No. 871 in Croatian
hnl
HNL is an abbreviation for "Hrvatska nogometna liga," meaning "Croatian Football League" in English.
In a sentence
HNL je najviša nogometna liga u Hrvatskoj.
HNL is the highest football league in Croatia.
Here, 'HNL' stands for 'Hrvatska nogometna liga' (Croatian football league), used as a name of an organization.
Gledao sam utakmicu HNL-a prošle subote.
I watched an HNL match last Saturday.
In this context, 'HNL' is used in the genitive case ('HNL-a'), representing the ownership or relation to the league.
Svi timovi u HNL-u su profesionalni.
All teams in the HNL are professional.
Here, 'HNL' is in the locative case ('HNL-u'), indicating location or context of the event.
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