Couple of swedish words need english for

[JOYCE]

Translating an article for work and a couple words are throwing me. They are not in any on-line dictionary. The article is about a diesel truck that broke the land spped record in October. The words I am having trouble with are:

aker (the a has .. over it)

trailerdragare

Manga (the a has a circle over it)

gatkord (the o has .. over it)

koras (the o had .. over it)

any help would be appreciated. Have one more article to figure out after this!

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Message edited by : Moonila | Reason : No CAPS in subject

[Guest]

Hello, I'm studying swedish as a third language, I can help you with some of those:

åker = to ride (i.e. bus, car, train, truck) but not a bicycle. I'm not sure what äker means, i think you mean åker though.
trailerdragare = ome on does this really baffle you ? it's a Trailer Dragger !
många = many
gatkörd = ?? gata is a street, maybe thats somthing to do with a street ?
köra = drive (imperative)

hope that helps in time.

[Joyce]

Yes it sure helped! Wasn't sure on the trailerdragare one - thought that was what it might be but wanted to be sure! Everything you said made sence for the article. Thanks~

[Guest]

ok I think I have a hunch on this:
gat or gata = street
conjucated form of To Drive is:

köra kör kör körde kört

if im right, the gatkört means "street driven"

[Pontus]

Hello, I'm studying swedish as a third language, I can help you with some of those:

åker = to ride (i.e. bus, car, train, truck) but not a bicycle. I'm not sure what äker means, i think you mean åker though.

Well äker is not a real word. Åker though can mean both to ride or mean field (as in arable land). It's true that åker cannot be used on a bicycle

if im right, the gatkört means "street driven"

I must say I never heard of such a word! And I can't think of a better explanation either... But please note that just gat would not mean anything.

[Joyce]

Thanks for all the help. The article is talking about a street legal truck that happens to be a race truck so it all makes sence.