/fjæːɖ/
OriginInherited from Old Swedish fiærdher, from Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Doublet of fjord.
- common-gendera larger, more or less open body of water in a coastal archipelago, a bay
“Då vilar min blommande ö vid din barm, du dunkelblå, vindstilla fjärd. Och julinattsskymningen smyger sig varm till sovande buskar och träd. Min älva, du dansar så lyssnande tyst och tänker att karlar” — Then my blossoming island rests [then rests my blossoming island] on your bosom, you dark blue, still ["windstill," currently windless] archipelago / bay. And the dusk of the July night sneaks, warm,
Formsfjärd(indefinite, nominative, singular) · fjärds(genitive, indefinite, singular) · fjärden(definite, nominative, singular) · fjärdens(definite, genitive, singular) · fjärdar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · fjärdars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · fjärdarna(definite, nominative, plural) · fjärdarnas(definite, genitive, plural) · fiärd(alternative, obsolete)