No. 9,253 in Swedish
fienden
"The enemy."
In a sentence
Fienden närmar sig snabbt över fälten.
The enemy is quickly approaching across the fields.
The term 'fienden' here denotes an adversary or opponent in a strategic or military context.
Vår strategi är att engagera fienden vid gryningen.
Our strategy is to engage the enemy at dawn.
In this usage, 'fienden' refers specifically to an opponent in a planned confrontation or engagement.
Han betraktade honom som sin fiende, trots deras tidigare vänskap.
He regarded him as his enemy, despite their former friendship.
Here, 'fiende' is used in a personal and emotional sense to describe an adversary or hostile individual.
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