høns

See also: Hons and høns'

Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /hœns/, [ˈhœnˀs]

Noun edit

høns c

indefinite plural of høne
(only plural) chicken, (Gallus)

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Tamhøns

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hœns.

Noun edit

høns n or pl (definite plural hønsa or hønsene)

(collective plural only) hens (can also mean both males and females)

Derived terms edit

See also edit

høne

References edit

“høns” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

høns

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Alternative forms edit

høss, hyns (dialectal)

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hǿns n pl, a form of Old Norse hǿnsn, from Proto-Germanic *hōnisīną. Cognate with Faroese høsn, hønsn, Icelandic hænsn(i), Swedish höns and Danish høns.

Noun edit

høns n or pl (definite plural hønsa)

(collective plural only) hen (can also mean both males and females)

Derived terms edit

hønsehus

See also edit

høne

References edit

“høns” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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