Noun: duva
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | duva |
| Sg. Def. | duvan |
| Pl. Indef. | duvor |
| Pl. Def. | duvorna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | duvas |
| Sg. Def. | duvans |
| Pl. Indef. | duvors |
| Pl. Def. | duvornas |
Sample Sentences
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Duvan bajsade på statyn (The pigeon pooped on the statue)
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kuttrande duvor (cooing pigeons)
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parlamentets hökar och duvor (the parliament's hawks and doves)
Nouns inflected like duva
hojtarolja,
pocketrea,
syssla,
inbjudningslista,
kroppkaka,
snäppa,
snärja,
snärta,
snäcka,
snurra,
snippa,
salvia,
urtavla,
grendosa,
smitta,
smocka,
smedja,
togolesiska,
slunga,
slinka, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Swedish dūva, from Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål due, Icelandic dúfa, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove. See: Old Norse Nouns '
dúfa'.
Verbs referencing "duva"
English Nouns
dove, Danish Nouns
due, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
due, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
due, German Nouns
Taube, Icelandic Nouns
dúfa, Faroese Nouns
dúgva.
Translations