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]
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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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative börs börsen börser börserna
Genitive börs börsens börsers börsernas
Declension of börs 2
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative börs börsen börsar börsarna
Genitive börs börsens börsars 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]‎, number 3
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