föda

See also: foda, foeda, and fœða

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fœða (food), from Proto-Germanic *fōdô, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-. Cognate with Danish føde, Icelandic fæða, English food.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈføːˌda/
  • (file)

Noun

föda c (uncountable)

  1. food; sustenance
    Är han gammal nog att äta fast föda än?
    Is he old enough to eat solid food yet?
Declension
Declension of föda 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative föda födan
Genitive födas födans

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish fø̄þa, from Old Norse fœða (to feed, to give birth), from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną. Cognate with Danish føde, Icelandic fæða, English feed, Dutch voeden.

Verb

föda (present föder, preterite födde, supine fött, imperative föd)

  1. to feed
  2. to give birth to
Conjugation

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