underhus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From under- +‎ hus, after English lower house.

Noun

underhus n (definite singular underhuset, indefinite plural underhus, definite plural underhusa or underhusene)

1. (government) lower house

Synonyms

• annetkammer

Coordinate terms

• førstekammer
• overhus

References

• “underhus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “underhus” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From under- +‎ hus, after English lower house.

Noun

underhus n (definite singular underhuset, indefinite plural underhus, definite plural underhusa)

1. (government) lower house

Synonyms

• andrekammer

Coordinate terms

• førstekammer
• overhus

References

• “underhus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From under- +‎ hus, after English lower house.

Noun

underhus n

1. (government) lower house

Declension

Declension of underhus

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	underhus	underhus
	definite	underhuset	underhusets
plural	indefinite	underhus	underhus
	definite	underhusen	underhusens

Synonyms

• andra kammare

Coordinate terms

• första kammare
• överhus