fä – Swedish noun declension

Swedish noun forms of fä

Noun: fä
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter

Nominative

Sg. Indef.fä
Sg. Def.fät
Pl. Indef.fän
Pl. Def.fäna

Genitive

Sg. Indef.fäs
Sg. Def.fäts
Pl. Indef.fäns
Pl. Def.fänas

Sample Sentences

  • Fä dör, fränder dör, en dag dör också du. Ett vet jag som aldrig dör, domen över den döde. (Cattle die, kinsmen die, one day you'll die as well. One thing I know that never dies, the judgment of the dead.) [2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Den höges tal (Hávamál) §77, page 71:]

Etymology

From Old Norse fé, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'fé'.

Verbs referencing "fä"

English Nouns fee, Old English Nouns feoh, Latin Nouns pecus, Danish Nouns fæ.

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