No. 7,580 in Swedish
sven
"Sven" is a common Swedish male given name.
In a sentence
Sven är svensk och gillar att fiska.
Sven is Swedish and likes to fish.
Here, 'Sven' is used as a proper noun referring to a person's name.
Det var en riktig sven igår på festen.
There was a real party-brain last night at the party.
In this sentence, 'sven' is used informally to describe someone who exhibits a wild or vivacious manner during social occasions.
Läraren pratade om sven som ett exempel på ett vanligt namn i Sverige.
The teacher talked about Sven as an example of a common name in Sweden.
'Sven' here is mentioned in the context of illustrating its common usage as a given name in Sweden.
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