No. 1,446 in Swedish
företagen
"Företagen" means "the companies" in English.
In a sentence
Företagen i området växer snabbt.
The businesses in the area are growing rapidly.
Here, "företagen" refers to companies or businesses collectively and is used as the subject of the sentence.
Jag har läst mycket om företagen och deras framgång.
I have read a lot about the companies and their success.
In this sentence, "företagen" is used in a definite plural form to refer to specific businesses that have been previously mentioned or understood.
Samarbetet mellan företagen har ökat.
The collaboration between the businesses has increased.
"Företagen" here denotes a group of entities (companies) working together, indicating communication or cooperation between them.
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