fröjd – Swedish noun declension

Swedish noun forms of fröjd

Noun: fröjd
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender

Nominative

Sg. Indef.fröjd
Sg. Def.fröjden
Pl. Indef.fröjder
Pl. Def.fröjderna

Genitive

Sg. Indef.fröjds
Sg. Def.fröjdens
Pl. Indef.fröjders
Pl. Def.fröjdernas

Sample Sentences

  • Här är allt frid och fröjd, ingen anledning till oro. (Here everything is peace and joy, no reason for worry.)
  • Det har varit en fröjd att få spendera den här middagen med dig. (It has been a great pleasure to spend this dinner with you.)
  • en fröjd för ögat (a delight to the eyes (idiomatic))

Etymology

From Old Swedish fryghþ, frygh, frøgdh, frøghdh, frøgd, frøghd, from Old Norse frygð, from Proto-Norse *ᚠᚱᛁᚷᚹᛁᚦᚢ (*friggwiþu), from Proto-Germanic *friwiþō; or possibly from *ᚠᚱᚢᚷᚹᛁᚦᚢ (*fruggwiþu), from Proto-Germanic *fruwiþō, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawaz. Cognate with Elfdalian fröjð, Norwegian Nynorsk frygd, Danish fryd (whence also Norwegian Bokmål fryd and Norwegian Nynorsk fryd), Icelandic frygð and also German Freude which has influenced the modern meaning of the word in all Nordic languages. See: Danish Nouns 'fryd', Norwegian Bokmål Nouns 'fryd', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns 'fryd', Icelandic Nouns 'frygð', German Nouns 'Freude'.

Verbs referencing "fröjd"

German Nouns Freude, Danish Nouns fryd.

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