.
knappast, scarcely, hardly, barely.
knarr|a (-ade, -at), to creak; to make a grating or jarring sound.
knarrig, crabbed, grumpy, gruff, crusty.
kniv (-en, -ar), knife, carving knife.
knopp (-en, -ar), bud.
knopp|as (-ades, -ats), to bud.
knoppningstid (-en, -er), budding time.
knot (-et), rage, wrath; murmur.
knyst|a (-ade, -at or knyste, knyst), to make a sound; to say a word;
to grumble.
knyta (knöt, knutit), to tie, bind; to pledge;
knyta bekantskap, to form acquaintance.
knä (-et, -n), knee, lap.
knäck|a (-te, -t), to crack, snap, break.
knäckepil (-en, -ar), a species of willow.
ko (-n, -r), cow.
kodex (-en), codex, code.
koj|a (-an, -or), cot, cottage, hut.
kokvett (-et), knowledge of cooking.
kolera (-n), cholera.
kolleg|a (-an, -er), colleague; fellow, compeer.
kolonn (-en, -er), column.
kolonnad (-en, -er), colonnade.
komma (kom, kommit), to come; to happen; to arrive, appear; to cause.
kompani (-et, -er), company, party, consorts.
komplimenter|a (-ade, -at), to pay compliments (to).
kompositör (-en, -er), composer.
konsekvens (-en, -er), consequence; consistency.
konservativ, conservative.
konst (-en, -er), art, skill, fine art.
konstfull, artistic, skillful.
konstförfaren, skillful, expert.
konsthandel (-n), art store.
konsthistori|a (-en), history of art.
konstlös, artless, simple, natural, plain.
konstnär (-en, -er), artist.
konstnärlig, artistic.
konstnärsstudi|um (-et, -er), study of art, spec. in pl., studies for
an artist's career.
konung (-en, -ar), king.
konungabarn (-et, --), child of the king.
konungapar (-et, --), Their Royal Majesties; the king and queen;
the royal pair.
konungastol (-en, -ar), royal throne.
koppar (-n), copper.
kopp|el (-let, --), leash.
kor|a (-ade, -at), to choose, select.
korg (-en, -ar), basket.
kornblå, blue as a cornflower.
korndrällsduk (-en, -ar), diapered table cloth of dotted pattern.
korporation (-en, -er), organization, association.
kors (-et, --), cross; as expletive, heavens, my, gracious, mercy, zounds;
kors och tvärs, criss-cross, this way and that.
kors|as (-ades, -ats), to be crossed.
korsett (-en, -er), corset; an outer garment resembling a corset.
korsfararsag|a (-an, -or), tale or legend of the Crusaders.
korslagd, crossed.
kort, short, brief; shortly, briefly;
inom kort, soon, shortly.
korv (-en, -ar), sausage.
korybantisk, Corybantic, pertaining to or like the orgiastic rites and
revels of the priests of Cybele.
kos|a (-an, -or), course, way.
kost|a (-ade, -at), to cost.
kraft (-en, -er), force, power.
kraftig, strong, lusty, powerful, forcible; substantial, pithy, marrowy.
kraftkänsl|a (-an, -or), consciousness of power.
kraftödande, enervating, debilitating, demoralizing, exhausting.
krag|e (-en, -ar), collar, neckband.
krams (-et, --), little of everything, what not;
commonly krimskrams.
krans (-en, -ar), wreath, garland.
krans|a (-ade, -at), to wreathe; to deck with flowers; to encircle.
kras (-et), crash; a crackling or crunching sound;
i kras, to pieces; in or to fragments, atoms, flinders, smithereens.
krav (-et, --), craving, urge.
krax|a (-ade, -at), to caw.
kreatur (-et, --), creature; collective, nature.
Kresus, Krösus, Croesus;
Kreser, sons of Croesus.
krets (-en, -ar), circle; society, environment;
blånande krets, blue vault or arch.
krig (-et, --), war, warfare.
krigande, warring, warlike.
krigarhymn (-en, -er), war song, martial air.
krigsakademi (-en, -n, -er), military academy.
kring, about, around, in.
kris (-en, -er), crisis.
kristallren, pure as crystal; crystalline.
kristen (kristna), Christian.
kristlig, Christian.
Kristus, Christ.
kritik (-en), criticism.
kritisk, critical.
krokig, crooked.
kron|a (-an, -or), crown; top, apex, summit.
kronofogdekontor (-et, --), office of high-bailiff.
kronprins (-en, -ar), crown prince.
kropp (-en, -ar), body.
kross|a (-ade, -at), to crush.
krubb|a (-an, -or), manger.
kruk|a (-an, -or), pot, pitcher, jar.
krumm|a (-ade, -at), to caper, strut, gambol, frisk; to cut capers; (of
horses) to curvet; modern form, kråma sig, lit., to arch one's neck.
krus (-et), strained courtesy, ceremony;
buga och krusa, to bow and scrape.
krydd|a (-ade, -at), to season, spice.
kryddad, spicy, aromatic.
krypa (kröp, krupit), to creep, crawl; to hide, sneak.
kryst|a (-ade, -at; -t, --), to strain, squeeze.
krång|el (-let), trouble, difficulty; quibbling; circumstance.
kräft|a (-an), cancer.
krämare (-n, --), merchant, merchantman.
kränk|a (-te, -t), to violate, infringe, break.
