No. 1,977 in Swedish

sporten

"The sport."

In a sentence

Sporten är väldigt populär bland ungdomar.
The sport is very popular among youth.
In this sentence, 'sporten' refers singularly to a particular sport that is popular.
Jag läser en artikel om sporten i tidningen.
I am reading an article about sports in the newspaper.
Here, 'sporten' refers to the sports section or topic being covered in print.
Vi diskuterade sporten under mötet.
We were discussing sports during the meeting.
In this context, 'sporten' denotes the subject of sports in general, discussed in a meeting.

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