No. 2,239 in Swedish

sälen

" Sälen" in English means "the seal" (marine animal).

In a sentence

Sälen simmade genom isvattnet.
The seal swam through the icy water.
Here, 'sälen' is a definite singular noun referring to a specific seal in the sentence.
Vi såg flera sälar på stranden.
We saw several seals on the beach.
In this sentence, 'sälar' is the plural form of 'säl', referring to multiple seals.
Sälen är också namnet på en populär skidort.
Sälen is also the name of a popular ski resort.
In this case, 'Sälen' is used as the proper noun referring to a ski resort, capitalized as it is a name.

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