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huvud.

head

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/²hʉːvɵd//²hɵvːɵd//²hʉːvɛ/colloquial, dialectal/²hɵvːɛ/colloquial, dialectal

  1. head

    neuter

  2. head; the topmost part of some things

    neuter

  3. head; the end of a tool used for striking

    neuter

  4. head; the blunt end of a fastener

    neuter

  5. main, chief, the most important, the first thing of all

    in-compounds · neuter
    huvud + stad (“city”) → huvudstad (“main city; capital city”)
    huvud + sak (“thing”) → huvudsak (“main thing”)
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish hovuþ, from Old Norse hǫfuð, from Proto-Germanic *hafudą or *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-.

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