No. 5,080 in Swedish
children
The Swedish word for "children" is "barn."
In a sentence
Barnen spelar fotboll i parken.
The children play football in the park.
'Barnen' is the definite plural form of 'barn' (child) and refers to specific children.
Vi borde ge mer stöd till barn i skolan.
We should provide more support to children in schools.
'Barn' here refers to children in general, without specification.
Ett barn hoppade över staketet.
A child jumped over the fence.
'Barn' is used in its singular form here, referring to one child.
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