hustru

From Old Norse hústrú, from húsfrú (“housewife”).

hustru c (singular definite hustruen, plural indefinite hustruer)

1. wife

• frue c
• kone c
• viv c
• ægtehustru c
• ægteviv c

• “hustru” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse hústrú.

hustru f or m (definite singular hustrua or hustruen, indefinite plural hustruer, definite plural hustruene)

1. housewife
2. wife

• kone

• “hustru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse hústrú.

hustru f (definite singular hustrua, indefinite plural hustruer, definite plural hustruene)

1. housewife
2. wife

• kone

• “hustru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish husprea, husfrugha, husfrøa, hustrø, hustro, cognate with Old West Norse húsfreyja and Old Gutnish husfroya. The historic consonant shift is sf > sp > st. By surface analysis, hus (“house”) +‎ fru (“wife”).

• IPA^(key): /hɵ̄sːtrʉ̂ː/

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hustru c

1. a wife (of a certain man)

   Han flyttade och tog med sig hustru och barn

   He moved and took his wife and children with him

• fru
• fruga
• maka

• make
• man

• hustru in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hustru in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)