öken

See also: oken

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈøːkɛn/
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  • Rhymes: -¹øːkɛn

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish øþkn, økn, from øþe, from Old Norse auðr, from Proto-Germanic *auþijaz (void, empty). Cognate with Danish ørken.

Noun

öken c

  1. a desert, a wasteland
Declension
Declension of öken 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative öken öknen öknar öknarna
Genitive ökens öknens öknars öknarnas
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

öken

  1. definite plural of ök

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