ugn

Swedish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ɵŋn/

Noun

ugn c

1. oven (a chamber used for baking or heating)

Declension

Declension of ugn

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ugn	ugns
	definite	ugnen	ugnens
plural	indefinite	ugnar	ugnars
	definite	ugnarna	ugnarnas

Related terms

• brännugn
• masugn
• mikrovågsugn
• schaktugn
• ugnsbakad
• ugnsgräddad
• varmluftsugn

 

Anagrams

• Gun, ung, ung.