päron – Swedish noun declension

Swedish noun forms of päron

Noun: päron
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter

Nominative

Sg. Indef.päron
Sg. Def.päronet
Pl. Indef.päron
Pl. Def.päronen

Genitive

Sg. Indef.pärons
Sg. Def.päronets
Pl. Indef.pärons
Pl. Def.päronens

Sample Sentences

  • Päron växer på päronträd (Pears grow on pear trees)
  • päronhalvor med After Eight (pear halves with After Eight)
  • Jag vill gärna ha en moppe men får inte för päronen. (I would like to have a moped, but my parents won't let me.)

Etymology

From Old Swedish pæra, pærun, from Old Norse pera f, from Vulgar Latin *pira, originally the plural of Latin pirum, but reanalyzed as feminine singular, + -on (neutral noun-forming suffix; used in the names of fruits and berries). The sense "parent" probably originates from the similarity to English parent. See: Old Norse Nouns 'pera', Latin Nouns 'pirum'.

Verbs referencing "päron"

English Nouns pear, Finnish Nouns päärynä, Finnish Nouns peruna.

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