No. 10,406 in Swedish
katastrofen
"Katastrofen" means "the catastrophe" in English.
In a sentence
Katastrofen inträffade mitt i natten.
The disaster occurred in the middle of the night.
Here, "katastrofen" is used as a subject to denote a specific disastrous event that took place.
Vi undvek katastrofen tack vare deras snabba agerande.
We avoided the disaster thanks to their quick actions.
In this sentence, "katastrofen" functions as an object, referring to a hypothetical disaster that was averted.
Efter katastrofen började vi om från början.
After the disaster, we started over.
"Katastrofen" here is part of a prepositional phrase indicating the time context following the disaster.
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