How to Say "Salad" in Swedish

sallad

/ˈsalːad/common gender

The English phrase "salad" is sallad in Swedish.

sallad is a common-gender noun used to refer to the food item salad.

Meaning: food (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

The definite form (the salad) is salladen. The plural form (salads) is sallader, and the definite plural form (the salads) is salladerna.

/ˈsalːad/

The Swedish word for 'lettuce' is often just sallad, whereas English distinguishes strictly between the vegetable and the prepared dish.
The Swedish word sallad is a direct descendant of the French salade, reflecting a historical trend where French culinary terms were imported into Swedish to signify sophistication.
Swedes often use the term salladsbar to describe the self-service buffet stations found in many supermarkets and cafeterias.

Tom åt en grekisk sallad.
Tom ate a Greek salad.
This sentence shows how to use sallad in the context of a Greek salad.
Tatoeba #4398369 by richke, translation #3222397 by Hybrid
Var snäll och ta med en sallad.
Please bring a salad.
This sentence is useful for a request to bring sallad.
Tatoeba #5265542 by YlvaEmelia, translation #3343215 by CK
Jag tycker om gräslök i soppan, men inte i salladen.
I like chives in my soup, but not in my salad.
This sentence shows the definite form salladen used to express a preference regarding chives.
Tatoeba #4378414 by richke, translation #4336038 by AlanF_US
Jag skulle vilja ha en sallad, tack.
I would like to have a salad, please.
Kan du ge mig lite sallat, snälla?
Could you give me some salad, please?
1 more sentences on Tatoeba

Emma and Lucas are at a restaurant.

Sources

Wiktionary, “salad” translations and entries sallad, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries sallad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.

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