agerhøne

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse akrhœna, composed of akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (“field”) and Old Norse hœna (“hen”).

Noun

agerhøne c (singular definite agerhønen, plural indefinite agerhøns)

1. grey partridge (Perdix perdix).

Inflection

Declension of agerhøne

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	agerhøne	agerhønen	agerhøns	agerhønsene
genitive	agerhønes	agerhønens	agerhøns'	agerhønsenes

References

• “agerhøne” in Den Danske Ordbog