This is the 752nd most frequent Danish word.
vinteren
The winter.
Here, 'vinteren' is used as the subject of the sentence to specifically refer to the winter season, emphasizing its characteristics in Denmark.
Vinteren er meget kold i Danmark.
The winter is very cold in Denmark.
In this sentence, 'vinteren' is part of a temporal clause, specifying the time of snowfalls that they are looking forward to.
Vi glæder os til vinteren, når sneen falder.
We look forward to the winter when the snow falls.
The word 'vinteren' indicates a point in time acting as a threshold for an action ('fruits being picked').