höns

See also: hons, Hons, and høns

Swedish

höns

Etymology

From Old Swedish höns, from Old Norse hœns, hæns (“hens, poultry, fowl”, collectively).

Noun

höns n

1. (usually in the plural) chicken, fowl (bird of the genus Gallus, especially Gallus gallus domesticus)

   Vi har höns

   We have chickens

   mata hönsen

   feed the chickens

   springa omkring som yra höns

   run around like headless [dizzy] chickens (idiomatic)

Declension

Declension of höns

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	höns	höns
	definite	hönset	hönsets
plural	indefinite	höns	höns
	definite	hönsen	hönsens

Derived terms

• hönsgård
• hönssömn (“light sleep; nap”)

Related terms

• höna

See also

• fjäderfä (“poultry”)
• höna (“hen”)
• kyckling (“chick, chicken”)
• tupp (“rooster, cock”)

References

• höns in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• höns in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• höns in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)