kugle
Danish
Etymology
From German Kugel (“ball, sphere”), from Proto-Germanic *kūgilaz, *kuggilaz, cognate with Dutch kogel, English cudgel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuːlə/, [ˈkʰuːlə]
- Homophone: kule
Noun
kugle c (singular definite kuglen, plural indefinite kugler)
- ball
- pellet
- marble
- bullet (for firearms)
- Manden fik en kugle mellem øjnene.
- The man received a bullet between the eyes.
- (geometry) sphere
- (informal, chiefly plural) testicle
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kugle | kuglen | kugler | kuglerne |
| genitive | kugles | kuglens | kuglers | kuglernes |
Synonyms
- (sphere): sfære
Derived terms
- skøre kugle
See also
- kugle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
kugle
- inflection of kugeln:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative