"I wrote an application."

Translation: Jag skrev en ansökning.

[MarkBorkBorkBork]

What is the difference between ansökning and anksökan?

[Zmrzlina]

None, they're synonyms. But ansökan cant be pluralized, you'll have to say ansökningar if you want to refer to more than one.

[MarkBorkBorkBork]

Tack!

[cvictoria42]

Is this "application" in the sense of, e.g., an application for a job or a grant, or as in a program, or can it be used both ways as in English?

[Arnauti]

Those are different things in Swedish, but since we don't know what is meant without context, several different answers are accepted. en ansökning is an application for a job or grant; 'a program' is ett program or sometimes en applikation, 'an application' in a more general sense ('the process of applying something' or 'the use of something') is en tillämpning (sometimes also used about computer programs).

[ConorMcFar]

How come skrev doesn't have a de or te ending? Is it just the way the language is and u have to memorize all verbs different tenses or is there a general rule for determining how a verb changes?

[Zmrzlina]

Some verbs form past tense through a vowel change, just like in English (compare write -> wrote). Those verbs have to be memorized.

Here is a good list of strong and/or irregular verbs: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Swedish/List_of_strong_and_irregular_verbs