fågel
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Swedish fughl, foghl, from Old Norse fogl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz. Cognate with English fowl and German Vogel. In the mid 19th century, the spelling fogel was common, but SAOL 6 (1889) lists the spelling as fågel only.
Pronunciation
Noun
fågel c
Declension
Declension of fågel | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fågel | fågeln | fåglar | fåglarna |
Genitive | fågels | fågelns | fåglars | fåglarnas |
Related terms
Descendants
- → Finnish: fogeli (Helsinki)
Further reading
- fågel in Svensk ordbok.
- Fågel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)
- fågel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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