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Swedish noun

ett höns

chickens, fowl, fowls, poultry

Meaning

chickens; fowl; fowls; poultry

In Swedish: hönor

Forms

Forms of höns
Singular, indefiniteett höns
Singular, definitehönset
Plural, indefinitehöns
Plural, definitehönsen

höns is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort höns, det stora hönset. Check another noun

Practise höns

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Is it en höns or ett höns?

höns in a sentence

  • Vi har höns
    We have chickens
  • mata hönsen
    feed the chickens
  • springa omkring som yra höns
    run around like headless [dizzy] chickens (idiomatic)

Expressions

  • springa som yra höns
    run around like giddy geese

Words built with höns

  • hönsgård chicken run; poultry farm
  • unghöns pullet

Questions

What does höns mean in English?

höns means “chickens, fowl”.

Is it en höns or ett höns?

It is ett höns, and “the chickens” is hönset.

What is the plural of höns?

höns doesn't change in the plural: ett höns, två höns (definite: hönsen).

Similar words

fjäderfä

Origin

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

Nearby common words

höns is number 6,190 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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