höns

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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 chickens (idiomatic)

Declension

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

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