No. 8,792 in Swedish
centimeters
"Centimeters" in Swedish means "centimeters" in English, a unit of length in the metric system.
In a sentence
Boken är femton centimeters bred.
The book is fifteen centimeters wide.
Here, "centimeters" is used as a unit of measurement for specifying the width of the object, serving as an attribute.
Jag behöver några centimeters extra tyg för att sy kjolen.
I need a few centimeters of extra fabric to sew the skirt.
In this example, "centimeters" indicates a measurement for the additional required fabric length, giving context to the scope of need.
Huset är bara några centimeters avstånd från gränsen.
The house is only a several centimeters distance from the border.
Here, "centimeters" is used in a spatial measurement context to describe the distance between the house and the border.
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