fjäder

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Swedish

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två fjädrar (sense 1)
påskfjädrar i påskris [Easter feathers in a bundle of birch twigs] (sense 1)
en vikt upphängd i en fjäder som svänger upp och ner [a weight suspended from a spring oscillating up and down] (sense 2)

Etymology

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From Old Swedish fiädher, fiæþer, from Old Norse fjǫðr (feather), from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (feather, wing), from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (to fly).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fjäder c

  1. a feather
    Fåglar har fjädrar
    Birds have feathers
  2. a spring (elastic device)

Declension

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Declension of fjäder 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fjäder fjädern fjädrar fjädrarna
Genitive fjäders fjäderns fjädrars fjädrarnas

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