hörsel

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hørsl, hørsla, equivalent to höra (“to hear”) +‎ -s- +‎ -el.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhœ̞ʂəl]
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[2]) IPA(key): [ˈhɵʂəl]

Noun

hörsel c (uncountable)

  1. hearing, the sense used to perceive sound

Declension
Declension of hörsel 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative hörsel hörseln — —
Genitive hörsels hörselns — —

See also
  • känsel (“feeling”)
  • syn (“sight”)
  • smak (“taste”)
  • lukt (“smell”)
  • tanke (“thought”)

References
  1. hörsel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  2. Tomas Riad, “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎, issue 3, 2013
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