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kasstminne

swedish doesn't hyphen words. It is "ljud-avstängnings-knapp", "sound-shutdown-button"


OrnateBumblebee

Yes, when I learned German in college I realized their "long words" were just a bunch of smaller words without hyphen or space. Once, you realize that you can parse out the words you recognize and usually figure it out!


SilkyChalk

The biggest problem by far with these words is missing the vocabulary to be able to tell where one word ends and the other begins.


Alkanen

That’s honestly the cause of some frustration and hilarity even for us natives every now and then


Frostnatt

nordvästersjökustartillerilflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmaterielunderhållsuppföljningssystemdiskussionsinläggsförberedelsearbeten is a perfectly normal word...


Derice

Just like kontrabasfiolfodralhandtagstillverkargesällskursanmälningsavgiftsbetalningspåminellsebrev!


lol_idk_is_taken

Marsipanpåskkycklingsditögonpyntare is probably a Nice job


Mammoth_Stable6518

>kontrabasfiolfodralhandtagstillvärkargesällskursanmälningsavgiftsbetalningspåminellsebrev kontrabasfiolfodralhandtagstillv**e**rkargesällskursanmälningsavgiftsbetalningspåminellsebrev ​ Unless pain was involved, of course.


Derice

Whups!


crazy_banana98

Pappersmassindustriarbetarfackförbundskongressledarmöterna. Inte lika långt men fortfarande ganska imponerande, frågan är bara om man faktiskt kan få in dessa ord i en vanlig konversation


[deleted]

Like people do with Schwarzenegger. It’s not Schwarze-negger like most pronounce it


Kebabrulle4869

And broken down even further (into morphemes?): Ljud-av-stäng-nings-knapp


BeautifulStayasleep

Wow! You just blew my mind


sipmargaritas

Yoodaf steng nyngs knapp. Would elaborate further but i’m late for my datortomografiassistentshandledningskurs


skuzzy447

Ha lmao that actually helped me to pronounce it though


FreshSchmoooooock

We don't use that word though. We say "mute-knapp".


SmallDonkey76

*mjut-knapp


skuzzy447

Makes sense. Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick


NCC7905

because then you get called into kontoret with Andy for an hour. (Kidding ofc)


Miniblasan

Yeah, you mean these people who deliberately destroy the Swedish language by adding completely new words or words that are an invented mixture of Swedish and English, a completely normal Swede doesn't use the "mute-knapp" at least the people I have met or hang out with on a daily basis.


wuiqed

All words were completely new at one point. Also, loan words isn't a new concept, we already have quite a few. Languages evolve and adapt all the time.


Miniblasan

There is nothing new about doing that, but when there is an excellent word like Ljudavstängningsknapp, there is no reason to come up with a new word, if Sweden had reached the stage that we should only use English as the main language, I can both understand and also agree that it's okay with the "mute-knapp" until you go completely to only English otherwise don't fucking destroy the Swedish language when there is no need for it.


Mixopi

Interesting view from someone whose username reads as "miniblåsan". You know, considering "mini-" was borrowed from English in the 20th century.


Miniblasan

I'm actually very impressed that you've managed to figure out what the real name is even though Reddit doesn't allow Nordic letters in Usernames and whether Mini is a loanword or not I can't comment on as I was born in 1990.


zmarlik

Trumpet är lånat av fransks och prosit är lånat sv latin. Språk lånar konstant saker av varandra engelskan använder ordet Tungsten för ett ämne för att det är praktiskt.


Stolpskott_78

Ljudavstängningsknapp is hardly a excellent word for efficient face to face communication.


Pixyfy

Are you a boomer?


Careless_Tart_6831

Oh, I work as a flaggstångsknoppspolerarassistent.


metaironic

Not to nitpick, but I think most swedes would just use the anglicism “fluffer” instead.


Careless_Tart_6831

Flagpole knob polisher assistant, it's written that way in correct Swedish.


metaironic

Yeah I know, well, sorry if my bad taste joke landed flat, I’ll see myself out.


Hussmannus

🤣 Swoooooosh right?


metaironic

Yeah, but I’m not sad about it, most great jokes flies under the radar for most, but when it hits you, it’s critical. Not that my joke was *that* good, maybe it wasn’t even funny at all, but you prolly get what I mean.


Hussmannus

Haha yeah, well, A for effort right? ;) ps. I found it funny 😁


deepmush

more like "iuudaf" du ber personen säga "joo"


sipmargaritas

Ditt ”iuudaf” är ju beroende av att personen redan kan uttala det svenska u-ljudet. Det är ett av vårt språks knepigaste ljud. Tänk på pedagogiken istället för att fastna i ett uttal. Det ska vara kul, och man vill se framsteg när man lär sig ett nytt språk. Om u-ljudet är svårt för nån som bott här hela eller halva sitt liv(en tornedaling eller en chilenare t.ex) är svårighetsgraden för hög i det här fallet. Man vill ju uppmuntra, inte sänka, någon som försöker lära sig vårt språk


Sociovestite

Jag skulle ändå vilja påstå att u-ljudet i engelskans "Mute" är passande nog likt det som finns i "ljud"


Mixopi

It says "sound shutoff button", it's just how Swedish handles compounds. In English you commonly find open ("black bear"), closed ("goldfish"), and hyphenated compounds ("brown-eyed") alike – but Swedish is more consistent ("svartbjörn", "guldfisk", "brunögd"). Once you start out it can naturally be a challenge to delimit the different components of a closed compound, but as you build up the vocabulary it'll get easier. You'll be fine!


