No. 352 in Swedish

invånare

Inhabitant.

In a sentence

Stockholm har många invånare.
Stockholm has many inhabitants.
In this sentence, 'invånare' means 'inhabitants' and refers to the population of Stockholm.
Varje invånare uppmanades att delta i undersökningen.
Every resident was encouraged to participate in the survey.
Here, 'invånare' means 'resident' and emphasizes individual members of a community.
Antalet invånare i landet ökar stadigt.
The number of inhabitants in the country is steadily increasing.
In this usage, 'invånare' describes the collective people living in the country, indicating population growth.

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