No. 12,354 in Swedish
sjutton
"Sjutton" means "seventeen" in English.
In a sentence
Sjutton människor deltog i mötet.
Seventeen people attended the meeting.
Here, 'sjutton' is used as a numeric value meaning 'Seventeen'.
Vad i hela sjutton gör du här?
What on earth are you doing here?
In this sentence, 'sjutton' is used as an exclamation expressing surprise or curiosity, similar to 'what on earth' in English.
Han är sjutton år gammal.
He is seventeen years old.
Here, 'sjutton' functions as an age descriptor, emphasizing someone's age of seventeen.
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