No. 1,447 in Swedish
förgäves
In vain.
In a sentence
Han försökte förgäves att hitta sina nycklar.
He tried in vain to find his keys.
In this sentence, "förgäves" expresses the idea that the effort made to locate the keys was unsuccessful and futile.
De arbetade förgäves hela natten för att rädda projektet.
They worked in vain all night to save the project.
Here, "förgäves" highlights that despite working all night, their efforts were ultimately fruitless.
Förgäves försökte hon övertyga honom att stanna.
In vain, she tried to convince him to stay.
In this context, "förgäves" denotes her repeated but unsuccessful attempts to persuade him.
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