This is the 236th most frequent Swedish word.
inträffade
"Occurred" or "happened."
Here, 'inträffade' means 'occurred' or 'happened' and is used to describe an event taking place in the past.
En olycka inträffade på motorvägen igår.
An accident occurred on the highway yesterday.
In this context, 'inträffade' refers to the occurrence of a scheduled event at an earlier time.
Mötet inträffade tidigare än förväntat.
The meeting occurred earlier than expected.
Here, 'inträffat' is the past participle form, used to talk about a hypothetical past event in a conditional statement.