hundkäx
Swedish
Alternative forms
- hundkex
Etymology
hund + käx. Old Swedish hunda käxe, where käx is related to English kex (“dried stem”), keg (“a container”) and Swedish kagge (“keg”).
The second sense is based on Swedish kex (“biscuit, cake”) and was first used in 1904.
Noun
hundkäx c, n
- cow parsley (plant) c,n
- dog biscuit, dry dog food n
Declension
| Declension of hundkäx | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | hundkäx | hundkäxen | — | — |
| Genitive | hundkäx | hundkäxens | — | — |
| Declension of hundkäx | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hundkäx | hundkäxet | hundkäx | hundkäxen |
| Genitive | hundkäx | hundkäxets | hundkäx | hundkäxens |
Synonyms
- (plant): hundloka, Anthriscus sylvestris
- (biscuit): hundbröd
References
- hundkäx in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- hundkäx in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
- Hundkäx in Carl Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens flora (2nd ed., 1917–1926)
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