Svenska Akademiens ordbok (), abbreviated SAOB, is a historical dictionary of the Swedish language published by the Swedish Academy. It is the Swedish counterpart of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) or the Deutsches Wörterbuch (DWB).
Work on the dictionary started in 1787. The first edition was published in 39 volumes between 1898 and 2023, in Swedish alphabetical order, and contains over 500,000 entries. Updating of the earlier volumes, A to R, is expected to continue until 2030. The last volume was printed in about 500 copies. The 39 volumes total 33,111 pages. The searchable web version has been available since 1997. Citations date back to 1521.
Volumes Volume WordsPublication year1 A–ANLÖPNING 1898 2 ANMANA–BARHUFVAD 19033 BARHUFVUD–BETA 19064 BETACKA–BLYSTRA 19165 BLÅ–CZEK 1925 6 D–DISTINGERA 19257 DISTINGERAD–EXULANT 1925 8 F–FULGURIT 1926 9 FULL–FÖTTLING 1928 10 G–GÖTTNISK 1929 11 H–HYDDA 1932 12 HYDE–INSTRUKTÖR 193313 INSTRUMENT–KAZIK 193514 KED–KRALLA 1937 15 KRAM–LEUTERERA 193916 LEV–MARKGÄLD 1942 17 MARKIS–MÖTE 1945 18 N–OKÖRD 194919 OL–PEPTON 1952 20 PER–PRÄSTINNA 195421 PRÖJS–REM 1957 22 REMANENS–RULT 1959 23 RULTA–RÖXNA 1962 24 S–SEGMENTERA 1965 25 SEGMENTÄR–SKALLRA 1969 26 SKALLRIG–SKRÄPIG 1973 27 SKRÄPP–SLUV 197728 SLUVRA–SOLANIN 1981 29 SOLAR–SPÅNTA 198530 SPÅR–STOCKNA 1989 31 STOD–STÅ 1993 32 STÅ AN–SVÄPA 1999 33 SVÄR–TALKUMERA 200234 TALL–TOJS 2005 35 TOK–TYNA 200936 TYNGA–UTSUDDA 201237 UTSUG–VRETA 2017 38 VRETT–ÅVÄXT 2021 39 Ä–ÖXLA 2023
See also Svenska Akademiens ordlista — the Swedish Academy's single-volume spelling dictionary
References
External links Svenska Akademiens ordbok The Swedish Academy – Official site (in English)