kex – Swedish noun declension

Swedish noun forms of kex

Noun: kex
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter

Nominative

Sg. Indef.kex
Sg. Def.kexet
Pl. Indef.kex
Pl. Def.kexen

Genitive

Sg. Indef.kex
Sg. Def.kexets
Pl. Indef.kex
Pl. Def.kexens

Sample Sentences

  • ost och kex (cheese and crackers / biscuits)
  • Tjena kexet, står du här och smular? (Hey biscuit, are you standing here crumbling?)

Etymology

1. From English cakes, plural of cake, from Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka (whence also kaka), from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gog-.
2. The reason why the word is lent in the plural is because it is easier to apply the Swedish declension patterns with cakes than with cake. Compare the similar loans räls and muffins. Compare Danish kiks (similarly borrowed from English). See: Middle English Nouns 'cake', Old Norse Nouns 'kaka', Danish Nouns 'kiks'.

Verbs referencing "kex"

Finnish Nouns keksi, German Nouns Keks, Danish Nouns kiks, Swedish Nouns hundkäx.

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