Swedish noun

en ohyra

vermin

Meaning

vermin

In Swedish: skadeinsekter

Forms

Forms of ohyra
Singular, indefiniteen ohyra
Singular, definiteohyran

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

Practise ohyra

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Is it en ohyra or ett ohyra?

Questions

What does ohyra mean in English?

ohyra means “vermin”.

Is it en ohyra or ett ohyra?

It is en ohyra, and “the vermin” is ohyran.

Origin

From Old Swedish ohyra (“monster; pest”), from Middle Low German unhuren, ungehuren, related to German Ungeheuer (“monster”).

Nearby common words

ohyra is number 8,819 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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