ål

See also: Appendix:Variations of "al" and Appendix:Variations of "aal"

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl

Etymology 1

From Old Norse áll.

Noun

ål c (singular definite ålen, plural indefinite ål)

1. eel

Inflection

Declension of ål

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ål	ålen	ål	ålene
genitive	åls	ålens	åls	ålenes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse alr.

Noun

ål c (singular definite ålen, plural indefinite åle)

1. bodkin

Inflection

Declension of ål

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ål	ålen	åle	ålene
genitive	åls	ålens	åles	ålenes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse áll.

Noun

ål m (definite singular ålen, indefinite plural åler, definite plural ålene)

1. an eel

References

• “ål” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse áll, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz of unclear origin.

Noun

ål m (definite singular ålen, indefinite plural ålar, definite plural ålane)

1. an eel
2. a groove at the bottom of a body of water
3. a stripe along the back of an animal

References

• “ål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “ål”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish āl, from Old Norse áll, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːl/, [ɤʷːə̯l]
• Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

ål c

1. an eel
2. a dorsal stripe on a horse

Declension

Declension of ål

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ål	åls
	definite	ålen	ålens
plural	indefinite	ålar	ålars
	definite	ålarna	ålarnas

Derived terms

• elektrisk ål
• glasål
• hal som en ål
• ålagille
• ålahue

References

• “ål”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “ål”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “ål”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• ål in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)