No. 1,826 in Swedish
helikopter
Helikopter: Helicopter, a type of aircraft with horizontal spinning rotors for vertical takeoff and landing.
In a sentence
Helikoptern landade på taket till det höga sjukhuset.
The helicopter landed on the roof of the tall hospital.
Here, 'helikoptern' represents a specific helicopter landing in a particular location, showing a definite and functioning use of the noun.
Jag såg en helikopter flyga över staden när jag gick hem.
I saw a helicopter flying over the city as I walked home.
In this sentence, 'helikopter' generalizes the type of object seen—an unspecified helicopter as part of the observation.
Barnen lekte att de körde en helikopter i parken.
The children pretended to pilot a helicopter in the park.
The phrase 'en helikopter' metaphorically describes something imaginary in children's play, showing the noun's use in imaginative contexts and abstraction.
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