høna

See also: hona and höna

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hœna, from Proto-Germanic *hōnijǭ, related to *hanjō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (to sing), *kana-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhøːna]

Noun

høna f (genitive singular hønu, plural hønur)

  1. hen, chicken
  2. stapler

Declension

Declension of høna
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative høna hønan hønur hønurnar
accusative hønu hønuna hønur hønurnar
dative hønu hønuni hønum hønunum
genitive hønu hønunnar høna hønanna

Derived terms


Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

høna m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of høne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

høna f

  1. definite singular of høne

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hœna, from Proto-Germanic *hōnijǭ.

Noun

hø̄na f

  1. hen

Declension

Descendants

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