Reaction To 10 Untranslatable Swedish Words

[@Moonfreeze]

Regarding "panta". As a swede I'm always shocked when abroad and ppl just chuck cans and bottles in the trash

[@n0namesowhatblerp362]

fun fact, we have had the pant system since the 1890s. Of course its changed since then, but it was started already back then, so its ingrained in us for generations by now.

[@bbeightynine]

Not true - the US and Germany also have a ”pant system” ..and many many other countries.

[@SteamboatW]

​@@bbeightynineCalled "pfant" in Germany and "deposit" in the US.

[@carinaejag]

In The Netherlands they started to "panta" soda cans this year. That is scary. Until now it wasn't possible.

[@Mathilda87]

Jag mår dåligt när mina barn bara knölar ihop aluminiumburkar. Och då har burkarna de knölar ihop inte ens pant 🤣

[@peope1976]

Historically, "vaska" refers to the process of washing or panning in contexts like mining or separating valuable materials from sediment. In Swedish, it’s commonly associated with vaska guld (panning for gold), where water is used to wash away less valuable material and leave behind gold or other valuable elements.

[@vicolin6126]

This is the correct meaning of the word. The vaska he talks about in the video is more of a slang expression, even if it is the same word in both spelling and pronounciation. This expression is most likely used by people who don't know the orignal meaning of the word.

[@Soldrakenn]

Yeah, it's also used in card games; i.e jag "vaska ett kort" = give it upp, throw it away.

[@peope1976]

@@Soldrakenn True. Also as in shuffle the deck. "att vaska kortleken".

[@nocturne7371]

Blunda - close your eyes Kallsup (Cold drink) - When you swim and unintentionally swollow water, you get a Kallsup

[@84com83]

closed eyes "blinde"

[@anonymus2782]

Hinna, råka, slarva, slippa, läte?

[@alltjagvillkorpish7144]

Snus is very common in Sweden. I know more people that "snusar" than smoking, alot more!

[@Jiifors]

Yeah, I've been "snusing" on/off for about 30 years. Much rather use snus for nicotine than cigarettes that pesters people around you. I think you are right, I also know way more people who use snus rather than the cigarettes. My philosophy is that my nicotine intake shouldn't have to effect someone else.

[@HubertusBrandemburg]

yes we all panta. Its like weird if you don't.

[@hejhejhej9519]

Pantar ska det väl stå?

[@microcat247]

@@hejhejhej9519 Nej, han uttrycker sig som Mert Swe.

[@AudunWangen]

The technical term in English is "reverse vending". I used to work with Tomra, the biggest vendor of reverse vending machines, and they have that in many countries, especially Europe, but also Australia, Japan and the US. The machines are actually quite complex.

[@zpitzer]

fun fact: Snus is banned in the EU, except in Sweden. It's big in Finland too, so you can imagine how much the swedish towns on the border of Finland sells Snus to them.

[@AudunWangen]

And Norway. I was actually in Sweden today to buy Snus, because it's basically half the price in Sweden.

[@henkee3715]

Snus is very common in Sweden and has increased lately as many smokers has started snusa instead. Snus is a heavy form of tobacco usage. :) You get alot more nicotine in to the system when you snusar.

[@SofieBjorkheim]

Also, they've got a lot more flavours out in the market now, so it tastes kind of like chewing gum.

[@fredrikjosefsson3373]

@@SofieBjorkheim You're thinking of nicotine pouches which is not the same as snus. Snus is illegal in the EU, but nicotine pouches are not

[@SofieBjorkheim]

@@fredrikjosefsson3373 snus isn't illegal in Sweden. But yes, they might be called different things.

[@Coole-ee1vg]

Or not..

[@linagerrby7523]

I never thought about it before, but I guess Panta comes from pawn. Pantbank means Pawnshop. That you pay a bit extra (1 sek) for the drink to be incentivised to return the bottle to collect the pant.

[@nilov71]

Yes, it is also common to leave a "pant" if you borrow something, like in school you borrow a football and leave your wallet, id, key or something as "pant" which you will get back when you returnera the borrowed item.

[@Kvistor]

Panta doesn't come from pawn. Maybe same origin. Compare to german pfand. Or the nordic and icelandic pantr.

[@ravens_tale]

You should react to “Having a conversation with a Swedish person” by Taskmaster. It’s really funny😂

[@ordermind]

Regarding the second word, "vaska", this is the context of the comedy clip "Vaskduellen" by Crazy Pictures which you reacted to some time ago.

[@writeordie5452]

Either these were recorded/released in the wrong order, or else goldfish-memory has been officially confirmed, lol.

