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rudolf

"Rudolf" is a Swedish male given name, equivalent to "Rudolph" in English.

In a sentence

Rudolf sprang snabbt genom skogen.
Rudolf ran swiftly through the forest.
Here, 'Rudolf' is used as the name of a character, possibly a person or an animal, setting up the subject of the sentence.
Vi dekorerade granen med en liten Rudolf-figur.
We decorated the tree with a small Rudolf figure.
In this sentence, 'Rudolf' refers to the famous reindeer of Christmas lore, used as decoration.
Rudolf är ett ovanligt namn idag.
Rudolf is an uncommon name nowadays.
'Rudolf' here describes the rarity of the name in contemporary usage, focusing on its adoption in naming.

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