No. 13,966 in Swedish

årsdagen

The anniversary.

In a sentence

Idag firar vi årsdagen av vår vänskap.
Today we celebrate the anniversary of our friendship.
In this sentence, 'årsdagen' refers to the commemorative day marking a specific anniversary, in this case, of friendship.
Årsdagen för hans anställning firades med en stor fest.
The anniversary of his employment was celebrated with a big party.
Here, 'årsdagen' is used to denote the specific day marking the yearly recurrence of an event, in this case, his employment anniversary.
Det är tre år sedan vi först träffades, och vi ser fram emot att fira denna årsdagen.
It has been three years since we first met, and we look forward to celebrating this anniversary.
In this sentence, 'årsdagen' is used to express the yearly recurrence of the specific event of meeting for the first time.

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