No. 11,710 in Swedish

patienterna

"The patients."

In a sentence

Patienterna väntade tålmodigt på sina läkare.
The patients patiently waited for their doctors.
The word 'patienterna' is the definite form of 'patients', referring specifically to a known group of patients in this context.
När patienterna anlände, började undersökningarna.
When the patients arrived, the examinations began.
Here, 'patienterna' again refers to a specific, identified group of patients arriving for examinations.
Patienterna på avdelning fyra behöver mer stöd.
The patients in ward four require more support.
In this instance, 'patienterna' specifies the patients located in ward four, narrowing the reference to a subset of individuals.

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