No. 440 in Swedish

skedde

"Skedde" means "occurred" or "happened" in English.

In a sentence

Olyckan skedde mycket snabbt.
The accident happened very quickly.
This sentence illustrates the use of 'skedde' as a past tense form of the verb 'ske,' meaning 'happen.' It describes an event occurring in the past.
Det skedde en förändring i samhället.
There occurred a change in society.
In this sentence, 'skedde' functions as a description of an alteration or transformation that happened in the past.
Förändringen skedde över natten.
The change happened overnight.
Here, 'skedde' is used to indicate that an event (the change) took place within a specific time frame in the past.

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