No. 506 in Swedish
mordet
"The murder."
In a sentence
Mordet skakade hela staden.
The murder shook the entire city.
Here, 'mordet' is the subject of the sentence and refers to a specific murder that affected the community.
Polisen utreder fortfarande detaljerna kring mordet.
The police are still investigating the details surrounding the murder.
In this example, 'mordet' acts as the object of the verb 'utreder', specifically referring to the case being examined.
Efter mordet införde staden nya säkerhetsåtgärder.
After the murder, the city implemented new security measures.
Here, 'mordet' is used in a temporal prepositional phrase to give context to the timing of actions taken after the murder occurred.
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