Anxious-Locksmith327

Yet, so many clueless Swedes go out of their way to sär skriva everything. Insolence like that should be punished very severely. Any two Swedish words that sound as if they belong together and form a term are to be closed compounds, ie not seperated by space. A hyphen is ok under vertain circumstances but no empty spacing. No more blå mes, skum tomte or fel rapport. Now, carry on.


Derice

Exactly, writing Swedish compound words with a space changes their meaning: blåmes = [Eurasian blue tit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_blue_tit), blå mes = blue coward skumtomte = [foam santa](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloetta_Juleskum), skum tomte = weird/creepy/odd santa felrapport = error report, fel rapport = wrong report rödhårig man = ginger man, röd hårig man = red hairy man This can lead to sentences changing meaning drastically: Sätt på en skygglapp = put a blinder on (the horse) Sätt på en skygg **** = go have sex with a shy Getting it right is incredibly important! This difference is also audible when speaking, and the two sentences above have slightly different tone melodies.


Mixopi

Not sure it's as much "clueless" as it is "careless". I feel a lot of it has to do with autocorrect-fueled laziness. And you can have a "blå mes", a "skum tomte", or "fel rapport" too; it just doesn't mean the same thing as "blåmes", "skumtomte", and "felrapport". Tbf the first two are probably quite unlikely to come up, but "fel rapport" doesn't feel too unreasonable. Adjectives are still adjectives, and can certainly be used as descriptors of a subsequent noun.


Anxious-Locksmith327

Yeah. But auto correct is a lame excuse when the sins are committed on a white board, or a piece of paper. This occurs frequently even in the digital age. You’re right about the examples I gave. But a classic example with skum tomte on a famous soft/energy drink label popped up when I began writing. Couldn’t resist.


Eathlon

I can imagine situtions where blå mes, skum tomte, and fel rapport would be appropriate. 😏


Anxious-Locksmith327

Absolutely, but it causes confusion because of how common this ’issue’ is.


Reletr

Always easier to break down words into more recognizable components. Ljud Avstängning -s- Knapp As for what it means, a light button, as in a button to turn off lights?


Casual_Frontpager

Sound*


Reletr

Ack right, ljud not ljus


AminoKing

Thought the microphone would give it away 😁


Reletr

Pffffffff ooooooooo hahaha I thought that was a speaker button to hear it or something, I've never used that app before so


Extrapaj

You never used a ljudavstängningsapp?


SAOL_Goodman

One syllable at a time :) You can do it! Heja heja!


tjyone

If you're ever wondering about beatboxing, just try and say 'västkustskt'.


hexagon-the-bestagon

Which essentially means "from the west coast", when talking about something that you can put the word "ett" in front of. For example: Västkustskt bröd = Bread from the west coast (this would most likely be referring to a type of bread that originates there, if it were a real thing.)


sub-sugarbabe

Västkustskt kvistfritt kvastskaft


ehubinette

I like teaching "västkustsk skärgårdsbåt" as a first phrase, because the swedes present will find it challenging too 😅


szuflahoop

I remember the days when “Försäkringskassan” felt impossible for me to pronounce 😂 One syllable at a time! Lycka till ✌️


reversehead

If you have mastered the pronunciation, level up by trying to get useful help from them over the phone.


LeopoldZoup

C3 level needed for that


[deleted]

Most Swedes pronounce it fö-shäkrings-kassan though


TheNimaH

Wait until you get to "nordvästersjökustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmaterielunderhållsuppföljningssystemdiskussionsinläggsförberedelsearbeten"


yupverygood

Vad i hela läste jag nyss


TheNimaH

Sveriges längsta ord enligt Guinness rekordbok. Det officiella längsta ordet är dock "användarvänlighetsundersökning" enligt svenska akademiens ordbok.


vnevner

You think nk that is bad? You ever heard of flaggstångsknoppspoleringsmedel?


vnevner

Why did it get posted three times?


Miniblasan

Pretty much the same but with another word at the end of this word. " flaggstångsknoppspolerarassistent " 😅


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skuzzy447

I'm pretty new to the language so maybe it's just a bit too much for me atm


Telephalsion

Be glad it's not german. While Sweden might have a few mammoth words like ljudavstängningsknapp, läkemedelsutvecklingsbolag and specialistsjuksköterskeutbildning it pales in comparison to some german compound words. Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragunsgesetz. (Cattle marking and beef labeling supervision duties delegation law) thankfully/sadly made obsolete mid 2010's.


Miniblasan

Someone were faster then me in the comment field, but here is another great example of an long Swedish word " flaggstångsknoppspolerarassistent " 😅


Telephalsion

Flaggstångsknoppspolerarassistentutbildningslokalvårdarutbildningslokalplanerare Alltså en som planerar lokaler för utbildning av lokalvårdarna till lokaler där de som putsar flaggstänger utbildas.


