hejre

See also: hegri and häger

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hajrɔ/, [ˈhɑjʁʌ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hegri (“heron”).

Noun

hejre c (singular definite hejren, plural indefinite hejrer)

1. heron (long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae)
2. harridan (virago, shrew or a vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one)

Inflection

Declension of hejre

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hejre	hejren	hejrer	hejrerne
genitive	hejres	hejrens	hejrers	hejrernes

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

hejre c (singular definite hejren, not used in plural form)

1. brome, bromegrass (Bromus)

Further reading

• hejre on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Hejrer on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Hejre (græs) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da