flygel

See also: fłygel

Danish

Etymology

From German Flügel (“wing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈflyːˀəl]

Noun

flygel n (singular definite flygelet or flyglet, plural indefinite flygler)

  1. (music) a grand piano

Inflection

Declension of flygel
neuter
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative flygel flygelet
flyglet 		flygler flyglerne
genitive flygels flygelets
flyglets 		flyglers flyglernes

Descendants

  • Greenlandic: flygeli

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Flügel m.

Noun

flygel n (definite singular flygelet or flyglet, indefinite plural flygel or flygler, definite plural flygla or flyglene)

  1. (music) a grand piano

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Flügel m.

Noun

flygel n (definite singular flygelet, indefinite plural flygel, definite plural flygla)

  1. (music) a grand piano

References

Swedish

Etymology

From German Flügel (“wing”), related to flyga (“to fly”), the same as Danish flygel, Icelandic flygill. Historically also used in the sense of a bird's wing. Military sense since 1635. Of buildings since 1740. Of pianos since 1773. Doublet of flöjel.

Noun

flygel c

  2. (architecture) a wing of a building
  4. (music) a grand piano
    Hypernym: klaver (“keyboard instrument”)
  5. (military) a flank of a military troop

Declension

Declension of flygel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite flygel flygels
definite flygeln flygelns
plural indefinite flyglar flyglars
definite flyglarna flyglarnas

References

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