hundkäx
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Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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.
Noun
hundkäx c or n
- cow parsley (plant) c,n
- Synonym: (Anthriscus sylvestris) hundloka
- dog biscuit, dry dog food n
- Synonym: hundbröd
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | hundkäx | hundkäx |
| definite | hundkäxen | hundkäxens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Declension of hundkäx
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | hundkäx | hundkäx |
| definite | hundkäxet | hundkäxets | |
| plural | indefinite | hundkäx | hundkäx |
| definite | hundkäxen | hundkäxens | |
References
- hundkäx in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- hundkäx in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- hundkäx in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Hundkäx in Carl Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens flora (2nd ed., 1917–1926)