No. 2,583 in Swedish
ovanför
"Above" or "over."
In a sentence
Bilden hänger på väggen, precis ovanför soffan.
The picture is hanging on the wall, just above the sofa.
Here, 'ovanför' is used as a preposition indicating the relative position of the picture to the sofa.
Jag såg ett vackert moln sväva högt ovanför träden.
I saw a beautiful cloud floating high above the trees.
In this sentence, 'ovanför' serves as a preposition describing the spatial relation where the cloud is positioned above the trees.
Ovanför den här texten, finns en viktig rubrik.
Above this text, there is an important heading.
'Ovanför' is used here to specify location in terms of textual arrangement, indicating that the heading is above the current text.
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