Noun: kön
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | kön |
| Sg. Def. | könet |
| Pl. Indef. | kön |
| Pl. Def. | könen |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | köns |
| Sg. Def. | könets |
| Pl. Indef. | köns |
| Pl. Def. | könens |
Sample Sentences
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manligt / kvinnligt kön (male / female gender)
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Mannen hade blottat sitt kön (The man had exposed his genitals)
Nouns inflected like kön
fraktfartyg,
narkotikabeslag,
kombinationsfält,
urinrör,
civilutskott,
urklipp,
rumpknull,
symtom,
synfel,
blogginlägg,
system,
syskon,
bubbelbad,
sexköp,
sekret,
seldon,
urspråk,
samråd,
samtal,
samlag, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Old Swedish køn, kyn, from Old Norse kyn, from Proto-Germanic *kunją, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”).
2. Cognate with English kin, Danish køn, Norwegian kjønn, Icelandic kyn, Dutch kunne, Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌹 (kuni), and the borrowed Finnish word kunnia. See: Old Norse Nouns '
kyn', English Nouns '
kin', Danish Nouns '
køn', Icelandic Nouns '
kyn', Dutch Nouns '
kunne', Gothic Nouns '
𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌹'.
Verbs referencing "kön"
English Nouns
kin, Faroese Nouns
kyn, Danish Nouns
køn, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
kjønn.
Translations