[@SofieBjorkheim]

I was thinking he should watch that one lol

[@JanEriksson]

As many said in the thread - we been doing this (panta) for decades. Currently 88.5% of all cans being sold are recycled. I would feel pretty bad throwing a can in the bin and I'm sure most other Swedes feels the same.

[@Cindanela]

I'm Swedish, I've never heard this use of vaska, but others here have said what it means when it is not a slang word. I googled it, it was the third definition after panning for gold and doing dishes/washing.

[@fredrikjosefsson3373]

Snus is more common than smoking. I actually don't even know a single person who smokes, and its kind of a culture shock when you visit other countries to see that so many people are smoking. If someone asked me "do you smoke?" I think my first reaction would be like "smoke as in smoking fish? yeah thats common" Some more information: Snus is not the same as nicotine pouches. Nicotin pouches dont have tobacco, only nicotine, and there is more nicotine than snus. Snus has more nicotine than cigarettes. There are no studies that prove that you get cancer from snus, but there are studies that say that if you have a weak heart it might be bad for you because nicotine is a stimulant that makes your heart pound faster There is one study that says that snusers on average dies earlier, but there is no evidence yet that it is actually snus that is the cause. So we know that snusers live shorter on average but we do not know why. It is probably likely that snus is the cause, but these kind of studies do not prove a lot. There was for instance a study that said that coffee drinkers are more likely to get cancer, but was later disproven because coffee drinkers are more likely to smoke cigarettes, so the cause was not coffee but cigarettes. In general snus is more healthy than cigarettes, but I wouldn't say that it is healthy. Just a better alternative to cigarettes. Cigarettes contains lots of carcinogenics aside from tobacco and it also damages your lungs, so thats why its worse. So basically: Do not use nicotine products if you want to be the healthiest use snus rather than cigarettes if you must use nicotine products

[@johannieminen]

About 25% in Sweden snusar. so it's quite common. The "panta" statistics from 2023 show that we "pantar" a total of over 2.7 billion cans and bottles - which corresponds to 258 packages per person. This means that we have now achieved a "pledge rate" of 88.5 percent.

[@danvernier198]

You must have a really weird social circle. The real statistic is about 3% of people do it, so no it's absolutely not common. Even the tabacco companies who have motives for distorting the statistics to normalise it are nowhere near where you are with your claims.

[@TheHuffur]

@@danvernier198 I would guess it is a more regional statistic. Afaik it is much more common in the northern parts of Sweden compared to down south which combined with the lower population might make a statistic like that actually be real for specific towns/regions. I have not bothered checking but its a decent possibility.

[@lennartandersson75]

​@@danvernier198And the rest of us just wonder what you are talking about!

[@OscarStigen]

​@@danvernier198 "År 2022 uppgav 20 procent av männen och sju procent av kvinnorna att de snusar dagligen. Daglig snusanvändning har ökat bland unga de senaste åren, tydligast ökning ses bland kvinnor." - Folkhälsomyndigheten

[@mh56487]

​@@danvernier198i dunno man. In the situations I've been in about half the people use snus. I don't personally, but it's WAY more oxmmon than 3%. I bet that 3% includes the full population, like kids and elderly people and stuff. I'm 20 and most people around me use it. I am in Norrland though so I guess the stereotype is we use it more.

[@Kent.]

I always pantar my bottles. You pay for the pant when you buy the bottle, if the bottle costs 1,5 EUR you pay 1,675 EUR in today's exchange rate and get 0,175 EUR back when you panta the bottle.

[@jessilla88]

A good Swedish word is "dygn". It means "day and night", or "24 hours". We use it for eg. "ett dygn senare" meaning "24h later". We can also make it into a verb, "att dygna" which you use when you stay up for 24h straight, missing out on your sleep, for parties, studies or work. .

[@LinkedToReality]

To "panta" is really common in Sweden, people still throw cans and bottles in the trash when out though but often those are picked up by homeless/poor people as a sort of side income. I think the system originally came from Germany which has a very similar system called pfant. The important thing to keep in mind is that you pay the "pant" extra when you buy a drink, a 9kr 50cl drink bottle would cost you 10kr for example, it's like you're borrowing the can/bottle and pay a deposit that you then get back when you recycle it.

[@christerj7138]

In the Stockholm Metro they have mounted an extra holder for bottles and cans on the trash-bins to make it easier for people collecting cans and bottles to pick the without digging in the trash-bins and letting out the trash on the floor around the bins. Makes it a lot more tidier. Collecting cans and bottles to 'panta' is quite common for people with low income such as unemployed and senior citizens.

