Fishing Expressions
Metspö, pimpla, fiskekort — Swedish for lakes, ice and the fish that got away.
The angler's Swedish, tackle box to frying pan: the gear (spö, rulle, drag, fluga), the action verbs (kasta, veva in, göra mothugg — and tappa en fisk, den som kom undan), the rules (minimimått, fredningstid, fritt fiske i de stora sjöarna), the species roll from abborre to lake, the winter religion of pimpelfiske (isborr, isdubbar runt halsen, minus femton och sol) — ending at the true catch: en båt, en sjö och tystnad. Hela poängen med det.
- 1
fiska
to fish
Tip: lit. the same.
- 2
en sportfiskare
an angler
Tip: lit. the same.
- 3
ett spö
a rod
Tip: lit. the same.
- 4
en rulle
a reel
Tip: lit. the same.
- 5
en lina
a line
Tip: lit. the same.
- 6
en krok
a hook
Tip: lit. the same.
- 7
ett drag
a lure
Tip: lit. the same.
- 8
en fluga
a fly
Tip: lit. the same.
- 9
flugfiske
fly fishing
Tip: lit. the same.
- 10
bete
bait
Tip: lit. the same.
- 11
en mask
a worm
Tip: lit. the same.
- 12
ett flöte
a float
Tip: lit. the same.
- 13
kasta
to cast
Tip: lit. the same.
- 14
veva in
to reel in
Tip: lit. the same.
- 15
ett hugg
a bite
Tip: lit. the same.
- 16
göra mothugg
to strike
Tip: lit. the same.
- 17
tappa en fisk
to lose a fish
Tip: lit. the same.
- 18
den som kom undan
the one that got away
Tip: lit. the same — and it grows each telling.
- 19
en håv
a landing net
Tip: lit. the same.
- 20
släppa tillbaka den
to release it
Tip: lit. the same.
- 21
fånga och släpp
catch and release
Tip: lit. the same.
- 22
ett minimimått
a minimum size
Tip: lit. the same.
- 23
en fredningstid
a closed season
Tip: lit. the same.
- 24
ett fiskekort
a fishing permit
Tip: lit. the same — buy it in the shop or an app.
- 25
fritt fiske i de stora sjöarna
free fishing on the big lakes
Tip: lit. the same — Vänern, Vättern, Mälaren, Hjälmaren.
- 26
en abborre
a perch
Tip: lit. the same — the most Swedish fish there is.
- 27
en gädda
a pike
Tip: lit. the same.
- 28
en gös
a zander
Tip: lit. the same.
- 29
en öring
a trout
Tip: lit. the same.
- 30
en röding
a char
Tip: lit. the same — in the northern lakes.
- 31
en lax
a salmon
Tip: lit. the same.
- 32
en harr
a grayling
Tip: lit. the same.
- 33
en lake
a burbot
Tip: lit. the same — caught under the ice.
- 34
pimpelfiske
ice fishing
Tip: lit. the same.
- 35
pimpla abborre
to jig for perch
Tip: lit. the same.
- 36
en isborr
an ice auger
Tip: lit. the same.
- 37
borra ett hål
to drill a hole
Tip: lit. the same.
- 38
kolla isen
to check the ice
Tip: lit. the same — ten centimetres, minimum.
- 39
isdubbar runt halsen
ice picks round the neck
Tip: lit. the same — always.
- 40
en pulka med allt i
a sledge with everything on
Tip: lit. the same.
- 41
en fällstol
a folding stool
Tip: lit. the same.
- 42
en termos kaffe
a flask of coffee
Tip: lit. the same.
- 43
minus femton och sol
minus fifteen and sunshine
Tip: lit. the same — the perfect day.
- 44
inte få något alls
to catch nothing at all
Tip: lit. the same.
- 45
och inte bry sig
and not mind
Tip: lit. the same.
- 46
rensa fisken vid vattnet
to gut the fish by the water
Tip: lit. the same.
- 47
steka den i smör
to fry it in butter
Tip: lit. the same.
- 48
samma kväll
on the same evening
Tip: lit. the same.
- 49
en båt, en sjö och tystnad
a boat, a lake and silence
Tip: lit. the same.
- 50
hela poängen med det
the whole point of it
Tip: lit. the same.