No. 8,962 in Swedish
dj
"DJ" in Swedish is short for "disc jockey," someone who plays and mixes music.
In a sentence
Min vän är en dj som spelar musik på klubben.
My friend is a DJ who plays music at the club.
Here, 'dj' refers to 'disc jockey', a person who selects and plays music for an audience.
Jag behöver programvaran för att dj:a på min dator.
I need software to DJ on my computer.
Here, 'dj' is used as a verb, meaning to perform as a DJ.
Klubben ordnar en dj-tävling för att hitta nya talanger.
The club organizes a DJ competition to find new talents.
In this instance, 'dj' as a noun describes 'disc jockey', combined in a compound noun 'dj-tävling' (DJ competition).
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