Harvest Festival Words
Everyday words for a Swedish harvest festival: farms, markets, apples, pumpkins and an autumn meal.
In autumn, many Swedish farms and villages hold a harvest festival with markets, apple picking and local food. These words take you from the farm shop to the orchard and on to the dinner table.
- 1
en höst
autumn
Tip: The season from September to November.
- 2
en skörd
a harvest
Tip: What is gathered from the fields and trees.
- 3
en skördefest
a harvest festival
Tip: Compound: harvest + festival. Held in many villages and farms in autumn.
- 4
en höstmarknad
an autumn market
Tip: Compound: autumn + market.
- 5
ett marknadsstånd
a market stall
Tip: The last part is an ett-word meaning 'stand'.
- 6
en gård
a farm
Tip: Also means 'a yard' or 'a courtyard'.
- 7
en gårdsbutik
a farm shop
Tip: A shop on the farm selling its own produce.
- 8
en bonde
a farmer
Tip: Plural: bönder.
- 9
en åker
a field
Tip: A field for crops (not a meadow).
- 10
en traktor
a tractor
Tip: Kids love a ride on one at harvest time.
- 11
ett äpple
an apple
Tip: An ett-word; the plural just adds -n.
- 12
ett äppelträd
an apple tree
Tip: Compound: the first part loses its final -e.
- 13
ett päron
a pear
Tip: Same form in the plural.
- 14
att plocka
to pick
Tip: Used for fruit, berries, mushrooms and flowers.
- 15
en korg
a basket
Tip: Bring one for apples or mushrooms.
- 16
äppelmust
apple juice (freshly pressed)
Tip: An en-word, usually without an article. Pressed, cloudy juice sold at farms.
- 17
en äppelkaka
apple cake
Tip: A classic Swedish autumn bake, served with vanilla sauce.
- 18
en pumpa
a pumpkin
Tip: Used for soup and for carving.
- 19
en morot
a carrot
Tip: Plural: morötter.
- 20
en potatis
a potato
Tip: Same form in the plural; Swedes eat a lot of them.
- 21
rotfrukter
root vegetables
Tip: Plural; literally 'root fruits'.
- 22
en svamp
a mushroom
Tip: Also means 'a sponge'.
- 23
en kantarell
a chanterelle
Tip: The golden-yellow forest mushroom Swedes love.
- 24
lingon
lingonberries
Tip: Small red berries; same form in singular and plural.
- 25
sylt
jam
Tip: An en-word, usually without an article.
- 26
honung
honey
Tip: An en-word, usually without an article.
- 27
ost
cheese
Tip: An en-word, usually without an article.
- 28
en fågelskrämma
a scarecrow
Tip: Literally 'bird-scarer'.
- 29
en måltid
a meal
Tip: Literally 'meal-time'.
- 30
tacksam
grateful
Tip: Built from the word for 'thanks'.