No. 2,627 in Swedish

ryske

"Ryske" means "the Russian" (used as a masculine form in older Swedish).

In a sentence

Den ryske författaren har skrivit många berömda böcker.
The Russian author has written many famous books.
Here, 'ryske' is used as an adjective in its definite form referring to the nationality (Russian) of the described noun 'författaren' (author).
Under resan träffade vi en ryske diplomat.
During the trip, we met a Russian diplomat.
In this sentence, 'ryske' is used erroneously since in the indefinite case, the correct form would be 'rysk'; this could serve as an example for teaching common mistakes.
Jag köpte en ryske pälsmössa på marknaden.
I bought a Russian fur hat at the market.
Similar to the second example, 'ryske' is not correctly applied in this sentence as the noun 'pälsmössa' (fur hat) is an indefinite object, and the correct adjective form is 'rysk'.

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