Stockholm dialects explained

Stockholm Swedish
Nativename:Swedish: Stockholmska
States:Sweden
Region:Stockholm, Sweden
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Germanic
Fam3:North Germanic
Fam4:East Scandinavian
Fam5:Swedish
Script:Swedish alphabet
Ietf:se-u-sd-seab
Isoexception:dialect

Stockholm dialects (Swedish: Stockholmska) are the forms of Swedish spoken in Stockholm. An exact definition encompassing its peculiarities is hard to find, as a cosmopolitan culture and early adoption infers a great variety of international influences that are then spread to the rest of Sweden, and, as Stockholm is a highly urbanized area, the dialects of Stockholm are more likely to undergo rapid changes than dialects spoken in rural areas.

Some word endings are typical of Stockholm dialects. When windmills were used they were given female names ending in -an. For instance a windmill owned by a Dutchman would be called ("Dutchwoman"). The -an ending was later adopted for other places. For instance, Kungsträdgården became and ("library") became .

Another ending is -is from Latin[1] although in practice it is used roughly as a diminutive or to add familiarity. Examples include (Medborgarplatsen) or (Rålambshovsparken). Some of these words, such as for ("preschool"), have spread into colloquial Swedish in general.

Notes and References

  1. [Svenska dialektmysterier]