UrsprungFrom Old Swedish sparver, from Old Norse spǫrr, cognate with Danish spurv, English sparrow.
- common-gendera sparrow; most commonly the house sparrow (gråsparv, Passer domesticus), but including various species of small birds in the families sparrows (sparvfinkar, Passeridae) and buntings (fältsparvar, Emberizidae), all in the order Passeriformes (tättingar)
Formersparv(indefinite, nominative, singular) · sparvs(genitive, indefinite, singular) · sparven(definite, nominative, singular) · sparvens(definite, genitive, singular) · sparvar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · sparvars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · sparvarna(definite, nominative, plural) · sparvarnas(definite, genitive, plural)