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

• IPA^(key): /uːlə/, [ˈuːlə]

Noun

ugle c (singular definite uglen, plural indefinite ugler)

1. owl, Strigiformes
2. owlet moth, Noctuidae

Inflection

Declension of ugle

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ugle	uglen	ugler	uglerne
genitive	ugles	uglens	uglers	uglernes

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)

1. ruffle, rumple, tousle (to put into disorder, wrinkle)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ugla

Noun

ugle f or m (definite singular ugla or uglen, indefinite plural ugler, definite plural uglene)

1. an owl

References

• “ugle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ugla. Akin to English owl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʉɡlə/, /²ʊɡlə/

Noun

ugle f (definite singular ugla, indefinite plural ugler, definite plural uglene)

1. an owl

References

• “ugle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.