fjør – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of fjør

Noun: fjør
Gender: Masculine, Feminine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.fjør
Pl.fjør; fjører

Definite

Sg.fjøren; fjøra
Pl.fjørene

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like fjør

fjær, fjør,

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫðr, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The meaning “spring” stems from one of the secondary senses of German Feder (“feather”). Cognate with German Low German Fedder, English feather. See: Old Norse Nouns 'fjǫðr', German Nouns 'Feder', English Nouns 'feather'.

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