agerhøne

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse akrhœna, composed of akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (“field”) and Old Norse hœna (“hen”).

Noun

agerhøne c (singular definite agerhønen, plural indefinite agerhøns)

  1. grey partridge (Perdix perdix).

Inflection

Declension of agerhøne
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative agerhøne agerhønen agerhøns agerhønsene
genitive agerhønes agerhønens agerhøns' agerhønsenes

References

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