vadet
Vadet is a Swedish noun meaning "the ford," referring to a river crossing that is shallow enough to cross by foot, horse, or vehicle. The base noun vad means "ford," and vadet is its definite form, used in speech and writing to denote a specific crossing. For a ford to exist, the water level and the riverbed must allow passage; historical fords were important routes for travel, trade, and military movements, and many historic roads followed known crossings.
In toponymy, vadet appears in place names and descriptive labels on maps to indicate the location of
Linguistically, vadet is cognate with other Germanic terms for a river crossing, such as the English "ford"