hval

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (sheatfish).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hval c (singular definite hvalen, plural indefinite hvaler)

  1. whale

Declension

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Further reading

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Icelandic

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Noun

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hval

  1. indefinite accusative singular of hvalur
  2. indefinite dative singular of hvalur

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Danish hval, from Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (sheatfish).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hval m (definite singular hvalen, indefinite plural hvaler, definite plural hvalene)

  1. a whale

Derived terms

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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz.

Noun

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hval m

  1. whale

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Swedish: val

Swedish

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Noun

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hval

  1. Obsolete spelling of val. (whale)

Anagrams

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