häst

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See also: hast, Hast, hást, hæst, and has't

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish hæster, from Old Norse hestr, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱanḱest-, *kankest-, see also German Hengst and Dutch hengst (male horse).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

häst c

  1. a horse; a large mammal, Equus caballus
    en svårt skadad häst
    a severely injured horse
    Han har många hästar i sitt stall
    He has many horses in his stable
    Synonyms: (colloquial) pålle, (colloquial) kuse, (colloquial, brown horse) brunte, (dialectal) russ, (archaic) fåle, (slang) hest
  2. (chess, colloquial) knight
    Jag ska flytta min häst
    I'm going to move my knight
    Synonym: springare
  3. (slang) horse (heroin)
    Synonym: horse

Declension[edit]

Declension of häst 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative häst hästen hästar hästarna
Genitive hästs hästens hästars hästarnas

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See also[edit]

Chess pieces in Swedish · schackpjäser (schack + pjäser) (layout · text)
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kung dam, drottning torn löpare springare, häst bonde

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