hustru

Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

hustru c (singular definite hustruen, plural indefinite hustruer)

1. wife

Inflection

Declension of hustru

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hustru	hustruen	hustruer	hustruerne
genitive	hustrus	hustruens	hustruers	hustruernes

Synonyms

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hústrú.

Noun

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

1. housewife
2. wife

Synonyms

• kone

References

• “hustru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hústrú.

Noun

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

1. housewife
2. wife

Synonyms

• kone

References

• “hustru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɵ̄sːtrʉ̂ː/

• Audio:

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Noun

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

Declension

Declension of hustru

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hustru	hustrus
	definite	hustrun	hustruns
plural	indefinite	hustrur	hustrurs
	definite	hustrurna	hustrurnas

Synonyms

• fru
• fruga
• maka

Antonyms

• make
• man

References

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