hund + käx. Old Swedish hunda käxe, where käx is related to English kex (“dried stem”), keg (“a container”) and Swedish kagge (“keg”).
The second sense is based on Swedish kex (“biscuit, cake”) and was first used in 1904.
hundkäx c or n
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | hundkäx | hundkäx |
definite | hundkäxen | hundkäxens | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | hundkäx | hundkäx |
definite | hundkäxet | hundkäxets | |
plural | indefinite | hundkäx | hundkäx |
definite | hundkäxen | hundkäxens |