flygel

See also: fłygel

Danish

Etymology

From German Flügel (“wing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflyːˀəl]

Noun

flygel n (singular definite flygelet or flyglet, plural indefinite flygler)

1. (music) a grand piano

Inflection

Declension of flygel

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flygel	flygelet flyglet	flygler	flyglerne
genitive	flygels	flygelets flyglets	flyglers	flyglernes

Descendants

• Greenlandic: flygeli

References

• “flygel” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Flügel m.

Noun

flygel n (definite singular flygelet or flyglet, indefinite plural flygel or flygler, definite plural flygla or flyglene)

1. (music) a grand piano

Related terms

• klaver
• piano

References

• “flygel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Flügel m.

Noun

flygel n (definite singular flygelet, indefinite plural flygel, definite plural flygla)

1. (music) a grand piano

Related terms

• klaver
• piano

References

• “flygel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

flyglar (sense 1) on both sides of an old mansion

en flygel (sense 2)

Etymology

From German Flügel (“wing”), equivalent to flyga (“to fly”) +‎ -el (“agent suffix”). Compare Danish flygel, Icelandic flygill. Historically also used in the sense of a bird's wing. Doublet of flöjel.

Noun

flygel c

2. (architecture) a wing of a building [since 1740]
4. (music) a grand piano [since 1773]

   Hypernym: klaver (“keyboard instrument”)

5. (military) a flank of a military troop [since 1635]

Declension

Declension of flygel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	flygel	flygels
	definite	flygeln	flygelns
plural	indefinite	flyglar	flyglars
	definite	flyglarna	flyglarnas

Related terms

• flygelbyggnad
• överflygla

References

• “flygel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• flygel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)