hjul

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hjól, hvél, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, cognate with Norwegian hjul, Swedish hjul, and English wheel. The Germanic noun originates from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos (wheel), which is also the source of Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) (cf. cyclus) and Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá) (cf. chakra).

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Noun

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hjul n (singular definite hjulet, plural indefinite hjul)

  1. wheel

Inflection

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From Old Norse hjól, Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos (wheel).

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Noun

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hjul n (definite singular hjulet, indefinite plural hjul, definite plural hjula or hjulene)

  1. a wheel

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Old Norse hjól, Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos (wheel).

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Noun

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hjul n (definite singular hjulet, indefinite plural hjul, definite plural hjula)

  1. a wheel

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish hiul, hiughl, from Old Norse hvél, hjól, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos (wheel).

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Noun

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hjul n

  1. a wheel; a circular device capable of rotating on its axis

Declension

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Declension of hjul 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hjul hjulet hjul hjulen
Genitive hjuls hjulets hjuls hjulens
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