[@Zeelian]

For "panta" you actually pay a small deposit (the word Pant means deposit as in a security deposit) for a lot of different bottles/soda cans, and that deposit is repaid when you "pantar" ie return it to the special recycling station that can usually be found in the grocery stores.

[@znail4675]

It's also a legal requirement when selling bottles or cans that the shop also accepts them back for the deposit fee. Most larger stores have machines that does that. The best ones you can just empty a sack into and it sorts them out for you.

[@neatuff]

Vaska is the uppeclass in Stockholms Word for waist or destroy something just becouse you are rich enough. Up north in Sweden it means mop the floor

[@kultomten]

Vaska means to wash in all of Sweden

[@knowledgeisgood9645]

Vaska fram sanningen (fish out the truth). Vaska guld i bäcken (pan for gold).

[@swedishgooner6339]

@@kultomtenit’s more like rinsing.

[@kultomten]

@@swedishgooner6339 Or tvätta

[@zpitzer]

When a Swedish person is drunk, most of the time "jantelagen" is forgotten. hence that "Vaska" thing :)

[@tovep9573]

I think it is more about the wealthiest 1% having unswedish values - or "tveksam vandel" if you will.

[@annicaesplund6613]

​@@tovep9573Rich brats showing off.

[@Tim_Nilsson]

The actual meaning of "vaska" is to wash/clean/rinse. You can "vaska" the engine room of a ship...

[@Mathilda87]

Very true, but it's most known for just pouring say champing in the sink. Tack så mycket Stureplan! 🤣 (Thank you so much Stureplan)

[@Malkuth-Gaming]

@@Mathilda87 Says alot about the "rich" people and they education that they dont even know that we've used "vaska" to mean Clean, rinse and wash for along time. oldest recorded use of the word is from the early 16th century :P

[@jacqueshdelaval8119]

That lagom stems from "lag om" (where lag means team) is actually a myth. Lagom stems from lag (where lag means law). Lagom is the dative form of lag (law) - the meaning being according to the law or order ( of nature). I e lagom is something adhering to natures law. Much like the chinese philosofical term "tao" where there is balance between opposites ( between yin and yang).

[@christerj7138]

Well, not in this case. 'Lag' is also meaning 'team' as in football team. It meant that you let the drink wander around every member of the team and each take just the right amount of it for everyone from the first to the last to have the same amount of drink - the last in the team to drink the last of the drink. 'Om' can mean 'if' but in this case it is a shortening of 'omkring' that means 'around' - 'lag-om' is 'around the team'.

[@peope1976]

Panta is also "to pawn" something. At a pawn-shop for example. From which the word "pant" probably comes from. You take the bottle and you leave money that you get back if you bring back the bottle. (Although not perfectly accurate)

[@larubialocatattoo8430]

Snus is very common. Of course it’s not good for you, but it’s not nearly as harmful as smoking cigarettes. And you actually get less cavities. But it can stain your teeth depending on the brand, some have tobacco and nicotine and some without tobacco. And it doesn’t bother/harm people around you. You can use it wherever you want. Many people have gone from cigarettes to snus. I’ve started snusa when I was 16-17 years, and done it since. (44 now) When I started it wasn’t that common that girls did it. I got a lot of compliments from guys that I was cool when I put in a snus. So of course that played a role.

[@MartinAsplund]

Orka coming from the frase "jag orkar inte göra det" which means "I haven't energy to do that" and have been shortened to only "orka" or "orka göra det" where "göra det" means "do/doing that". The word "pantad" with a d at the end could also mean that someone is stupid.

[@stefanhaglund1665]

Related words. Ork and work. Ord and word. Orm and worm. Onsdag (odens dag) and Wednesday (wodens day).

[@MartinAsplund]

@stefanhaglund1665 so do you mean that the swedish word ork steam from the english work work?

[@stefanhaglund1665]

@MartinAsplund at the contrary. Work is an old germanic word coming to England with probably the germanic folks angles, saxons and/or vikings. The letter w has since then vanished out from nordic languages.

[@Scones777]

Yes we will 'panta' most cans and bottles, feels weird not to! You get a pant receipt that you can use in the store you 'pantar' at. There are pant machines at most grocery stores. It's common to save your pant in bins or bags until you have enough to go panta, just like we do with recycling. Sometimes when you're out and about people will throw cans and bottles in the trash, but then typically less well of people will go around and collect them to get the pant.

[@kingkraut4692]

Snus is the best thing ever. Coffee and snus are 2 things i just cant live without. I have been snusat since i was 13. I have a snus in almost all the time ,except when im eating. I cant sleep without a snus under the lip. I truly LOVE snus.

