No. 1,437 in Swedish

fotbollen

"The football" or "the soccer ball."

In a sentence

Fotbollen är min favoritsport.
Football is my favorite sport.
Here, 'fotbollen' is used as a noun to refer to the sport of football (soccer).
Han tappade fotbollen och den rullade bort.
He dropped the football and it rolled away.
In this instance, 'fotbollen' refers to the actual object, the ball used in the sport football.
Vi spelar alltid fotbollen efter skolan.
We always play football after school.
Here, 'fotbollen' is used to refer to the activity or game of football as a regular practice.

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