No. 1,184 in Swedish

bygget

"The construction" or "the building site."

In a sentence

Bygget av den nya skolan går snabbt.
The construction of the new school is progressing quickly.
In this sentence, 'bygget' is used as a noun to refer to the construction work or project of building the new school.
Vi besökte bygget och såg hur arbetet fortskred.
We visited the construction site and saw how the work was progressing.
Here, 'bygget' is used again as a noun to denote the physical location of where construction is taking place.
Han talade om bygget av sitt drömhus.
He talked about the construction of his dream house.
'Bygget' in this case refers to the abstract concept of the act or process of building the dream house.

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