mygg

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *mują, *muwō (“midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-. Compare Swedish mygga, Danish myg, Icelandic mý, English midge, West Frisian mich, Dutch mug, Low German mügge, German Mücke.

Noun

mygg m (definite singular myggen, indefinite plural mygg, definite plural myggene)

1. a mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)
2. (figurative) something small (and insignificant)
   1. a small microphone that is or can be fit to a person
   2. (soccer) a footballer (soccer) under ten years of age

Usage notes

Mygg is the popular name for the mosquito, a more accurate name is stikkemygg. The mygg family (see Wikipedia above) comprises far more than mosquitoes.

References

• “mygg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “mygg” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *mują, *muwō (“midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-. Compare Swedish mygga, Danish myg, Icelandic mý, English midge, West Frisian mich, Dutch mug, Low German mügge, German Mücke.

Noun

mygg m (definite singular myggen, indefinite plural myggar, definite plural myggane)

1. (zoology) a mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)
2. (figurative, by extension) something small (and insignificant)
3. a small microphone that is or can be fit to a person
4. (soccer) a footballer (soccer) under ten years of age

Usage notes

Mygg is the popular name for the mosquito, a more accurate name is stikkemygg. The mygg family (see Wikipedia above) comprises far more than mosquitoes.

References

• “mygg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

See mygga.

Noun

mygg n pl

1. mosquitoes (collective noun for small flying insects of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood; an individual mosquito is called a mygga)

Declension

Declension of mygg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	-	-	mygg	myggen
Genitive	-	-	myggs	myggens

Further reading

• mygg in Svensk ordbok.