jøkel

Danish

Etymology

From Icelandic jökull, from Old Norse jǫkull.

Noun

jøkel c (singular definite jøkelen or jøklen, plural indefinite jøkler)

  1. glacier
    Synonyms: gletsjer, bræ

Declension

Declension of jøkel
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative jøkel jøkelen
jøklen 		jøkler jøkelene
genitive jøkels jøkelens
jøklens 		jøklers jøkelenes

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse jǫkull, diminutive of jaki (“a piece of ice, broken ice”).

Noun

jøkel

  1. glacier
  2. ice sheet
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