[@setsumikokonoe4814]

I was distracted the whole video because of the "Va fan sitter du och säger!?" intro, it made me laugh harder than anything else in months for some reason.

[@jerryhall5709]

Instead of "orka" you can say "palla". It can also mean to steal fruit from someone's tree.

[@GreatWalker]

And a very regional way of saying it is "tya"

[@johankaewberg8162]

Vaskare are universally hated.

[@MatzeMB85]

Snus is very very common while smoking tobacco really is on the way out. Snus is a strong tobacco product that gives you a strong nicotine buzz. Several times stronger than a cigarette in some cases. I do it myself and also enjoy the flavour of it. It also reduce hunger but it's not the best for the teeth to be honest.

[@kultomten]

Funny thing. "Fika" stems from the word "kaffi" (coffee). If you swap the syllables (backslang) you get fika.

[@Mermanshi]

Kaffe, menar du väl? Osäker på om kaffe med "i" istället för "e" var avsiktlig stavning eller inte.

[@kultomten]

@@Mermanshi Det var avsiktligt. Det är en äldre stavning för det ordet vi känner som kaffe idag.

[@Mermanshi]

@@kultomten Okej. Intressant! Visste jag inte. Alltid kul att lära sig något nytt.

[@jesperlindstrom4613]

The word for poison is funny though since it means poison or married depending on context and grammar. Jag är gift. I am married. Det är gift. It's poison.

[@paulingvar]

Still the origin is the same !

[@fandersstrom]

Yes, because a woman was "given" away to her husband and poison is "given" to someone to kill them.

[@Gwaerondor]

Also the same root as English "gift" and with the same meaning. Apparently the main feature of poison and marriage when the words evolved, was that you give something to somebody.

[@KungKokkos]

The vask thing you already saw in the Poesi för Fiskar sketch "Vaskduellen", no? It was something, or was atleast rumored to be, the children of the aristocracy and business elite did. You know, those obnoxious snobby "daddy pays" people you likely have living in London doing just about the same kind of things

[@roaringviking5693]

Yeah, I've heard both that it was a trend way back but not anymore, and that it's just a myth.

[@KungKokkos]

@@roaringviking5693 Yeah I think the most likely thing is that it was an urban legend and then some people started doing it ironically, lika plankning and the like

[@knowledgeisgood9645]

An older use of vaska is "vaska guld", pan for gold. There might be older uses than that.

[@LenaGus2728]

”Orka” is a word that Swedish teenagers use when someone asks them to do something they don’t want to do. E.g.: Parent: ”Can you please pick up your clothes from the floor so I can vacuum it?” Teenager: ”Orka!” (and then they ignore the request)

[@sirjilo8635]

The term "vaska" is often used to just mean "purposefully throw something away", specifically something which can still be used. If you follow the strict definition of the word it does mean to pour away expensive liquid, typically into a sink but it's not uncommon for people to say something like "Jag vaskade en snusdosa igår", which means "I purposefully threw away a can of snus yesterday". You may assume that the can still had snus in it since they used the word "vaska" and not the word "kasta" (throw/throw away). To "vaska" can also mean to clean or to sift through sediment for valuables, such as when panning for gold.

[@kristerforsman2448]

FIKA comes from hobo slang, 19th century. Back then we didn't say kaffe but kafi. The suitcases changed the words to just FIKA.

[@LostAgain1970]

The word 'vaska' is actually an old Swedish word. “Vaska” means to wash over something - like washing your hands or washing grain of gold out of the sand. It's also an old slang word for drinking something.

[@maritgranstromstudley208]

Late to the party but vaska was originally used in "vaska guld" or in English "pan for gold" I have never seen anyone pour expensive drinks down the drain for that purpose. Panta I think everyone is doing. Something worth mentioning though is that in the store the price for a drink is mentioned with +pant meaning we pay the price plus 2 kr for a big bottle. When we pantar the bottle we get back 2 kr. So it's almost like a deposit you get back. Snus is probably more common than smoking nowadays.

[@whatsleft5059]

So Vabba is short for "vård av barn" which is definitely a translatable sentence. It means to take care of a child.

[@stiglarsson8405]

Yea.. its alway nice to learn other countrys "expressions".. becuse if one understand.. one kind of get under the skin of those/get the same feeling for the same expression! However its fun to meet new friends.. and everyone seems to know "fika".. then I often introduce to them "påtår".. its related to fika and coffe we drink a lot of coffe in sweden.. soo "påtår" is kinda exclusive to coffe and its a refill of the coffecup! If anyone ask for tea.. they are presumily maniacs or brittish! One dont ask for tea in sweden one ask for a special blend!

