fjäder

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fiädher, fiæþer, from Old Norse fjǫðr (“feather”), from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to fly”).

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Noun

fjäder c

  2. a feather
    Fåglar har fjädrar
    Birds have feathers
  4. a spring (elastic device)
  5. (carpentry) a tongue
    Fjädern skapas med falshyvel.
    The tongue is created with a rebate plane.

Declension

Declension of fjäder
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fjäder fjäders
definite fjädern fjäderns
plural indefinite fjädrar fjädrars
definite fjädrarna fjädrarnas

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