tjäder

Swedish

tjädertupp [male capercaillie (capercaillie cock)]

tjäderhöna [female capercaillie (capercaillie hen)]

Noun

tjäder c

1. western capercaillie, wood grouse, Tetrao urogallus

   spelande tjädertuppar

   singing ["playing" – idiomatic] [male] capercaillies

Declension

Declension of tjäder

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tjäder	tjäders
	definite	tjädern	tjäderns
plural	indefinite	tjädrar	tjädrars
	definite	tjädrarna	tjädrarnas

Derived terms

• svartnäbbad tjäder

See also

• orre (“black grouse”)

References

• “tjäder”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tjäder”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “tjäder”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)