Swedish-English false friends
Corrections/additions appreciated!
Aktuell — actual relevant/current
Egentlig, faktisk — actual, real
Annonsera — announce advertise
Att tillkännage — to announce
En blankett — blanket form (a blanc document to be filled in)
Eventuellt — eventually possibly
Äntligen — eventually, finally
Högtid — high time celebration, fest
Dags — high time, the due time for something to happen
Kinkig — kinky tricky/petulant
Krullig — kinky (of hair), kinky, pervers — kinky (of people
Kraft (en) — craft force, power
Mondän — mundane sophisticated, chic
Trivial, vardaglig — mundane
En paragraf — paragraph section, chapter
Ett stycke — paragraph, portion of text
En pensel — pencil paintbrush
En semester — semester holiday
Spirituell — spiritual witty
Andlig, religiös — spiritual
Vinka — wink wave (one’s hand)
En vikarie — vicar substitute (tex: lärarvikarie — substitute teacher)