No. 5,015 in Swedish
byggnads
"Byggnads" is not a standalone word but often part of compound words, meaning "building" or related to construction in English.
In a sentence
Byggnadsstrukturen var imponerande.
The building's structure was impressive.
Here, 'byggnads' is used as a noun modifier, functioning as an attributive genitive form to describe possession or association.
Han arbetar för Byggnads, en organisation för byggnadsarbetare.
He works for Byggnads, an organization for construction workers.
In this sentence, 'Byggnads' is a proper noun, serving as the name of a specific labor union in Sweden.
Byggnadsingenjörer planerar och designar hållbara byggnader.
Construction engineers plan and design sustainable buildings.
In this case, 'byggnads' is used as a noun modifier in a compound word, describing the type of engineers.
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