No. 344 in Swedish
tre
The Swedish word "tre" means "three" in English.
In a sentence
Jag har tre böcker.
I have three books.
Here, 'tre' functions as the numeral for the quantity 'three', which is commonly used as a cardinal number to indicate the count of items.
Klockan är tre på eftermiddagen.
It is three o'clock in the afternoon.
'Tre' refers to the specific hour 'three' in the context of time-telling.
Tre är ett primtal.
Three is a prime number.
In this example, 'tre' is utilized as the name of the number itself, referring to the concept of the number which is inherently 'prime'.
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