This is the 8173rd most frequent Swedish word.
ana
"To suspect" or "to sense."
In this sentence, 'ana' means 'to suspect or sense something indirectly, often based on intuition or subtle clues'.
Jag kunde ana att något var fel.
I could sense that something was wrong.
Here, 'ana' indicates 'to anticipate or foresee something that is not directly observable'.
Det är svårt att ana hur framtiden kommer att se ut.
It is difficult to anticipate how the future will look.
In this context, 'ana' is used to mean 'to perceive something faintly, such as a smell, sound, or presence'.