åring

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See also: aring and -åring

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse árangr (sense 1), and år +‎ -ing (senses 2, 3).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

åring m (definite singular åringen, indefinite plural åringer, definite plural åringene)

  1. a harvest, the yield of one year
  2. a yearling (animal that is one year old)
  3. (as a suffix) -year-old: see -åring

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse árangr (sense 1), and år +‎ -ing (senses 2, 3).

Noun[edit]

åring m (definite singular åringen, indefinite plural åringar, definite plural åringane)

  1. a harvest, the yield of one year
  2. a yearling (as above)
  3. (as a suffix) -year-old

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

år +‎ -ing

Noun[edit]

åring c

  1. yearling (one-year-old horse)

Declension[edit]

Declension of åring 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative åring åringen åringar åringarna
Genitive årings åringens åringars åringarnas

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