No. 867 in Swedish
allsvenskan
"Allsvenskan" is the top professional football (soccer) league in Sweden.
In a sentence
Allsvenskan är den högsta fotbollsligan i Sverige.
Allsvenskan is the highest football league in Sweden.
Here, 'Allsvenskan' is used as a proper noun, representing the name of a specific sports organization.
Vårt lag spelar i allsvenskan nästa säsong!
Our team plays in the Allsvenskan next season!
In this context, 'allsvenskan' is used as a noun denoting the league in which the team will participate.
Matchen i allsvenskan blev mycket spännande.
The match in the Allsvenskan became very exciting.
Here, 'allsvenskan' specifies the competition in which the match occurred, showing a possessive relationship.
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