høne

See also hone

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hœna, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hœːnə/, [ˈhœːnə], [ˈhœːn̩]

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Noun

høne c (singular definite hønen, plural indefinite høner or høns)

1. hen
2. chicken (as a food)
3. (only plural) chicken, (Gallus)

Inflection

    Inflection of høne

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	høne	hønen	høner høns	hønerne hønsene
genitive	hønes	hønens	høners høns'	hønernes hønsenes

Derived terms

• hønsefarm c
• hønsehus n
• hønsekødsuppe c
• hønseri n
• hønsestige c

Related terms

• hane c

See also

• kylling c

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Norwegian

Noun

høne c (plural høns)

1. hen
2. chicken (as a food)
3. fanny (UK slang)

Related terms

• hane c

See also

• kylling c