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ögon [eyes]

Etymology

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From Old Swedish ø̄gha, from Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (eye; to see).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈøːˌɡa/
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Noun

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öga n

  1. (anatomy) eye
    • (Can we date this quote?), “Huvud, axlar, knä(n) och tå(r) [Head, Shoulders, Knee(s) and Toe(s) [singular in most versions, plural in the linked video]]”‎[1]performed by Mora Träsk:
      Huvud, axlar, knän och tår, knän och tår. Huvud, axlar, knän och tår, knän och tår. Ögon, öron, kinden klappen får. Huvud, axlar, knän och tår, knän och tår.
      Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. Eyes, ears, the pat on the cheek goes [the cheek gets the pat]. Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
    • 1982, Ratata, “Ögon av is [Eyes of ice]”, in Ratata[2]:
      Ja, hennes ögon är av is. Dom säger allt och ingenting. Ja, hon har ögon av is.
      Yes, her eyes are made of ice. They say everything and nothing. Yes, she has eyes of ice.
    • 1992, Benny Astor, Figge Boström, “Gunga [Swing]”‎[3]performed by Apopocalyps:
      Du är så söt, så oskuldsfull. Försöker stå men du ramlar omkull. Jag rycker till [expresses suddenness], du fnittrar glatt. Med stora ögon brister du ut i ett skratt, i ett skratt.
      You are so cute, so innocent. Try to stand but you fall over. I flinch, you giggle happily. With wide eyes you break out into a laugh, into a laugh.
    1. eyeball (see the usage notes below)
      Synonym: ögonglob
  2. eye (a hole at the blunt end of a needle)
  3. eye (the center of a hurricane)
  4. eye (a reproductive bud in a potato)
  5. eye (the capability of perception)
    Han har ett öga för talanger.
    He has a good eye for talents.

Usage notes

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  • Compounds are formed with the plural ögon.
  • Swedish idiomatically prefers öga (eye) to ögonglob (eyeball) in everyday language. Ögonglob sounds more anatomical.
  • Swedish uses "stora ögon [big eyes]" for "wide eyes" (wide-open eyes). "Breda / vida ögon [wide eyes]" sounds like eyes that are horizontally wide. See also spärra upp and vidöppen.

Declension

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Declension of öga
nominative genitive
singular indefinite öga ögas
definite ögat ögats
plural indefinite ögon ögons
definite ögonen ögonens
  • In informal usage, the definite plural may also take the form ögona, ögonas.
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Descendants

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  • Finnish: ööga

References

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