What do swedish people call their grandmother?

Answer 1

It depends on which great grandma:

1) Your mother's mother's mother: mormorsmor

2) Your father's mother's mother: farmorsmor

3) Your mother's father's mother: morfarsmor

4) Your father's father's mother: farfarsmor

Regarding the pronuciation the secondary stress is on the first syllable and the main stress is on the last syllable.

Answer 2

Depending on the grandmother is from the father's side or the mother's we call our grandparents different. Thus, a grandmother on the mother's side would be called "mother's mother" which would translate into "mormor". Similarly, a mother on the father's side would be called "father's mother" and would translate into "farmor".

Answer 3

Maternal grandmother is mormor, paternal grandmother is farmor. There isn't a word that exactly corresponds to grandmother in English.

Answer 4

Mormor is your mother's mother.

Farmor is your father's mother.

Answer 5

The swedish translation for grandmother is Mormor

Answer 6

Grandma (fathers side) - Farmor Grandma (mothers side) - Mormor

Swedish has one word for the mothers side grandma and another for the fathers side.

Answer 7

Its depending on wich side. The word for your mothers mother is "mormor", and the word for your fathers mother is farmor.

Answer 8

"mormor" or "farmor"

Answer 9

Mormor