missing

In a sentence

• Jag saknar min vän.

  I miss my friend.

  This sentence uses 'saknar' in a personal emotional context to express longing.

• Jag märkte att nyckeln saknas.

  I noticed that the key is missing.

  Here, 'saknas' is used to indicate absence or lack of an item or object.

• Han är försvunnen sedan igår.

  He has been missing since yesterday.

  In this instance, 'försvunnen' conveys the disappearance of a person, emphasizing the need to potentially search for them.