albue

Danish

Etymology 1

Equivalent to alen (“ell”) +‎ bue (“bow”). From Old Norse al(n)bogi, ǫl(n)bogi, from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô, cognate with Swedish armbåge, English elbow, German Ellbogen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalˌb̥uːə]

Noun

albue c (singular definite albuen, plural indefinite albuer)

1. elbow

Inflection

Declension of albue

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	albue	albuen	albuer	albuerne
genitive	albues	albuens	albuers	albuernes

Derived terms

Terms derived from “albue”

• albueben n
• albueled n
• albuerum n
• albuestød n
• tennisalbue c
• rundsave på albuerne

Etymology 2

From the noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalˌb̥uːə], [ˈalˌb̥uˀə]

Verb

albue (past tense albuede, past participle albuet)

1. elbow

Inflection

Inflection of albue

	present	past
simple	albuer	albuede
perfect	har albuet	havde albuet
passive	albues	—
participle	albuende	albuet
imperative	albu	—
infinitive	albue	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	albuen	—

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse albogi, alnbogi, ǫlbogi, ǫlnbogi, a compound of ǫln, alin (“ell”), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“elbow”) and bogi (“bow”).

Noun

albue m (definite singular albuen, indefinite plural albuer, definite plural albuene)

1. an elbow

Alternative forms

• alboge

Derived terms

• albuerom, alburom

Verb

albue (imperative albu, present tense albuer, passive albues, simple past and past participle albua or albuet, present participle albuende)

1. (reflexive) to elbow (e.g. use one's elbows to push one's way through a crowd)

See also

• olboge (Nynorsk)

References

• “albue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “albue_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “albue_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).