sväljer

Sväljer is a Swedish verb in the present tense form of svälja, meaning to swallow. It describes the act of causing food, drink, or pills to pass from the mouth into the stomach. The term can be used in literal contexts as well as in figurative expressions, such as swallowing one’s pride.

In everyday language, sväljer is used with direct objects that are ingested, for example: Hon sväljer en tablett. Hon sväljer maten långsamt. The phrase can also appear in idiomatic constructions like svälja sin stolthet, meaning to swallow one’s pride, or svälja ett misstag in a broader sense.

Linguistic notes: sväljer is the present tense form and, like many Swedish verbs, applies to all persons in the present. The infinitive is svälja. The verb has cognates in other Scandinavian languages, such as Norwegian svelger and Danish svelge, reflecting a shared Germanic ancestry.

In medical or physiological discussions, the process of swallowing may be referred to by terms describing deglutition or sväljning in Swedish, though svälja and sväljer remain the common everyday terms for the act of swallowing in ordinary speech.

See also: svälja, sväljning, deglutition.