høns

See also: Hons and høns'

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hœns/, [ˈhœnˀs]

Noun

høns c

  1. indefinite plural of høne
  2. (only plural) chicken, (Gallus)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hœns.

Noun

høns n or pl (definite plural hønsa or hønsene)

  1. (collective plural only) hens (can also mean both males and females)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • høss, hyns (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse hǿns n pl, a form of Old Norse hǿnsn, from Proto-Germanic *hōnisīną. Cognate with Faroese høsn, hønsn, Icelandic hænsn(i), Swedish höns and Danish høns.

Noun

høns n or pl (definite plural hønsa)

  1. (collective plural only) hen (can also mean both males and females)

Derived terms

See also

References

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