This is the 12186th most frequent Swedish word.
räven
"Räven" means "the fox" in English.
In this sentence, 'räven' is used as the subject of the sentence and refers to 'the fox'.
Räven smög försiktigt genom skogen.
The fox sneaked carefully through the forest.
Here, 'räven' is the object of the sentence, indicating 'the fox' seen by the subject.
Vi såg räven nära huset igår.
We saw the fox near the house yesterday.
In this expression, 'räven' is used metaphorically to represent cleverness or intuition attributed to 'the fox'.