ørn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "orn"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *arô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃or-no- (eagle). More at erne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /œrn/, [œ̞ɐ̯ˀn]

Noun

ørn c (singular definite ørnen, plural indefinite ørne)

  1. eagle

Declension

Declension of ørn
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ørn ørnen ørne ørnene
genitive ørns ørnens ørnes ørnenes

Derived terms

Fixed Expressions

  • at være en ørn til noget (literally to be an eagle at something) (to be an expert at something).

Further reading

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *arô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃or-no- (eagle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /œɻɳ/

Noun

ørn f (genitive singular arnar, plural ørnir)

  1. eagle (Aquila)

Declension

f5 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ørn ørnin ørnir ørnirnar
accusative ørn ørnina ørnir ørnirnar
dative ørn ørnini ørnum ørnunum
genitive arnar arnarinnar arna arnanna

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *arô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /øːɳ/
  • Rhymes: -øːɳ

Noun

ørn f or m (definite singular ørna or ørnen, indefinite plural ørner, definite plural ørnene)

  1. an eagle

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *arô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /œːɳ/ (not guttural R dialects)

Noun

ørn f or m (definite singular ørnen or ørna, indefinite plural ørnar or ørner, definite plural ørnane or ørnene)

  1. an eagle

Derived terms

  • arn (see that for derived given names)

Male given names:

  • Ørn, Orn
  • Ørnolv, Ørnulv

References