No. 5,551 in Swedish

försöket

"The attempt" or "the trial."

In a sentence

Försöket att lösa problemet tog flera timmar.
The attempt to solve the problem took several hours.
'Försöket' is used here as a noun, meaning 'attempt' or 'effort'.
Efter flera försök lyckades han slutligen.
After several attempts, he finally succeeded.
'Försöket' in plural form 'försök' denotes repeated efforts.
Det var inte lätt, men jag är stolt över försöket.
It wasn’t easy, but I am proud of the attempt.
In this statement, 'försöket' points to the singular act or endeavor made.

Hear it in real podcasts

The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “försöket” in actual Swedish podcasts.

Learn it from shows you like

LangTurbo plays Swedish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.

Get the app

Swedish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).