hankön

Swedish

Etymology

hanne (“male”) +‎ kön (“sex, gender”)

Noun

hankön n

  1. male gender (of a human, animal, or plant)
    Antonym: honkön
    En hane är ett djur av hankön
    A male [animal] is an animal of male gender

Usage notes

Often rewritten in translations.

Declension

Declension of hankön
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hankön hanköns
definite hankönet hankönets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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