hundkäx
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
hund + käx. Old Swedish hunda käxe, where käx is related to English kex (“dried stem”), keg (“a container”) and Swedish kagge (“keg”).
The second sense is based on Swedish kex (“biscuit, cake”) and was first used in 1904.
Noun edit
hundkäx c or n
- cow parsley (plant) c,n
- Synonym: (Anthriscus sylvestris) hundloka
- dog biscuit, dry dog food n
- Synonym: hundbröd
Declension edit
| Declension of hundkäx 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | hundkäx | hundkäxen | — | — |
| Genitive | hundkäx | hundkäxens | — | — |
| Declension of hundkäx | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hundkäx | hundkäxet | hundkäx | hundkäxen |
| Genitive | hundkäx | hundkäxets | hundkäx | hundkäxens |
References edit
- hundkäx in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- hundkäx in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Hundkäx in Carl Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens flora (2nd ed., 1917–1926)