hustru
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hústrú, from húsfrú (“housewife”).
Noun[edit]
hustru c (singular definite hustruen, plural indefinite hustruer)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of hustru
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hustru | hustruen | hustruer | hustruerne |
genitive | hustrus | hustruens | hustruers | hustruernes |
Synonyms[edit]
- frue c
- kone c
- viv c
- ægtehustru c
- ægteviv c
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
hustru f or m (definite singular hustrua or hustruen, indefinite plural hustruer, definite plural hustruene)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- “hustru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
hustru f (definite singular hustrua, indefinite plural hustruer, definite plural hustruene)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- “hustru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish husprea, husfrugha, husfrøa, hustrø, hustro, cognate with Old West Norse húsfreyja and Old Gutnish husfroya. The historic consonant shift is sf > sp > st. By surface analysis, hus (“house”) + fru (“wife”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hustru c
- a wife (of a certain man)
- Han flyttade och tog med sig hustru och barn
- He moved and took his wife and children with him
Declension[edit]
Declension of hustru | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hustru | hustrun | hustrur | hustrurna |
Genitive | hustrus | hustruns | hustrurs | hustrurnas |
Synonyms[edit]
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References[edit]
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