This is the 5626th most frequent Swedish word.
grannen
The Swedish word "grannen" means "the neighbor" in English.
Here, 'grannen' is used in the nominative case as the subject of the sentence, referring to the neighbor who performed the action of helping.
Grannen hjälpte mig att måla huset.
The neighbor helped me paint the house.
In this sentence, 'grannen' is the object of the action performed by the subject 'jag'. It refers to the neighbor being seen.
Jag såg grannen i trädgården igår.
I saw the neighbor in the garden yesterday.
The term 'grannen' is used possessively to describe the positional relationship between the speaker and the neighbor residing in the blue house.