No. 421 in Swedish
oscar
In Swedish, "oscar" is a male given name.
In a sentence
Oscar är en av mina närmaste vänner.
Oscar is one of my closest friends.
Here, 'Oscar' is a proper noun, used as the name of a person.
Hon vann en Oscar för bästa skådespelerska.
She won an Oscar for Best Actress.
In this sentence, 'Oscar' is used to represent the Academy Award, a prestigious film award.
Vi beundrade statyns oscar-liknande utseende.
We admired the statue's Oscar-like appearance.
Here, 'oscar' is used as an adjective (lowercased) to describe something that resembles an Oscar award in appearance.
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