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föda.

food; sustenance

4 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈføːˌda/

  1. food; sustenance

    common-gender · uncountable
    Är han gammal nog att äta fast föda än?
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse fœða, fœði (“food”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdijô, *fōdô, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-. Cognate with Danish føde, Icelandic fæða, English food.

verb/ˈføːˌda/

  1. to feed (provide with nutrition)

    intransitive · transitive
    Vi har ett helt regemente att föda

  2. to give birth (to)

    intransitive · transitive
    Hon födde en son
    att föda

  3. to give birth (to) to be born

    intransitive · transitive
    att födas
    När är hon född?
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish fø̄þa, from Old Norse fœða (“to feed, to give birth”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną. Cognate with Danish føde, Icelandic fæða, English feed, Dutch voeden.

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