This is the 177th most frequent Swedish word.
the
The Swedish language does not have a word equivalent to "the" in English; definiteness is typically indicated through suffixes on nouns.
'The' is understood through definite articles in Swedish nouns, suffix '-en' is added to 'katt' forming 'katten' meaning 'the cat', and 'bordet' is 'the table'.
Katten ligger på bordet.
The cat is lying on the table.
'The' as in definitive indication is shown by the suffix '-en' to 'bok' for 'boken' meaning 'the book'.
Jag läste hela boken.
I read the entire book.
'The' definite article transforms 'stad' (city) to 'staden' (the city) indicating specificity.