fugl

See also: fugł

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse fogl, fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz, cognate with Swedish fågel, English fowl, German Vogel, Dutch vogel, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌲𐌻𐍃 (fugls).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fuːˀl/, [ˈfuˀl]
  • Homophone: ful

Noun

fugl c (singular definite fuglen, plural indefinite fugle)

  1. bird

Declension

Declension of fugl
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fugl fuglen fugle fuglene
genitive fugls fuglens fugles fuglenes

Derived terms

References

Faroese

Noun

fugl

  1. accusative singular of fuglur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fogl, fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʏkl/
  • Rhymes: -ʏkl

Noun

fugl m (genitive singular fugls, nominative plural fuglar)

  1. bird

Declension

Declension of fugl (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fugl fuglinn fuglar fuglarnir
accusative fugl fuglinn fugla fuglana
dative fugli fuglinum fuglum fuglunum
genitive fugls fuglsins fugla fuglanna

Derived terms

Anagrams

Norn

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse fogl, fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz.

Noun

fugl m

  1. bird

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fogl, fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʉːl/, /fʉːɽ/ [1]
  • Homophone: ful
  • Rhymes: -ʉːɽ

Noun

fugl m (definite singular fuglen, indefinite plural fugler, definite plural fuglene)

  1. a bird

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “fugl” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fogl, fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz. Akin to English fowl.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʊɡl/, /ˈfʊɡːəl/, /ˈfʊɡːəɽ/, /fʉɡl/, /ˈfʉɡːəl/, /ˈfʉɡːəɽ/
  • Rhymes: -ʊɡl
  • Hyphenation: fùgl, fùg‧l

Noun

fugl m (definite singular fuglen, indefinite plural fuglar, definite plural fuglane)

  1. a bird
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From fugl.

Verb

fugl (present tense fuglar, past tense fugla, past participle fugla, passive infinitive fuglast, present participle fuglande, imperative fugl/fugl)

  1. imperative of fugla (to catch birds)

References

Old Norse

Noun

fugl m

  1. (late) alternative form of fogl

Declension

Declension of fugl (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fugl fuglinn fuglar fuglarnir
accusative fugl fuglinn fugla fuglana
dative fugli fuglinum fuglum fuglunum
genitive fugls fuglsins fugla fuglanna

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fugl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive