No. 9,606 in Swedish
förseningen
"The delay."
In a sentence
Förseningen på tåget gjorde att jag kom sent till jobbet.
The delay on the train caused me to be late for work.
In this sentence, 'förseningen' refers to a specific incident of lateness, describing the delay of the train.
Han beklagade förseningen med leveransen av boken.
He apologized for the delay in the delivery of the book.
Here, 'förseningen' is used to denote a delay in a process, in this case, the delivery of an item.
Trots förseningen hann vi ändå se filmen innan det blev mörkt.
Despite the delay, we still managed to watch the movie before it got dark.
In this context, 'förseningen' is utilized to signify a deviation from a planned time schedule.
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