hustru

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hústrú, from húsfrú (“housewife”).

Noun

hustru c (singular definite hustruen, plural indefinite hustruer)

  1. wife

Inflection

Declension of hustru
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hustru hustruen hustruer hustruerne
genitive hustrus hustruens hustruers hustruernes

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hústrú.

Noun

hustru f or m (definite singular hustrua or hustruen, indefinite plural hustruer, definite plural hustruene)

  1. housewife
  2. wife

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hústrú.

Noun

hustru f (definite singular hustrua, indefinite plural hustruer, definite plural hustruene)

  1. housewife
  2. wife

Synonyms

References

Swedish

Etymology

From 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

  • IPA(key): /hɵ̄sːtrʉ̂ː/
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Noun

hustru c

  1. 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

Declension of hustru 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hustru hustrun hustrur hustrurna
Genitive hustrus hustruns hustrurs hustrurnas

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References

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