No. 1,491 in Swedish
kortet
"The card."
In a sentence
Jag gav henne kortet.
I gave her the card.
The word 'kortet' here is the definite form of 'kort', which means 'card', indicating a specific card being referred to.
Kortet fungerar inte i den bankomaten.
The card does not work in that ATM.
In this sentence, 'kortet' refers to a bank card or similar, and the definite form signals it is a particular card being used.
Jag tappade bort kortet till hotellet.
I lost the card to the hotel.
In this example, 'kortet' refers to a key card for a hotel, used in definite form to indicate it is the specific card associated with the hotel.
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