fyrkant

Swedish

Etymology

From fyra +‎ kant. Compare Danish firkant (“quadrangle”) and Dutch vierkant.

Noun

fyrkant c

  1. a square
  2. (typography) em
  3. a foursome, fourgie
  4. a hash symbol
    Synonyms: brädgård, fyrtagg, grind, gärdsgård, haga, hashmark, hashtag, nummertecken, pound, spjälstaket, staket, stege, stockhög, vedstapel

Declension

Declension of fyrkant
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fyrkant fyrkants
definite fyrkanten fyrkantens
plural indefinite fyrkanter fyrkanters
definite fyrkanterna fyrkanternas

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