What does “trollad” mean in Swedish?

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trollad
Swedish magic vocabulary
bewitched, enchanted — literally “trolled” by magic

In Swedish, “trollad” means enchanted or bewitched. It comes from the verb “trolla,” to do magic — the same word family as “troll,” the creature. So if someone calls a drink “trollad,” they are joking that troll-magic was worked on it. The everyday word for a magic trick shares a root with the fairy-tale monster.

The verb “trolla” covers everything from a stage magician pulling a rabbit from a hat to full fairy-tale enchantment. As an adjective it becomes “trollad”: en trollad dryck (an enchanted drink), ett trollat slott (a bewitched castle). A “trollkarl” (literally “troll-man”) is a wizard or magician. In the clip, the host ends a playful guessing game by saying the drink is “magiskt för trollad dryck” — magic because it is a bewitched drink — leaning into the double meaning, both a magic trick and the troll itself.

How common are the words?

How common are the words in this A1 Swedish listening practice video?

85%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Swedish words
Most of the words in this video are common Swedish words.

How common in written Swedish

78.3%
Top 1,000
85%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

How common in spoken Swedish

90.2%
Top 1,000
96.1%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Words for talking
This video uses words people often say in Swedish.

Harder words in this video

These words are harder than A1. Here is what they mean.

förtrollad
1×
Not in top 5,000
hunds
1×
Not in top 5,000
pling
1×
Not in top 5,000
likely a platform name
plinga
1×
Not in top 5,000
to ding or ping

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.

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