fönster

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish fynster, finster, from Middle Low German vinster, from Latin fenestra. Replaced Native Old Swedish vindögha, from Old Norse vindauga.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfœnstɛr/
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Noun

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fönster n

  1. a window

Declension

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Declension of fönster 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fönster fönstret fönster fönstren
Genitive fönsters fönstrets fönsters fönstrens

Colloquial or dialectal

Declension of fönster 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fönster fönstret fönster fönsterna or fönstrena
Genitive fönsters fönstrets fönsters fönsterna or fönstrenas

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ fönster in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

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