Noun: kor
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | kor |
| Sg. Def. | koret |
| Pl. Indef. | kor |
| Pl. Def. | koren |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | kors |
| Sg. Def. | korets |
| Pl. Indef. | kors |
| Pl. Def. | korens |
Sample Sentences
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Han satt i koret med guldkorset på bröstet, […] och präster från grannförsamlingarna [satt] [runt] omkring honom. (He sat in the choir with the gold cross on his chest, and the priests of the neighboring parishes sat around him.) [1891, Selma Lagerlöf, “Prästen [The Priest]”, in Gösta Berlings saga [The Saga of Gösta Berling] I, Frithiof Hellbergs förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2025:]
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[Martin Bucer sa] att det var okristligt att skilja koret från långhuset med ett [kor]skrank. (Martin Bucer said that it was unchristian to separate the chancel from the nave with a rood screen.) [1994, Per Beskow, “Altarets avskildhet [The Separation of the Altar]”, in Signum, number 6, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2025:]
Nouns inflected like kor
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
From Old Swedish kor, from Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós). See: Old Norse Nouns '
kórr', Latin Nouns '
chorus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
χορός'.
Verbs referencing "kor"
Finnish Nouns
kuoro, Danish Nouns
kår.
Translations