No. 12,250 in Swedish
sand
Sand: Fine particles of rock, typically found on beaches or deserts.
In a sentence
Jag gick barfota på sanden vid stranden.
I walked barefoot on the sand by the beach.
Here, 'sand' is used as a noun referring to the natural material found on beaches.
Barnen byggde sandslott hela dagen.
The children built sandcastles all day.
In this sentence, 'sand' functions as a component within a compound noun, 'sandslott', which means 'sandcastle'.
Sanden i timstocken visar hur mycket tid som har gått.
The sand in the hourglass shows how much time has passed.
'Sand' is employed metaphorically to refer to the sand inside an hourglass, indicating the passage of time.
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