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en fjäder

feather(s), spring

Meaning

feather(s); spring

In Swedish: del av fågelns dräkt, fjun, dun

Forms

Forms of fjäder
Singular, indefiniteen fjäder
Singular, definitefjädern
Plural, indefinitefjädrar
Plural, definitefjädrarna

fjäder is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor fjäder, den stora fjädern. Check another noun

Practise fjäder

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Is it en fjäder or ett fjäder?

fjäder in a sentence

  • bilen har dåliga fjädrar
    the car's springs are bad
  • Fåglar har fjädrar
    Birds have feathers
  • Fjädern skapas med falshyvel.
    The tongue is created with a rebate plane.

Expressions

  • en fjäder i hatten
    a feather in one's hat

Words built with fjäder

  • fjäderfä poultry, fowl
  • hönsfjäder chicken feather

Questions

What does fjäder mean in English?

fjäder means “feather(s), spring”.

Is it en fjäder or ett fjäder?

It is en fjäder, and “the feather” is fjädern.

What is the plural of fjäder?

The plural of fjäder is fjädrar, and the definite plural is fjädrarna.

Origin

From Old Swedish fiädher, fiæþer, from Old Norse fjǫðr (“feather”), from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to fly”).

Nearby common words

fjäder is number 4,835 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary