bäver

See also: baver and bæver

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bæver, from Middle Low German biber, bever, from Old Saxon biƀar, biƀor, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus. Displaced native bjur.

Noun

bäver c

  1. beaver
    Bävrar bygger dammar
    Beavers build dams

Declension

Declension of bäver
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bäver bävers
definite bävern bäverns
plural indefinite bävrar bävrars
definite bävrarna bävrarnas

Derived terms

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