Svenska Akademiens ordbok (Swedish: [ˈsvɛ̂nːska akadɛˈmiːns ˈûːɖbuːk]), abbreviated SAOB, is a historical dictionary of the Swedish language published by the Swedish Academy. It is the Swedish counterpart of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) or the Deutsches Wörterbuch (DWB).
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Volumes of Svenska Akademiens ordbok
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Original title | Ordbok över svenska språket utgiven av Svenska Akademien |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
Publisher | Swedish Academy |
Published | 1893–2023[1][2] |
No. of books | 39 |
OCLC | 1063333686 |
Website | www.saob.se |
Work on the dictionary started in 1787. The first edition was published in 39 volumes between 1898 and 2023, in Swedish alphabetical order.[1] Updating of the earlier volumes, A to R, is expected to continue until 2030.[1] About 200 hardcopy sets, totalling 33,111 pages, have been printed.[1] The searchable web version has been available since 1997. Citations date back to 1521.[1]
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