No. 1,119 in Swedish
våren
"Våren" means "the spring" in English.
In a sentence
Våren är en av mina favoritårstider.
The spring is one of my favorite seasons.
Here, 'våren' is used as a singular definite noun referring to a specific season, 'the spring'.
Under våren brukar jag plantera blommor i trädgården.
During spring, I usually plant flowers in the garden.
In this sentence, 'våren' describes the period of time within a year, used in an indefinite temporal sense for 'spring'.
När våren kommer känner jag mig alltid glad.
When spring arrives, I always feel happy.
Here, 'våren' is functioning as the subject of the sentence, referring to the arrival of the season 'spring', in the definite form.
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