hustru
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hústrú, from húsfrú (“housewife”).
Noun
[edit]hustru c (singular definite hustruen, plural indefinite hustruer)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of hustru
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hustru | hustruen | hustruer | hustruerne |
| genitive | hustrus | hustruens | hustruers | hustruernes |
Synonyms
[edit]- frue c
- kone c
- viv c
- ægtehustru c
- ægteviv c
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]hustru f or m (definite singular hustrua or hustruen, indefinite plural hustruer, definite plural hustruene)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “hustru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]hustru f (definite singular hustrua, indefinite plural hustruer, definite plural hustruene)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “hustru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]hustru c
- 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
[edit]Declension of hustru
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]References
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- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
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- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
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