börs

See also: bors, boers, Bors, Boers, bōrs, børs, and boŗš

Swedish

Etymology

From Dutch beurs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbœ̞ʂ]
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [ˈbɵʂ]
    • Audio:(file)

Noun

börs c

  1. (often in the definite: börsen) stock market, stock exchange, bourse
    Jag har investerat på börsen.
    I've been investing on the stock market.
  2. purse, a bag for carrying money, (more generally) a hypothetical purse which contains someone's complete wealth
    Hans börs är välfylld.
    He is wealthy.
    (literally, “His purse is well-filled.”)

Declension

Declension of börs
nominative genitive
singular indefinite börs börs
definite börsen börsens
plural indefinite börser börsers
definite börserna börsernas
Declension of börs 2
nominative genitive
singular indefinite börs börs
definite börsen börsens
plural indefinite börsar börsars
definite börsarna börsarnas

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎[1], number 3
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