höns

See also: hons, Hons, and høns

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

höns n

fowl, chicken (bird of the genus Gallus, especially Gallus gallus domesticus)
Vi har höns
We have chickens

mata hönsen
feed the chickens

Declension

Declension of höns
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	höns	hönset	höns	hönsen
Genitive	höns	hönsets	höns	hönsens

Derived terms

hönsgård

Related terms

höna

See also

fjäderfä (“poultry”)
höna (“hen”)
kyckling (“chick, chicken”)

Further reading

höns in Svensk ordbok.

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