njure

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish niūre, from Old Norse nýra, from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²njʉːrɛ/

Noun

njure c

a kidney (an organ in the body)

Declension

Declension of njure
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	njure	njuren	njurar	njurarna
Genitive	njures	njurens	njurars	njurarnas

Related terms

njurformad
njurformig
njurfunktion
njursauté
njursjuk
njursjukdom
njursjukvård
njurskada
njursten
njursvikt
njurtalg
njurtransplantation

References

njure in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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