No. 12,852 in Swedish

strömavbrott

Power outage.

In a sentence

Vi hade ett strömavbrott i flera timmar igår.
We had a power outage for several hours yesterday.
Here, 'strömavbrott' is used as a subject to describe an event, indicating a period without electric power.
Strömavbrottet gjorde att lamporna slutade fungera.
The power outage caused the lights to stop working.
In this sentence, 'strömavbrott' is used in a definite form to specify a particular outage event, showing causation.
Under ett strömavbrott är det viktigt att ha ficklampor.
During a power outage, it is important to have flashlights.
Here, 'strömavbrott' is used as a general term indicating such occurrences, emphasizing preparation.

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