dovhjort

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish dåhjort, a compound of two words: the first is cognate with Old English dā and English doe, the second compound is hjort.

Noun

dovhjort c

1. fallow deer, Dama dama

Declension

Declension of dovhjort

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dovhjort	dovhjorts
	definite	dovhjorten	dovhjortens
plural	indefinite	dovhjortar	dovhjortars
	definite	dovhjortarna	dovhjortarnas

References

• dovhjort in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dovhjort in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dovhjort in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)