Word
Dessa siffror visar en oväntad ökning.
Meaning
These figures show an unexpected increase.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Dessa siffror visar en oväntad ökning.
en
a, an (common)
visa
to show
oväntad
unexpected
dessa
these (plural)
Questions & Answers about Dessa siffror visar en oväntad ökning.
Why is it Dessa siffror and not Dessa siffrorna?
The demonstrative dessa (these) is formal and, unlike the more common de här, it must be followed by a noun in its indefinite form. That is why we use the indefinite siffror instead of the definite siffrorna.
If I wanted to use the everyday phrase for 'these', how would the sentence change?
If you use the everyday de här instead of the formal dessa, the noun must take the definite form. The beginning of the sentence would change to De här siffrorna...
Why use siffror for 'figures' or 'numbers' here instead of nummer?
A siffra (plural siffror) refers specifically to a digit, a statistic, or a mathematical figure, which fits this context of data. The word nummer is used for items in a sequence or identifiers, like a phone number (telefonnummer) or a house number.
The word oväntad (unexpected) looks like it comes from a verb. How is it built?
It comes from the verb vänta, which means to wait or to expect. The past participle form is väntad (expected), and adding the negative prefix o- (un-) makes it oväntad (unexpected).