No. 1,389 in Swedish

an

"An" in Swedish means "on" or "up to" when referring to proximity or limit.

In a sentence

Hon såg en fågel som flög högt på himlen.
She saw a bird flying high in the sky.
Here, 'en' is the indefinite article for the common gender noun 'fågel' (bird), signifying one, unspecific bird.
De kommer att vara i mötet fram till klockan fyra.
They will be in the meeting until four o'clock.
In this sentence, 'an' as individual word is not present, but part 'att vara' combined conveys continuity of presence or action.
Han hoppades att han skulle få anställning snart.
He hoped that he would get employment soon.
In this case, 'anställning' as compound word means 'employment', demonstrating 'an' in embedded linguistic form.

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