navle

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse nafli, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô, cognate with English navel, German Nabel. The Germanic word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobʰ- (navel, nave), which is also the source of Latin umbilīcus, Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós), and the Germanic word for "nave", *nabō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /navlə/, [ˈnɑwlə]
  • Homophone: nagle

Noun

navle c (singular definite navlen, plural indefinite navler)

  1. navel

Declension

Declension of navle
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative navle navlen navler navlerne
genitive navles navlens navlers navlernes

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

navle

  1. alternative form of navel

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nafli.

Noun

navle m (definite singular navlen, indefinite plural navler, definite plural navlene)

  1. a navel

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nafli.

Noun

navle m (definite singular navlen, indefinite plural navlar, definite plural navlane)

  1. a navel

Derived terms

References