larm

In a sentence

• Larmet väckte mig mitt i natten.

  The alarm woke me up in the middle of the night.

  Here, 'larm' refers to an audible alarm alerting to an event, such as a clock alarm.

• Brandlarmet gick igång när det började ryka i köket.

  The fire alarm went off when it started to smoke in the kitchen.

  In this sentence, 'larm' signifies a device that detects fire or smoke and produces a sound to notify people.

• Polisen löste situationen snabbt efter att de fick larm om inbrottet.

  The police resolved the situation quickly after they received an alert about the burglary.

  Here, 'larm' is used to denote an alert or report that something, such as an emergency, has occurred.