fjäll

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See also: fjall

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish fiäl, from Old Norse fjall, From Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from *pels-, *pelis-. Cognate with Icelandic fjall, Faroese fjall, Norwegian fjell, German Fels (rock), English fell.

Noun

fjäll n

  1. a mountain
Usage notes
  • An obsolete plural fjällar survives in some poetry.
  • In western and northern Sweden and in Norway, mountains tend to be named fjäll/fjell and rivers älv/elv, even though they are named berg and å/flod elsewhere.
Declension
Declension of fjäll 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fjäll fjället fjäll fjällen
Genitive fjälls fjällets fjälls fjällens

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish fiäl, cognate with Icelandic fjall (hide, skin), English fell, Latin pellis (hide, skin), also related to fäll and päls.

Noun

fjäll n

  1. a scale (a rigid plate in the skin of fish and reptiles)
Declension
Declension of fjäll 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fjäll fjället fjäll fjällen
Genitive fjälls fjällets fjälls fjällens

References