krök|a (-te, -t), to bend, bow;
krökt, bent, stooping,
krön|a (-te, -t), to crown; to cap.
kulen, chilly, cool.
kull|a (-an, -or), girl, lass, esp. a girl of the province of Dalarna,
Sweden.
kull|e (-en, -ar), mound, hill, barrow.
kultur (-en, -er), culture.
kulturhistori|a (-en), history of civilization.
kulturhistorisk, pertaining to the history of culture.
kulturström (-men, -mar), culture, (lit., stream or flood of culture);
drift of civilization.
kum|mel (-let, --), burial mound, cairn.
kung (-en, -ar), king; king pin (in a game of bowling).
kungaborg (-en, -ar), royal palace.
kunga|stad (-staden, -städer), royal city, capital.
kungastol (-en, -ar), throne, royal seat.
kunglig, royal.
kungssorg (-en), national mourning; a nation in mourning.
kunna (kunde, kunnat), to be able (to); to know how (to); to know.
kunskapstörst (-en), thirst for knowledge.
kupol (-en, -er), cupola, dome.
kurs (-en, -er), course.
kust (-en, -er), coast, shore.
kval (-et, --), agony, pang, torment, throes, anguish, sufferings.
kvalmig, stifling, suffocating, close, stuffy.
kvantitet (-en, -er), quantity.
kvar, remaining, left.
kvarn (-en, -ar), mill, water wheel; toy mill wheel.
kvick, witty, brilliant.
kvickhet (-en, -er), wit, brilliancy, jest, witticism.
kvi|da (-dde, -dit), to complain, lament; to whimper, wail.
kvidan, moaning.
kvig|a (-an, -or), heifer.
kvinn|a (-an, -or), woman, female.
kvinnlig, womanly, feminine.
kvinnoand|e (-en, -ar), womanly spirit; woman's soul.
kvist (-en, -ar), twig, branch, limb; knot (in wood).
kvitt, rid of, free from.
kvitt|er (-ret), chirp, twitter.
kvittr|a (-ade, -at), to twitter, chirp.
kvä|da (-dde, -tt), to sing; to praise.
kväde (-t, -n), song, ditty, poem.
kväll (-en, -ar), evening.
kväll|a (-de, -t), to well up, burst forth, spring forth.
kvällsdimm|a (-an, -or), evening fog, mist of twilight.
kvällsus (-et), vesper murmur, soughing of the evening breeze.
kvälltung, drowsy, hazy.
kväv|a (-de, -t), to stifle, suffocate; to muffle, subdue; to control;
to thwart.
kyckling (-en, -ar), chicken, spring chicken.
kylig, cool, chilly; frigid, refreshing.
kyll|er (-ret, --), buff jerkin, leather jerkin.
kyrkglugg (-en, -ar), aperture in church belfry.
kyrkherrgård (-en, -ar), parsonage.
kyrkogård (-en, -ar), churchyard, cemetery.
kyrkoherd|e (-en, -ar), rector, parson.
kyrk(o)torn (-et, --), church steeple.
kyss (-en, -ar), kiss.
kyss|a (-te, -t), to kiss.
kål (-en), cabbage, kale.
kåp|a (-an, -or), cloak.
kåsör (-en, -er), causerie Writer, writer of literary chat.
käck, bright, lively, spirited; gallant; brisk.
käckhet (-en), boldness, dash, intrepidity, audacity.
kägelspel (-et, --), game of bowling or tenpins.
käll|a (-an, -or), spring, well, source, fountain.
källarstug|a (-an, -or), inn, tavern, taproom.
kämp|a (-ade, -at), to fight, battle, struggle.
kämp|e (-en, -ar), warrior, hero; champion.
känd, known, familiar, acquainted, notable.
kän|na (-de, -t), to feel; to know, be acquainted or familiar with;
to experience; to be conscious of.
känneteckn|a (ade, -at), to characterize, mark, distinguish.
känning (-en, -ar), experience, feeling.
känsl|a (-an, -or), feeling, sentiment, sensation, sense.
känslig, sensitive.
känsloglöd (-en), warmth of feeling.
känsloliv (-et), inner life, soul life, sentiments.
känslostämning (-en, -ar), strain of sentiment.
känsloutbrott (-et, --), sentimentality, effusiveness.
käpp (-en, -ar), cane, walking-stick, cudgel, rod.
kär, dear, beloved, enamored.
kärlek (-en), love, infatuation; charity; passion.
kärleksdomnad, grown faint or silent with love.
kärleksfull, loving, affectionate, tender.
kärleks|natt (-natten, -nätter), night of love.
kärlekssag|a (-an, -or), love story, love affair, affair of the heart.
kärleksvis|a (-an, -or), love song.
kärlighet (-en), fondness, affection, love, tenderness, amorousness.
kärn|a (-an, -or), kernel, pit, meat.
kärv|e (-en, -ar), sheaf.
kärvhet (-en), ruggedness, austerity.
kök (-et, --), kitchen.
köld (-en), coldness, frigidity, cold, coolness.
kön (-et, --), sex; tribe, kind.
köp (-et, --), purchase;
till på köpet, in addition, in the bargain, to boot; furthermore.
köp|a (-te, -t), to buy, purchase, barter.
kör (-en, -er), chorus; choir.
kör|a (-de, -t), to drive.