No. 9,043 in Swedish
dödsolyckan
A fatal accident.
In a sentence
Dödsolyckan inträffade på motorvägen igår kväll.
The fatal accident occurred on the highway last night.
The word "dödsolyckan" is used here as the subject of the sentence referring to a specific tragic event involving a fatality.
Rapporter om dödsolyckan spreds snabbt i nyheterna.
Reports of the fatal accident quickly spread in the news.
In this sentence, "dödsolyckan" is used as part of a prepositional phrase indicating the topic that is being reported.
Myndigheterna undersöker fortfarande orsaken till dödsolyckan.
The authorities are still investigating the cause of the fatal accident.
Here, "dödsolyckan" is an object in the sentence describing what the authorities are investigating.
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