bäver
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish bæver, from Middle Low German biber, bever, from Old Saxon biƀar, biƀor, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus. Displaced native bjur.
Noun
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- beaver
- Bävrar bygger dammar
- Beavers build dams
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | bäver | bävers |
| definite | bävern | bäverns | |
| plural | indefinite | bävrar | bävrars |
| definite | bävrarna | bävrarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “bäver”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “bäver”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “bäver”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
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- Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
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