 The vocabulary of Swedish is mainly Germanic , either through common Germanic heritage or through loans from German , Middle Low German , and to some extent , English . Examples of Germanic words in Swedish are mus ( " mouse " ) , kung ( " king " ) , and <unk> ( " goose " ) . A significant part of the religious and scientific vocabulary is of Latin or Greek origin , often borrowed from French and , lately , English . Some 1 – 200 words are also borrowed from <unk> or Romani , often as slang varieties ; a commonly used word from Romani is <unk> ( " girl " ) . 
