höns

See also: hons, Hons, and høns

Swedish

höns

Etymology

From Old Swedish höns, from Old Norse hœns, hæns (“hens, poultry, fowl”, collectively).

Noun

höns n

1. (usually in the plural) chicken, fowl (bird of the genus Gallus, especially Gallus gallus domesticus)

   Vi har höns

   We have chickens

   mata hönsen

   feed the chickens

   springa omkring som yra höns

   run around like headless [dizzy] chickens (idiomatic)

Declension

Declension of höns
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	höns	hönset	höns	hönsen
Genitive	höns	hönsets	höns	hönsens

Derived terms

• hönsgård
• hönssömn (“light sleep; nap”)

Related terms

• höna

See also

• fjäderfä (“poultry”)
• höna (“hen”)
• kyckling (“chick, chicken”)
• tupp (“rooster, cock”)

References

• höns in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• höns in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• höns in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)