No. 7,626 in Swedish

sömnen

"The sleep."

In a sentence

Sömnen är viktig för hälsan.
Sleep is important for health.
In this sentence, 'sömnen' is used as a noun meaning 'sleep,' specifically referring to the concept as a collective or general idea.
Han kände sig bättre efter att ha återhämtat sömnen.
He felt better after recovering his sleep.
Here, 'sömnen' refers to a specific instance or measure of sleep that was restored or recovered.
Ljudet störde sömnen hela natten.
The sound disturbed the sleep throughout the night.
In this example, 'sömnen' denotes the specific period or state of sleep, emphasizing the disturbance affecting it.

Hear it in real podcasts

The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “sömnen” in actual Swedish podcasts.

Learn it from shows you like

LangTurbo plays Swedish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.

Get the app

Swedish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).