[@donkfail1]

About snus: I have no statistics, but think it's more common than smoking as more smokers have switched over.

[@linagerrby7523]

Snusa also means to sleep, in a sort of qute way. Like the way you breathe when you sleep without snoring (snarka).

[@KungKokkos]

Same as snooze no?

[@linagerrby7523]

@@KungKokkos yeah I guess, but we don´t have snusa-buttons on our alarms :)

[@fandersstrom]

And the reason it's the same word is that snus originally referred to tobacco that was snorted up your nose.

[@KungKokkos]

@@linagerrby7523 What alarms do you have? Im 36 and my phone has been my alarm for most of my life. That being said, I've used my phone set to English for a long time so Im not sure what they translate "snooze" to. Snusa is a low odds bet tough, yeah?

[@linagerrby7523]

@@KungKokkos same, it´s on my phone. Hehe yes it´s not translated to snusa when set to Swedish unfortunately, not translated at all. My old timey radio clock has Swedish on all the buttons but the snooze one. I think we don´t use the word enough and I´ll do my best to use it more now, it´s a nice word. :)

[@SteamboatW]

"Pant" could be found in the US in the 30's, and called "container" or "bottle" deposit. "Löpsedel" is what they call a "newspaper placard" in the UK.

[@sms756]

I’d use “vaska” for pouring out any type of alcohol for any reason. Like, “this vodka is disgusting, I’m gonna vaska it”, or when you wake up with a hangover from hell, “I’ll never drink again, I’m gonna vaska all of my liquor”.

[@kerstinlindqvist5250]

Vaska can also mean that you wash the floor with a couring cloth. You put it on an a stick with a brush.

[@leafslizer2376]

northern swede here and yes I can confirm most of these are used quite often, though I've never heard blåsväder in that context to be honest

[@HagrinaFatarse]

En neger är en neger en jude en jude. Är jag i blåsväder nu?

[@ryptoll4801]

One Swedish word I've not been able to find a translation for is: hårslinga. It basically means a very small section of hair. The closest English word for it is "highlights" but that only works if it's several of them and they're blonde. Hårslinga is much more unversial.

[@joonglegamer9898]

In English "panta" is known as "Deposits" or "Deposit bottles". Not every country have that, but there is def. a name for it. Lagom can be closely translated to "Just right".

[@Asa...S]

Deposits or deposit bottles are nouns, which in Swedish would be "pantflaskor", not "panta". Panta is a verb, like "to deposit", but that verb in English is used in a much wider sense, it's not just used for the action of putting the deposit bottles into the machine.

[@znail4675]

@@Asa...S On the other hand, verbify nouns is very common in Swedish making it easy to list words that can't be directly translated to one word just by listing all those constructed verbs.

[@MeisterReaper]

Vaska means washing if translated but were vaska as a jargon comes from there is/was a champange that is/was sold in Sweden that contained gold flakes, so vaska champagne is pouring out expensive alcohol for a few gold flakes, so basically burning money

[@chimpansi2]

Good words, common in sweden. Bra ord! Tack.

[@MakooWallinen]

Snus can be used when smoking is not socially acceptable like: Inside While playing football Around kids In the gym At a restaurant Around people with damaged lungs And yes, since it is tobacco, it gives the same kind of effect as smoking does, without hurting anyone around you.

[@KjellBerg81]

I´m really impressed how good you are at picking up different words Of course, I am one of those who use snus daily. But the term snusa could also be applied to smell in something

[@jannepelto8206]

To ruin this, Partypooper = "tråkmåns, träbock, surpuppa, torris" etc. We have as well as English many expressions for things but most of them are slang or made up of multiple words as we tend to as some other languages also do. But my favorite one is smorgosbord (smörgåsbord in Swedish). Other words like "lagom". Lagom does exist in other languages like Norwegian, Danish etc. and kind of in Finnish - Sopiva. It exists in many languages but the meaning can differ a bit BUT smorgosbord does not differ a lot and everyone knows it. Smörgåsbord for the win. =)

[@MakooWallinen]

Blåsväder is a great word to use when: Someone is being canceled, in fact, I would say that a lot of the time when someone says that someone is being called, this word would fit better. When a politician has been caught cheating and their job is in danger etc. When a neighbour has turned the entire neighbourhood against them and its getting famous When a company get famous for an eff up.

[@haraldlonn898]

There is a song in Swedish that exact describes what "lagom" is.

