fönster

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fynster, finster, from Middle Low German vinster, from Latin fenestra. Replaced Native Old Swedish vindögha, from Old Norse vindauga.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfœnstɛr/
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Noun

fönster n

  1. a window

Declension
Declension of fönster 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fönster fönstret fönster fönstren
Genitive fönsters fönstrets fönsters fönstrens
Declension of fönster 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fönster fönstret fönster fönsterna
Genitive fönsters fönstrets fönsters fönsternas

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References
  1. fönster in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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