"A wolf"

Translation: En varg

[NicolaSvartberg]

Someone knows if there is also the word "ulv" in swedish? Maybe some variation? (I heard a swedish song with ulv in it :) )

[Zmrzlina]

Yes, but it's rarely used. There is also the men's name Ulf that comes from "ulv".

[NicolaSvartberg]

Yes! I like the nordic way of giving animals names to people. I wonder if it's still common there or if it's percieved as an ancient thing and it's been slowly abandoned. Do you know that?

[Zmrzlina]

I wouldn't really call it a Nordic thing. It's just Björn and Ulf that happen to have animal names, really. And Paul Anka, I suppose, but he's not Swedish. :p

[NicolaSvartberg]

Oh ok! XD

[osqers]

What about Varg Vikernes? (He is norwegian though)

[JoaoDSouza]

Do you, by any chance, mean "Varulven", the ballad?

[NicolaSvartberg]

No, I meant Rivfader from Finntroll! I don't know why, but they use strange swedish words, like "sky" (pronounced as swedish kinda like sju) for "sky", or "lyser" instead of "ljuser".

[PartisanGerm]

Pronounced var-ee, correct?

[Zmrzlina]

No, it's /varj/

[termhn]

So var-y-j with the j being slight at the end?

[Zmrzlina]

What do you mean with a slight J?

[termhn]

A slight english j or I guess g I mean... like this http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/varg

[JoaoDSouza]

No, the swedish 'j' is an approximant like the english 'y'

[RevShirls]

My married name is Varg :) Also spelled Warg. The letters V and W are pronounced the same way in Swedish and are considered to be the same letter. There are two strains of the Varg family in Sweden - one hailing from the north of Sweden and one from the central area. My husband is from the North. Sweden's own Mrs Beeton was a woman called Cajsa Warg. She us famous for her Cook Book. She was born in the 18th century and came from Örebro (where we now live)