parhäst

Swedish

Etymology

par (“pair”) +‎ häst (“horse”)

Noun

parhäst c

  1. a horse in a two-horse team (such as in front of a carriage)
  2. (figuratively) a constant companion, a sidekick
    Nisse och hans parhäst Margit har lett programmet i tjugo år
    Nisse and his constant companion Margit have hosted the program for twenty years

Usage notes

Now usually figuratively.

Declension
Declension of parhäst 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative parhäst parhästen parhästar parhästarna
Genitive parhästs parhästens parhästars parhästarnas

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