[@RubberGopher]

Pant means deposit. When you buy a bottle of something with pant, you pay an extra fee which is the deposit, which you get back when you return it. This is called same or similar in other countries such as pfand in Germany.

[@matildendron856]

Two words I have been thinking about are "blunda" wich means to close your eyes or to have your eyes closed, and "dygn" wich means one day and night or 24 hours. Also snus is very common in Sweden and it has especially had an upswing among young girls lately, due to an increase in white snus with sweet flavours on the market. Before, it has had a more masculine connotation to it.

[@sorennilsson9742]

Vaska is mostly connected to wash something or (vaska guld) pan for gold. Vaska is old Swedish or Norse. Mainly used in Norway, never heard it used in the destruction of alcohol.

[@fredrikmejhammar5868]

Ok, that is surely because you haven't been in Båstad during the tennis week for example in the 90s when the brats from Stockholm were there partying, they bought very expansive champagne and opened it and sprayed it all out, it's not a myth, it's a fact sadly. And that was called vaska champagne..

[@valle2601]

Snus is basically like cigarettes but not as dangerous, probably a little bigger risk for throat cancer or something but not enough that people care. In the beginning you do get a buzz, but when you are addicted you need it to feel normal, I get foggy and slow in my head when I don't have it for too long. Been addicted to snus since I was like 16 and now I hate that I love it.

[@Charkel]

The pant is usually 20 cents EUR and you pay that extra amount for every can you buy. If the can is 1 euro then you pay 1 euro 20 cent. So yes you want that money back so you do it.

[@petrahall7031]

Personally, I don't know any grocery store where you can't "panta". And yes, snus is common. Nowadays, more common than smoking. I read that in 2022 6% of the swedish population are smoking on a daily basis, while 16% are using snus on a daily basis.

[@Foxiz]

I'm just over 40, and I have used snus - i.e. "snusat" - since I was 16, I think. My dad have snusat (😄) for as long as I can remember. I think it's more usual for men to do it, but I'm not sure...

[@MarcusFridholm]

Interesting fact about "panta". Some modern street trashcans have a separate section for bottles and cans. This is an unspoken, but pragmatic solution to another phenomenon. Those who are broke, beggars, and so on, go from bin to bin, to find bottles to "panta". And by keeping them separate, those poor buggers won't have to dig through all sorts of gross trash.

[@ZetaReticuli87]

The world would be a much nicer place if everyone had some fika. Also, I just adore the scottish accent it feels so ancient in some way. Funny thing is that old norse and old english were at some point in history mutually intelligible. It is believed thats why vikings had such a success in Scotland and the brittish isles. Lots of words in english comes from old norse. For example; Their, They, Them, He, Her. I think it is over 1000 words used in english today comes from old norse.

[@cynic7049]

Snus, very popular in Sweden. It have pretty much the same advantages as smoking and is more or less as addictive, but do not affect others the same way and have significantly less negative heath effects (at least the way it is made in Sweden, the Americans do it in another way and have someway managed to keep much more of the negative health impacts found in cigarettes in its snus). It is the main reason that Sweden have a considerably less smokers than the rest of EU, so naturally it is banned in EU (except Sweden that got a cultural exception for it).

[@raimat66]

Snus is quite common. In the past, it was most common among men and the working class. Now, in many cases, it has replaced cigarettes. There is also a fairly new trend to snusa "white snus", which does not contain tobacco, but different flavors and nicotine (which is still originally produced from tobacco). I don't know exactly how common it is, but common. Significantly more common than smoking, nowadays. I'd say at least one or two people in all settings do, at work, in the family, on the soccer team, etc. Snus is absolutely not good for the gums or the stomach. But it is a "less harmful" alternative to cigarettes.

[@beorlingo]

With your coffee, anything sweet goes. But nothing enhances the taste of black coffee like a cinnamon bun does.

[@mrblackkai]

Much to my displeasure, people use the word "orka" interchangeable with not wanting to and not having the energy to. So when I tell someone I do not have the energy to help with something they get upset that I do not want to help (even though that is not what I said and that is not the meaning of the word..), then they get mad like I just served them the greatest offence I could have come up with.

[@alexkindberg2505]

Snus is extremely common. You can basically find it in any store. In my past class of 25 students, at least half were using snus and myself do as well since a few years back. "Att snusa" could be translated to "using nicotine pouches". A box of snus has between 20-25 pouches and normal all-time users use about half a box per day while some heavier (maybe addicted) users can use a box per day or more. Many people use snus as a substitute for cigarettes when trying to quit smoking, other use it as a healthier alternative to smoking, and others just wants to. i don't think it would be a reach to say that at least 50% of the adult population does use snus or have tried it once.

