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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse , from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (livestock).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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 n

  1. creature, cattle
    • 2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., Den poetiska Eddan, Atlantis, →ISBN, Den höges tal (Hávamál) §77, page 71:
      dör, fränder dör, en dag dör också du. Ett vet jag som aldrig dör, domen över den döde.
      Cattle die, kinsmen die, one day you'll die as well. One thing I know that never dies, the judgment of the dead.
  2. A mindlessly behaving animal

Declension

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Declension of
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fäs
definite fät fäts
plural indefinite fän fäns
definite fäna fänas

See also

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Further reading

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  • ”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)