sparv

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sparver, from Old Norse spǫrr, cognate with Danish spurv, English sparrow.

Noun

sparv c

  1. a sparrow; most commonly the house sparrow (gråsparv, Passer domesticus), but including various species of small birds in the families sparrows (sparvfinkar, Passeridae) and buntings (fältsparvar, Emberizidae), all in the order Passeriformes (tättingar)

Declension

Declension of sparv
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sparv sparvs
definite sparven sparvens
plural indefinite sparvar sparvars
definite sparvarna sparvarnas

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