ugn

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish ughn, oghn, from Old Norse *ogn (variant of Old Norse ofn), from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Danish and Norwegian ovn, Icelandic ofn, Dutch oven, Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Ofen, Gothic auhns), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukw- (cooking pot), *Hukʷ-, *ukwnos.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ugn c

  1. an oven (chamber used for baking or heating)
    Alla barnen tittade in i ugnen förutom Rut. Hon tittade ut.
    All the children looked into the oven except Rut. She looked out. (joke on a common rhyming "Alla barnen ..." formula)
  2. a furnace (for industrial use or the like)

Declension

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Declension of ugn 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ugn ugnen ugnar ugnarna
Genitive ugns ugnens ugnars ugnarnas
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