parhäst
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
par (“pair”) + häst (“horse”)
Noun[edit]
parhäst c
- a horse in a two-horse team (such as in front of a carriage)
- (figuratively) a constant companion, a sidekick
- Nisse och hans parhäst Margit har lett programmet i tjugo år
- Nisse and his constant companion Margit have hosted the program for twenty years
Usage notes[edit]
Now usually figuratively.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of parhäst | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | parhäst | parhästen | parhästar | parhästarna |
| Genitive | parhästs | parhästens | parhästars | parhästarnas |