[@Tobbeh99]

Honestly "panta" is not really a unique swedish word. It's basically "to pawn" in english. But it is very common in Sweden as you get 1kr (swedish money) back from when you recycle bottles, aka. pawn your empty bottles.

[@TheBronkhurst]

There are some other words that are a bit weird when you translate it straight over, like the word killerwhale translated inte Swedish will be Späckhuggare, but if you look at the word Späckhuggare it´s a dubbel word thats put together "späck" and "huggare" and if you translate those one and one it will become "späck = lard" and "huggare = chopper" :)

[@emozoroark7098]

You don't even need Coffee or tea or a swedishpaistery. Anything that you eat or drink can be considered fika. For example you can take a fika break in a park with bread and saft when on vication or out with school/kinderguarden/work.

[@herrbonk3635]

2:20 Yeah, but this taboo (well...) against bragging in Scandinavia (and the UK) also makes it even more effective as a display of power and indenpendence when someone actually dares to really aggressively show of their assets.

[@helenafranzen9828]

As a Swede, never ever mess with our Snus or our Fika. Its sacred!

[@akeeriksson84]

Vaska is the same word as wash also. Vindöga ( windeye) ( a ventilation shaft in the house cieling) old Swedish for Window a Word the Vikings brought to Britain. Husbonde meaning a farmer with his own homestead wich the Vikings brought to Britain as husband.

[@andersstromqvist2211]

Pant is kind of a extra tax like vat that you pay in the store. If you buy a bottle of soda for 20 sek there will be a extra line of pant 1 sek on the recipe. So you need to pay 21 sek. In general the stores where you buy your grociers will have a machine to receive the bottles and pay back the pant money

[@Nekotaku_TV]

I'm planning to make a video like this, I have big list of my favorite Swedish words. And most of them are favorites because they don't exist in English.

[@OLLE3770]

Panta. When you buy a bottle or can of "content", if it's in the recyclable category you MUST pay an EXTRA fee to get the item. That fee is returned to you when you recycle it. It's a PAWN.

[@Ferdawoon]

I honestly think Harkla is a bit onomatopoetic, as when you clear your throat you kinda do it on an exhale, so a bit like when you say the letter H, followed by a weird sound as you clear some phlem from your throat.

[@Greksallad]

Yes, the purpose of snus is the same as with any other tobacco product. While it's maybe not super healthy, it's arguably better than smoking because you're not inhaling smoke directly into your lungs lol

[@glassigast100]

"Lagom" could be translated directly into "moderately".

[@sofialovgren1803]

Is there a good translation of "jobbigt" though? When something is tough, takes a lot of energy. For example it´s jobbigt att jobba, to work haha

[@saxorsaxofon88]

We also have the Word "Blunda" wich is the act of closing your eyes.

[@anthnorm]

The word Lagom (or at least what I have been told) derives from the custom to see to it that everyone in the room or company get a share each from whatever is to be shared. Lag (Team) om (around). Pass around the team/group so to say. The word today is used in many different ways. Example. You are about to pour some coffee to a person and ask, "How much?" and the person respond "Lagom". It is then up to the person pouring the coffee to imagine how much that is... You cannot be to cheap or to rich in that serving, just lagom. But how to imagine the right amount of coffee? Picture in your head that it has to be enough for everyone even if you can make more and there is only you and the other person, That should do the trick. In other cases it is really difficult. If you are thinking of having a swim in the local lake and you see some people already in that lake, you decide to ask them how the water is, the answer more than often is lagom. Go with it and feel your d**** and b**** shrink. Have fun. 🙂

[@sirseigan]

Swedish have a tendensy to add a -a suffix to a substantive to create a verb involving that substative. You can find allsorts of these verbs - or make up new ones if you need. It works a bit like the suffix -ing in english (which exists in Swedish too but not for verbs). Compare: Fisk = Fish, Fiska = Fishing. Cykel = Bike/Bicycle, Cykla = Biking/Cycling etc etc etc. In that light the VAB:a verb is not so weird. But it is still hard to translate in a society that do not have an equvalent of "Take Care of [sick] Child"-money because TCC:ing would not mean anything. In a Swedish context while speaking English however using VAB:ing would translate, because then VAB is already known. Snusa also mean to smell or gentel sniffing. This comes from the act off "snuff", to sniff dry tobaco into the nose, which is akso cold "snus".

[@RandomerFellow]

What do you say Mert? Maybe Fika can become a loanword in English? Just like smorgasbord. Prilla. A portion of snus to put under your lip that you have kneaded yourself with usually two fingers directly from the can “snusdosan”. When the shit hits the fan you maybe end up in blåsväder.

