No. 1,390 in Swedish

andre

"Andre" in Swedish means "second" or "deputy."

In a sentence

Karl är min andre bror, och vi delar många intressen.
Karl is my second brother, and we share many interests.
The word 'andre' here is used to indicate ordinal value, signifying Karl as the second brother after the first one.
Efter att första talaren hade pratat, började den andre.
After the first speaker had spoken, the second one started.
The word 'andre' refers to the next person in a sequence, showing a successive or subsequent position.
Som assistent för kungens andre rådgivare lärde han sig mycket.
As an assistant to the king's second advisor, he learned a lot.
In this sentence, 'andre' is used to describe the advisor's relative ranking or position, indicating that he is next behind the first advisor.

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