No. 9,249 in Swedish
festivalens
"Festivalens" means "the festival's" in English, indicating possession.
In a sentence
Festivalens höjdpunkt var konserten av det berömda bandet.
The highlight of the festival was the concert by the famous band.
The word 'festivalens' is the definite singular possessive form of 'festival' in Swedish, meaning 'of the festival'. It indicates possession, used here to describe what belongs to the festival, namely its highlight.
Förberedelserna inför festivalens öppning började flera månader tidigare.
Preparations for the festival's opening started several months earlier.
Here, 'festivalens' again denotes possession, explaining that the opening belongs specifically to the festival.
Under festivalens avslutning talade flera talare om framtiden för evenemanget.
During the festival's closing, several speakers discussed the future of the event.
In this sentence, 'festivalens' describes the closing as specifically associated with or belonging to the festival, illustrating possessive case usage.
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