ugle
See also: UGLE
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse ugla (“owl”) (compare Swedish uggla, Icelandic ugla), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, West Frisian ûle, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwô ‘eagle-owl’ (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv ‘horned owl’, Babungo Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-.
Pronunciation
Noun
ugle c (singular definite uglen, plural indefinite ugler)
Inflection
Declension of ugle
Further reading
ugle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Ugler (sommerfugle) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Verb
ugle (imperative ugl, infinitive at ugle, present tense ugler, past tense uglede, perfect tense er/har uglet)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
ugle f or m (definite singular ugla or uglen, indefinite plural ugler, definite plural uglene)
- an owl
References
- “ugle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse ugla. Akin to English owl.
Pronunciation
Noun
ugle f (definite singular ugla, indefinite plural ugler, definite plural uglene)
- an owl
References
- “ugle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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