No. 7,494 in Swedish
stens
"Stens" is the genitive form of "sten," meaning "stone's" or "of the stone" in English.
In a sentence
Sten plockade upp en liten sten vid stranden.
Sten picked up a small stone by the beach.
Here 'Sten' is a proper name, while 'sten' refers to the physical object, a stone.
Jag beundrade skulpturen gjord av stens olika färger och texturer.
I admired the sculpture made of the stone's various colors and textures.
'Stens' here shows possession, indicating attributes of the stone used to create the sculpture.
Det är fascinerande att se hur stens struktur kan avslöja dess geologiska historia.
It is fascinating to see how the structure of stone can reveal its geological history.
In this sentence, 'stens' serves to describe characteristics associated with 'stone' in a broader scientific context.
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