"höns" meaning in Swedish

See höns in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Old Swedish höns, from Old Norse hœns, hæns (“hens, poultry, fowl”, collectively). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|höns}} Old Swedish höns, {{inh|sv|non|hœns}} Old Norse hœns Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=n|g2=|head=|sort=}} höns n, {{sv-noun|n}} höns n Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], höns [indefinite, nominative, singular], höns [genitive, indefinite, singular], hönset [definite, nominative, singular], hönsets [definite, genitive, singular], höns [indefinite, nominative, plural], höns [genitive, indefinite, plural], hönsen [definite, nominative, plural], hönsens [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (usually in the plural) chicken, fowl (bird of the genus Gallus, especially Gallus gallus domesticus) Wikipedia link: sv:höns Tags: neuter, plural-normally Categories (lifeform): Birds Derived forms: hönsgård, hönssömn (english: light sleep; nap) Related terms: höna, fjäderfä (english: poultry), höna (english: hen), kyckling (english: chick, chicken), tupp (english: rooster, cock)
    Sense id: en-höns-sv-noun-JYl1Bj4x Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "form": "hönset",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
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          "english": "light sleep; nap",
          "word": "hönssömn"
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              8,
              16
            ]
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              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
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          "text": "Vi har höns",
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              5,
              17
            ]
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              5,
              11
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          "english": "feed the chickens",
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        {
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              33,
              41
            ]
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              24,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "english": "run around like headless [dizzy] chickens (idiomatic)",
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          "type": "example"
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        },
        {
          "english": "poultry",
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        },
        {
          "english": "hen",
          "word": "höna"
        },
        {
          "english": "chick, chicken",
          "word": "kyckling"
        },
        {
          "english": "rooster, cock",
          "word": "tupp"
        }
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "hönsens",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "english": "poultry",
      "word": "fjäderfä"
    },
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      "word": "höna"
    },
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      "english": "chick, chicken",
      "word": "kyckling"
    },
    {
      "english": "rooster, cock",
      "word": "tupp"
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        "Swedish nouns",
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              7,
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              5,
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              33,
              41
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              24,
              28
            ]
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          "text": "springa omkring som yra höns",
          "type": "example"
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        "chicken, fowl (bird of the genus Gallus, especially Gallus gallus domesticus)"
      ],
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          "chicken"
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}

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