No. 1,395 in Swedish
attacken
"The attack."
In a sentence
Attacken på staden började vid gryningen.
The attack on the city began at dawn.
In this sentence, 'attacken' is used as a noun referring to a physical assault or military operation against the city.
Han kände sig chockad efter attacken mot hans idéer.
He felt shocked after the attack on his ideas.
Here, 'attacken' is used metaphorically as a noun to signify criticism or verbal argument against someone's ideas.
Vi bör diskutera attacken innan vi går vidare med projektet.
We should discuss the attack before moving forward with the project.
This sentence uses 'attacken' in the context of a metaphorical or hypothetical problem or challenge that occurred.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “attacken” in actual Swedish podcasts.
Find “attacken” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Swedish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into svenska, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Swedish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).