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host meaning in Swedish

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host [hosts] (consecrated bread)
noun
[UK: həʊst]
[US: hoʊst]

oblat [~en ~er]substantiv
{c}

host [hosts] (multitude of people arrayed as an army)
noun
[UK: həʊst]
[US: hoʊst]

härsubstantiv

host [hosts] (person who receives or entertains a guest)
noun
[UK: həʊst]
[US: hoʊst]

värdsubstantiv
{c}
Our host offered us a drink. = Vår värd erbjöd oss en drink.

host country (country which holds an international event)
noun

värdland [~et ~länder]substantiv
{n}

host desecration (a form of sacrilege in Christian denominations)
noun

hostieskändningsubstantiv
{c}

hostage [hostages] (person given as a pledge or security)
noun
[UK: ˈhɒ.stɪdʒ]
[US: ˈhɑː.stɪdʒ]

gisslan [~ ~]substantiv
{c}
John freed the hostages. = John fritog gisslan.

hostel [hostels] (an affordable overnight lodging place)
noun
[UK: ˈhɒ.stl̩]
[US: ˈhɑː.stl̩]

härbärge [~t ~n]substantiv
{n}

pensionat [~et ~]substantiv
{n}

ungkarlshotell [~et ~]substantiv
{n}

vandrarhem [~met ~, ~men]substantiv
{n}

hostess [hostesses] (female host)
noun
[UK: ˈhəʊ.stɪs]
[US: ˈhoʊ.stɪs]

värdinna [~n värdinnor]substantiv
{c}

hostess [hostesses] (stewardess)
noun
[UK: ˈhəʊ.stɪs]
[US: ˈhoʊ.stɪs]

flygvärdinna [~n ~värdinnor]substantiv
{c}

hostile (belonging or appropriate to an enemy)
adjective
[UK: ˈhɒ.staɪl]
[US: ˈhɑː.stəl]

fientlig [~t ~a]adjektiv

hostile takeover (buyout that is strongly resisted by the target company's management)
noun

fientligt övertagandesubstantiv
{n}

hostility [hostilities] (state of being hostile)
noun
[UK: hɒ.ˈstɪ.lɪ.ti]
[US: haˈstɪ.lə.ti]

fientlighet [~en ~er]substantiv

hostler (person at an inn who looks after horses)
noun
[UK: ˈhɒ.slə(r)]
[US: ˈhɑː.slər]

värdshusvärd [~en ~ar]substantiv
{c}

hostler (person employed to care for a locomotive)
noun
[UK: ˈhɒ.slə(r)]
[US: ˈhɑː.slər]

underhållsarbetaresubstantiv
{c}

ghost [ghosts] (spirit appearing after death)
noun
[UK: ɡəʊst]
[US: ɡoʊst]

ande [~n andar]substantiv
{c}

draugsubstantiv
{c}

dubbelgångare [~n ~, ~gångarna]substantiv
{c}

fantomsubstantiv
{n}

gast [~en ~ar]substantiv
{c}

gengångare [~n ~, ~gångarna]substantiv
{c}

hamn [~en ~ar]substantiv
{c}

själ [~en ~ar]substantiv
{c}

skuggasubstantiv
{c}

spökbild [~en ~er]substantiv
{n}

spöke [~t ~n]substantiv
{n}
The ghost vanished suddenly. = Spöket försvann plötsligt.

vålnad [~en ~er]substantiv
{c}

ghost rocket (rocket shaped UFOs sighted in 1946 in Sweden)
noun

spökraketsubstantiv

ghost story (story about ghosts)
noun
[UK: ɡəʊst ˈstɔː.ri]
[US: ɡoʊst ˈstɔː.ri]

spökhistoria [~historien ~historier]substantiv

ghost town (town which has become deserted)
noun
[UK: ɡəʊst taʊn]
[US: ɡoʊst ˈtaʊn]

spökstad [~en ~städer]substantiv
{c}

ghost train (fairground attraction)
noun

spöktågsubstantiv

ghosthunter (person who tries to track down ghosts)
noun

spökjägaresubstantiv
{c}

ghostwriter [ghostwriters] (professional writer for another person)
noun
[UK: ˈɡəʊst.ˌraɪ.tə]
[US: ˈɡəʊst.ˌraɪ.tə]

spökskrivare [~n ~, ~skrivarna]substantiv
{c}

give up the ghost (to die)
verb
[UK: ɡɪv ʌp ðə ɡəʊst]
[US: ˈɡɪv ʌp ðə ɡoʊst]

ge upp andanverb

God the Holy Ghost (person of the Trinity)
proper noun

Den Helige Andenproper noun
{c}

youth hostel (an inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people)
noun
[UK: juːθ ˈhɒ.stl̩]
[US: ˈjuːθ ˈhɑː.stl̩]

vandrarhem [~met ~, ~men]substantiv
{n}