This is the 12398th most frequent Swedish word.
skepp
"Ship."
Here, 'skepp' is used in the plural form, looking at historical practices of building ships.
En gång i tiden byggde de stora skepp av trä.
Once upon a time, they built large ships out of wood.
Here, 'skepp' is used in its general sense as a noun referring to a large vessel designed for travel on water.
Skeppet seglade över det lugna havet.
The ship sailed across the calm sea.
In this sentence, 'skepp' is used as a plural noun to discuss ships in a general or categorical context.