No. 2,007 in Swedish
timmen
"Timmen" means "the hour" in English.
In a sentence
Vi väntade i en timme på bussen.
We waited for an hour for the bus.
In this sentence, 'timmen' is used to denote a duration of one hour, commonly used to describe time periods.
Sista timmen av mötet var väldigt produktiv.
The last hour of the meeting was very productive.
Here, 'timmen' is contextualized as referring to a specific hour within a series or event, emphasizing its place within a temporal sequence.
Jag kom precis, timmen är sen.
I just arrived, the hour is late.
In this context, 'timmen' highlights the specific time in terms of lateness or a particular hour of the day.
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