The Swedish language is constantly developing and getting new words all the time, while some words are forgotten and stop being used. Today, for example, it is rare to hear someone say the words pantaloons, politess and pigtails.
Every year Språktidningen and the Language Council make a list of the year’s new words that have qualified for the Swedish language, while many other words are removed as they have simply become obsolete and are no longer used. The thinning is not based on opinion but on frequency, writes The language newspaper.
Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TTThe Swedish language is influenced by English
But as the Swedish language develops, English words take up more and more space. The Swedish language has great influences from English and we borrow several English expressions such as date, e-mail and swipe.
Even when we text each other, we use many English words, and also abbreviations.
Especially the younger generation uses many different SMS abbreviations, often taken from the English language.
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