hustru
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse hústrú, from húsfrú (“housewife”).
Noun
edithustru c (singular definite hustruen, plural indefinite hustruer)
Inflection
editDeclension of hustru
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hustru | hustruen | hustruer | hustruerne |
genitive | hustrus | hustruens | hustruers | hustruernes |
Synonyms
edit- frue c
- kone c
- viv c
- ægtehustru c
- ægteviv c
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
edithustru f or m (definite singular hustrua or hustruen, indefinite plural hustruer, definite plural hustruene)
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “hustru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editNoun
edithustru f (definite singular hustrua, indefinite plural hustruer, definite plural hustruene)
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “hustru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish husprea, husfrugha, husfrøa, hustrø, hustro, cognate with Old West Norse húsfreyja and Old Gutnish husfroya. The historic consonant shift is sf > sp > st. By surface analysis, hus (“house”) + fru (“wife”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithustru c
- a wife (of a certain man)
- Han flyttade och tog med sig hustru och barn
- He moved and took his wife and children with him
Declension
editDeclension of hustru | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hustru | hustrun | hustrur | hustrurna |
Genitive | hustrus | hustruns | hustrurs | hustrurnas |
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editReferences
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- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
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- Danish common-gender nouns
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- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
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- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- sv:Family