This is the 2425th most frequent Swedish word.
glaciärer
"Glaciärer" means "glaciers" in English.
The word 'glaciärer' is used as the subject to denote glaciers as general geographical features.
Glaciärer är stora ismassor som bildas av snö som packas ihop över tid.
Glaciers are large masses of ice formed by snow compacting over time.
Here, 'glaciärer' is used as the object of action, specifically describing locations being visited.
Vi besökte flera glaciärer under vår resa till Alperna.
We visited several glaciers during our trip to the Alps.
In this sentence, 'glaciärer' is part of the possessive construction indicating whose melting is impacting sea levels.