hustru

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hústrú, from húsfrú (housewife).

Noun

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hustru c (singular definite hustruen, plural indefinite hustruer)

  1. wife

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hústrú.

Noun

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hustru f or m (definite singular hustrua or hustruen, indefinite plural hustruer, definite plural hustruene)

  1. housewife
  2. wife

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hústrú.

Noun

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hustru f (definite singular hustrua, indefinite plural hustruer, definite plural hustruene)

  1. housewife
  2. wife

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish husprea, husfrugha, husfrøa, hustrø, hustro, cognate with Old West Norse húsfreyja and Old Gutnish husfroya. The historic consonant shift is sf > sp > st. By surface analysis, hus (house) +‎ fru (wife).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hɵ̄sːtrʉ̂ː/
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Noun

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hustru c

  1. a wife (of a certain man)
    Han flyttade och tog med sig hustru och barn
    He moved and took his wife and children with him

Declension

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Declension of hustru 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hustru hustrun hustrur hustrurna
Genitive hustrus hustruns hustrurs hustrurnas

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