syskon

Swedish

Swedish kinship terms

Etymology

From Old Swedish systkin, systkon, systkan, syskane, söszkone, from Old Norse systkin‚ from Runic Swedish systgini.

Pronunciation

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Noun

syskon n

1. a sibling

   Vi är syskon

   We are siblings

   mina syskon

   my siblings

   Ens bröder och systrar är ens syskon

   One's brothers and sisters are one's siblings

Declension

Declension of syskon

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	syskon	syskons
	definite	syskonet	syskonets
plural	indefinite	syskon	syskons
	definite	syskonen	syskonens

See also

• bror (“brother”)
• syster (“sister”)

References

• “syskon”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “syskon”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “syskon”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)