feber

See also: Feber

Danish

Etymology

Via Middle Low German fēber from Latin febris (“fever”). Compare also German Fieber and English fever.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfeˀb̥ɐ]

Noun

feber c (singular definite feberen, plural indefinite febre)

1. fever

Inflection

Declension of feber

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	feber	feberen	febre	febrene
genitive	febers	feberens	febres	febrenes

Further reading

• feber on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin febris.

Noun

feber m (definite singular feberen, indefinite plural febere or febre or febrer, definite plural feberne or febrene)

1. a fever

Derived terms

• skarlagensfeber

References

• “feber” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin febris.

Noun

feber m (definite singular feberen, indefinite plural febrar, definite plural febrane)

1. a fever

References

• “feber” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin febris (“fever”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

feber c

1. fever (higher than normal body temperature)
2. (usually in compounds) a fever (various diseases)

   I Afrika väntade ett liv fyllt av strapatser och febrar

   In Africa, a life filled with hardship and fevers awaited

3. (figuratively) fever (excited state)

Declension

Declension of feber

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	feber	febers
	definite	febern	feberns
plural	indefinite	febrar	febrars
	definite	febrarna	febrarnas

Derived terms

• bröstfeber (“pneumonia; pleurisy”)
• feberdröm
• febersjukdom
• körtelfeber c
• rampfeber (“stage fright”)
• rosfeber

See also

• febrig
• febertermometer
• guldfeber

References

• feber in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• feber in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH