Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Sweden
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Finland
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
tacka dig
dankjewel
How Are You?
hur mår du
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
godnatt
goede Nacht
Good Evening
god kväll
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
goedemiddag
Good Morning
god morgon
goedemorgen
Please
vänligen
alsjeblieft
I Love You
jag älskar dig
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
pardon
Dialect 1
Dialects
Gronings
Where They Speak
Gabon
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Dialects
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Georgia
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Dialects
Limburgian
Where They Speak
France
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
Svenska
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
suédois
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Schwedisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Dutch people
Origin
13th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Germanic
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Western
Early Forms
Old Swedish
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swed1254
mode1257
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Swedish and Dutch Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Swedish and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Dutch language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Dutch Difficulty
The Swedish vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish Alphabets and Dutch Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Swedish and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.