ål

See also: Appendix:Variations of "al" and Appendix:Variations of "aal"

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔːl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːl

Etymology 1

From Old Norse áll.

Noun

ål c (singular definite ålen, plural indefinite ål)

  1. eel
Inflection
Declension of ål
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ål ålen ål ålene
genitive åls ålens åls ålenes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse alr.

Noun

ål c (singular definite ålen, plural indefinite åle)

  1. bodkin
Inflection
Declension of ål
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ål ålen åle ålene
genitive åls ålens åles ålenes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse áll.

Noun

ål m (definite singular ålen, indefinite plural åler, definite plural ålene)

  1. an eel

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse áll, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz of unclear origin.

Noun

ål m (definite singular ålen, indefinite plural ålar, definite plural ålane)

  1. an eel
  2. a groove at the bottom of a body of water
  3. a stripe along the back of an animal

References

  • “ål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “ål”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish āl, from Old Norse áll, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːl/, [ɤʷːə̯l]
  • Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

ål c

  1. an eel
  2. a dorsal stripe on a horse

Declension

Declension of ål
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ål åls
definite ålen ålens
plural indefinite ålar ålars
definite ålarna ålarnas

Derived terms

References

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