No. 8,940 in Swedish
diktaturen
"The dictatorship."
In a sentence
Diktaturen styrde landet med järnhand.
The dictatorship ruled the country with an iron grip.
The word 'diktaturen' is used here as the subject of the sentence, describing the ruling entity that detains power in an oppressive manner.
Människor levde under diktaturen med rädsla.
People lived under the dictatorship with fear.
In this sentence, 'diktaturen' is used in the context of describing the condition or governance under which people lived.
Historieläraren berättade om hur livet var under diktaturen.
The history teacher explained how life was under the dictatorship.
Here, 'diktaturen' is used after a preposition to specify a time period or situation being discussed.
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