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en hund

dog/hɵnd/

Meaning

dog

In Swedish: husdjuret Canis familiaris

Forms

Forms of hund
Singular, indefiniteen hund
Singular, definitehunden
Plural, indefinitehundar
Plural, definitehundarna

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

Practise hund

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Is it en hund or ett hund?

hund in a sentence

  • gå ut med hunden
    take the dog for a walk
  • som hund och katt
    be like cat and dog
  • Hon klappade hunden
    She petted the dog
  • Hunden sprang omkring med ett ben i käften och viftade på svansen
    The dog was running around with a bone on its mouth, wagging its tail
  • När en hund skäller så låter det "voff / vov"
    When a dog barks, it sounds like "woof"
  • Hundar äter hundmat
    Dogs eat dog food
  • Hunden är inne i hundkojan
    The dog is inside the dog house
  • Hunden hade fått en sticka i tassen och gnydde
    The dog had gotten a splinter in its paw and was whimpering

Expressions

  • här ligger en hund begraven
    there's something fishy going on here

Words built with hund

  • hundmat dog food
  • jakthund sporting dog
  • hundvalp puppy
  • blodhund bloodhound

Questions

What does hund mean in English?

hund means “dog”.

Is it en hund or ett hund?

It is en hund, and “the dog” is hunden.

What is the plural of hund?

The plural of hund is hundar, and the definite plural is hundarna.

Similar words

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Origin

From Old Swedish hunder, from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, a variant of *ḱwṓ (“dog”).

Nearby common words

hund is number 517 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