parhäst

Swedish

Etymology

par (“pair”) +‎ häst (“horse”)

Noun

parhäst c

  1. a horse in a two-horse team (such as in front of a carriage)
  2. (figuratively) a constant companion, a sidekick
    Nisse och hans parhäst Margit har lett programmet i tjugo år
    Nisse and his constant companion Margit have hosted the program for twenty years

Usage notes

Now usually figuratively.

Declension

Declension of parhäst
nominative genitive
singular indefinite parhäst parhästs
definite parhästen parhästens
plural indefinite parhästar parhästars
definite parhästarna parhästarnas

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