No. 13,151 in Swedish
tistel
Thistle.
In a sentence
En tistel växer ofta på torra och soliga marker.
A thistle often grows in dry and sunny areas.
In this sentence, 'tistel' is used as a singular noun referring to the plant in a neutral statement about its habitat.
Jag plockade en vacker tistel från ängen.
I picked a beautiful thistle from the meadow.
Here, 'tistel' is used as a singular noun in an object position, describing the plant specifically in the act of picking.
Tistlar kan vara både vackra och taggiga.
Thistles can be both beautiful and spiky.
In this instance, 'tistlar' (plural of 'tistel') is used to generalize and describe characteristics of multiple plants.
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