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näsa

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish næsa, older form *nas, pl. nasar, influenced by Middle Low German nese (cf. Norwegian Bokmål nese, Danish næse), from Old Norse nǫs (pl. nasar, nasir), from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s. Doublet of nos.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛːsˌa/

Noun

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näsa c

  1. nose of a human or other primate (or anthropomorphized being, especially if having a human-like nose, but sometimes more generally) (compare nos)
    andas genom näsan
    breathe through one's nose
    peta sig i näsan
    pick one's nose
    vara täppt i näsan
    have a stuffy nose
    (literally, “be plugged in the nose”)
    (See also nästäppa.)

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