 The standard word order is , as in most Germanic languages , V2 , which means that the finite verb appears in second position of a declarative main clause . Swedish morphology is similar to English ; that is , words have comparatively few inflections . There are two genders , no grammatical cases , and a distinction between plural and singular . Older analyses posit the cases nominative and genitive and there are some remains of distinct accusative and dative forms as well . Adjectives are compared as in English , and are also inflected according to gender , number and definiteness . The definiteness of nouns is marked primarily through suffixes ( endings ) , complemented with separate definite and indefinite articles . The prosody features both stress and in most dialects tonal qualities . The language has a comparatively large vowel inventory . Swedish is also notable for the voiceless dorso @-@ palatal velar fricative , a highly variable consonant phoneme . 
