No. 841 in Swedish

vintern

"The winter."

In a sentence

Vintern är kall i Sverige och kommer med snö.
The winter is cold in Sweden and comes with snow.
'Vintern' here is used as the subject of the sentence, referring specifically to the season 'winter' and conveying its general character.
Under vintern bär många människor varma kläder.
During the winter, many people wear warm clothes.
'Vintern' is utilized in a prepositional phrase 'under vintern', indicating the time span during which the described action occurs.
Jag älskar att åka skidor på vintern.
I love skiing in winter.
In this sentence, 'vintern' is part of a temporal phrase 'på vintern', signifying the season when the action described takes place.

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