"Vitlöken är gammal och brun."

Translation: The garlic is old and brown.

[deactivated user]

So here, "Vitlöken" (the garlic) would directly translate to "the white onion"?

[Super-Svensk]

Yes, literally.

[langp11]

So if you want to say a white onion (as opposed to a brown or red one) - is it just "vitt löken" ie two words?

Edit: A comment from another question confirms that the space is the important thing.

[Yerrick]

Funny. It's the same phrase in Amharic. (nech shinkurt)

[Matt92HUN]

On a side note, are the Swedish word lök and English word leek related?

[20first]

Yes, they are related. And so are Dutch 'look' and German 'Lauch'.

[andrii_chr]

And Russian "лук" [luk] too.

[Merlin_Szymanski]

and of course the german "Zwiebel"... wait...Oh...

[pablopublico]

It's cognate of the Spanish "cebolla".

[kovi311902]

In slovak we have cibuľa...

[HoroTanuki]

Croatian uses "luk" for onion, "mladi luk" (young onion) for scallion and "poriluk" for leek.

[pablopublico]

Leek is "poro" or "puerro" in Spanish. Spanglish speakers will be so delighted to find a "poroleek". =)

[Synthpopalooza]

I believe they are,

[freeboprich]

What a lovely image you've put into my head, thank you course creators

[s0mmerfugl_]

How do you call garlic bread in Swedish?

[Yerrick]

Vitlöksbröd, apparently.

[s0mmerfugl_]

Tack!

[pixelhate]

If I wanted to say that the garlic was bad (as in rotten/spoiled), could I say "Vitlöken är dålig"?

[JoakimEk]

yes.

[Gerardd88]

It's really interesting that the words for onion in Swedish and Russian have common origin: lök and лук (luk) (according to Wiktionary, from Proto-Germanic *laukaz).

[Q_C]

The Rus' people who lived in what is now Russia during the late dark ages came from central Sweden actually :P https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rus'_people

[Iawesome2--GD]

Sounds disgusting.

[Iawesome2--GD]

The old brown garlic.

[Alma_Tadema]

Vitlöken är nu brunlöken