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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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