[@anette8656]

We have more good examples that are difficult to translate. Take the word farmor, which simply becomes grandmother in English. But the word farmor means father's mother. Then everyone knows who you mean. The same thing with the word mormor then becomes mother's mother (mor = mother)

[@Maviation]

Regarding 'pant,' he didn't quite explain it accurately. In Sweden, we pay a small deposit, called 'pant,' when we buy certain drink containers. For example, if a can of Coke costs 10 kr, we actually pay 11 kr, with that extra 1 kr being the 'pant' deposit. When we recycle the can, we get that 1 kr back. So, it’s not the government giving us money; we’re just reclaiming the deposit we paid in the first place.

[@Ferdawoon]

"Pant" is kinda when you offer something in exchange. If I want to borrow something semi-expensive from you I could leave something in Pant as a way for you to be able to keep track of me or as a collateral. Like if my phone is out of battery and I need to call someone I could ask some random stranger if I could use their phone. But they have no reason to trust me and they'd be handing their phone out to some random stranger who could run away with it or I could just smash it on the ground. So I can offer my wallet, my ID, my car keys or something else in Pant. Kinda like a hostage but with items instead of people! We do a similar concept with bottles and cans, where we pay a little extra when we buy a can of Fanta but when we return that can and "Panta" it we get store credit as a reward.

[@raincloudthecat9418]

also, lagom is not the perfect amount, it's just a good amount. it can also be used to describe un-countable things - e.g. lagom varmt means just the right temperature. It's not the perfect temperature, but it's the right one.

[@michaelenglund]

Hey man. You recently saw a video of the ultimate Vaska when even blood got involved. Remember? 😎

[@j.t.m.a]

SNUS is very common here in Sweden, I'm 22 f and almost all men that I know are doing it; my boyfriend, my dad, my guy friends etc. but not uncommon for women since my aunt & girl best friend do snusa too. When me and my boyfriend were in highschool there was some kind of ritual in the first or second year of highschool (we were around 17) where one of our guy friends was given his first snus with them already addicted guys in our friend group in the bathroom and the newly introduced guy would almost always throw up and then we friends would celebrate him 😅 But it is very expensive to be addicted too, my boyfriend finishes one dosa (one jar/package of snus) every day which cost around 3-4£...

[@SteamboatW]

Snus *is* Snuff.... The dry kind you sniff is called "luktsnus", but the Swedish variant is a more coarse and wet snuff. ... and, yes, very common in Sweden. It's banned in the EU outside Sweden, but Swedish match have started to export "nicotine pouches" without tobacco, worldwide.

[@RasmusAronsson]

The term "lagom" origins from back when Swedes lived in groups, or small societies and some houses were ment for sleep, some houses for storing food and one house for cooking and eating. This house were normally shaped as a round building with benches along the perimeter for sitting and eating. In the middle there was a fireplace. Anyway... The term "lag om" means since then that the amount of food served to each and everyone should be enough to serve "all around". Hence lag=team/everyone and om=old word for around.

[@paulingvar]

No, not correct. The word is dative of "lag". Meaning according to law/custom

[@jacqueshdelaval8119]

That lagom stems from "lag om" (where lag means team) is actually a myth. Lagom stems from lag (where lag means law). Lagom is the dative form of lag (law) - the meaning being according to the law ( of nature). I e lagom is something adhering to natures law. Much like the chinese philosofical term "tao" where there is balance between opposites ( between yin and yang).

[@RasmusAronsson]

And one law of nature for this group was to survive. I.e. eat the right amount of food, for the benefit of all. Both myths and laws stems from surviving people. And laws are for the benefit of all, dont you think? I will therefore say that you are most likely correct in your answers. And maybe can you see the philosophical similarities between "tao" and "lagom" through the painted historical picture of a round house serving food, and give the myth some credit for being a part of crafting words. My thoughts are just my thoughts. I find them logical, wrong or right -who really knows.

[@jesse7644]

Some of those are just nicknames or short substitutes for other words.

[@amemabastet9055]

Actually, "vaska" is quite an old word, meaning "to wash" (and both Swedish and English probably use the same old root word for that). I don't own a tv and I can't stand what has been purported to be "comedy" during the last 20 years, so VASKA in the context mentioned here is a new slang word.

[@kultomten]

Snusa is VERY common!

[@adamroth9168]

VASKA is for example straining water to find gold

[@eh-modo]

Please MertSwe, unwind your headphone cords, I'm getting nervous 🤣