albue

Danish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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

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

Verb

albue (imperative albu, infinitive at albue, present tense albuer, past tense albuede, perfect tense har albuet)

1. elbow

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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).