See also: bors, boers, Bors, Boers, bōrs, børs, and boŗš

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch beurs.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbœ̞ʂ]
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [ˈbɵʂ]
    • (file)

Noun edit

börs c

  1. (often in the definite: börsen) stock market, stock exchange, bourse
    Jag har investerat på börsen.
    I've been investing on the stock market.
  2. purse, a bag for carrying money, (more generally) a hypothetical purse which contains someone's complete wealth
    Hans börs är välfylld.
    He is wealthy.
    (literally, “His purse is well-filled.”)

Declension edit

Declension of börs 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative börs börsen börser börserna
Genitive börs börsens börsers börsernas
Declension of börs 2
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative börs börsen börsar börsarna
Genitive börs börsens börsars börsarnas

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎[1], number 3