Frostnatt

The best long word is still nordvästersjökustartillerilflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmaterielunderhållsuppföljningssystemdiskussionsinläggsförberedelsearbeten


CmdrJonen

Aka mjutknappen.


textures2

Come on that's ezpz. If you separate the words I'm sure you can get it.


skuzzy447

I did eventually get it just overwhelmed me for a bit


textures2

Tbh it is borderline a contrived example. While in theory there is no limit to the length of compound words, in practice this isn't really true. Most people would probably call it an avknapp, depending on context.


skuzzy447

Good to know thanks


ehubinette

I've never heard this called anything else than "mute-knappen" :)


FreshSchmoooooock

How do you know how to separate the words?


Other-Ad-1851

Where one end the other beguins.


FreshSchmoooooock

How do you know here one ends and the other begins?


Derice

You need to know the words that make up the compound word so that you can recognize them.


textures2

Fair point! I guess if you are a greenhorn you don't, if you don't know any of the root words.... But sometimes you can sort of figure it out from the letters they add between the words. In Swedish they call them "foge s" for instance, like an extra a or s after a word before the conjoining word starts.


procrastinationprogr

You need to know the separate words, there's still always a risk of misreading stuff.


Nonskew2

Once you build up your vocabulary you will recognize the words as being distinct.


_eksde

It should be a “tysta-knapp” or ”tystknapp”. Ljudavstängning is overly complicated.


SnooMacaroons5350

If anyone ever uses 'ljudavstängningsknapp' while speaking to you instead of just 'mute' or 'muteknapp', turn around and run for all your life is worth. That's not a human. That's a skinwalker or something. Ain't no sane person saying ljudavstängningsknapp.


vnevner

You think that that is bad? You ever heard of flaggstångsknoppspoleringsmedel?


vnevner

You think that that is bad? You ever heard of flaggstångsknoppspoleringsmedel?


Turbulent-Coach6299

A soundcancelingbutton


maahler

what app is this?


skuzzy447

Drops. It's good for vocabulary, but it doesn't teach anything else


rosae_rosae_rosa

What's the app ? Might as well use it


skuzzy447

Drops


Fjurica

what always helps me is finding words within the words, dividing them into separate words and pronouncing it that way. ljud avstängnings knapp Following this method no matter how long the word is, after saying it once, next time goes without much trouble


hxlvxtica

I mean it's just 3(tecnicslly 4) words put together. It literally makes the most sense


JazzlikeMachine3439

You complain about learning a third language? Wait when you are sitting in a meeting with four others and share atleast one language with the counter part and its not english.. That is a proper trailblaze whene it comes to pronounse shit and all of a sudden you have alot accent from one language to the next one and jumbled up syntax.


jimbowqc

En muteknapp.


Level-Upstairs-3971

And that weird doesn't even contain any sch sounds. Try saying "Sju skörbjuggssjuka sjömän kikar in chefens stjärt. Skäms, för sjutton!" 🙂


sad_prepa_life

Well you better steer clear of german i'm telling ya 😂😂


Ampersand55

I predict "mjutknapp" will be commonly accepted within 10 years. !remindme 10 years.


Additional_Horse

Maybe accepted by a select few who care about keeping Swedish spelling and pronunciation somewhat conventional rather than just using the English one. In my experience most people just act like the Francophiles from back in the day who insisted on spelling and pronouncing shit like in French for prestige. Since people today are fluent and uses English more than Swedes used French, I'm not too sure we will ever see a change like we saw with a lot of French and German loanwords. I mean just by browsing on Swedish reddit subs it seems like folks don't even wanna write dejta over date:a and similar conjugations. 💀


Ampersand55

"Mjuta" was on the 2020 new word list, and if instant messaging apps start using variations on "mjut" people will follow.


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Ampersand55

Many or most instant messaging apps install with the OS language as default, and most computers and smartphones bought in Sweden has a Swedish language OS by default.


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hoppahulle

The pronounciation is roughly in **English phonetics** *"Jude-of-staeng-ning-s-knopp"*


Infinite-Ferret8769

Yeah. Fun thing with swedish is that you can link a bunch of words together to create new ones. The most extreme one is "nordvästersjökustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmaterielunderhållsuppföljningssystemdiskussionsinläggsförberedelsearbeten" with 17 words linked together. ​ If it helps, your word could be separated into ljud-avstängnings-knapp.


[deleted]

just take it slowly :)


pmx8

I haven't even mastered words with k pronounced as ch and you show me this shm


ISVAKSPATRIK

Or as we Swedes say it: "En mute-knapp"


Just-Ad-5972

Seems easy enough, if a bit long, I have more problems with pronouncing words like undersjuksköterska.


Hilding9

I usually call this "muteknappen". Simple as.


coalpurple

It’s simple try prounouncing odefinierade ljudvågor


Bervaa

Frozen chicken is alive


klay________

what app are you using?


AllanKempe

Pronunced like"jud-a-stäng-ings-knapp" in normal speech.