No. 5,248 in Swedish
dumpen
"Dumpen" is a slang term referring to a place where someone has been abandoned or dumped, often emotionally or physically.
In a sentence
Jag lämnade över paketen till dumpen.
I handed over the package to the dump.
In this sentence, 'dumpen' is used to refer to the place where refuse or discarded items are left—commonly a garbage dump or a waste disposal site.
Hon sprang mot dumpen för att hitta något användbart.
She ran toward the dump to find something useful.
Here, 'dumpen' denotes a location where discarded objects are kept, possibly being utilized to find salvageable items.
Barnen lekte i sumpig mark nära dumpen.
The children played on marshy ground near the dump.
In this example, 'dumpen' serves as a term for a dump site, specifying the proximity for contextual spatial relation.
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