snabel

Danish

Etymology

From German Schnabel

Noun

snabel c (singular definite snablen or snabelen, plural indefinite snabler)

  1. trunk (extended nasal organ of an elephant)

Inflection

Declension of snabel
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative snabel snablen
snabelen 		snabler snablerne
genitive snabels snablens
snabelens 		snablers snablernes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Schnabel.

Noun

snabel m (definite singular snabelen, indefinite plural snabler, definite plural snablene)

  1. (zoology) a proboscis
  2. a trunk (of an elephant)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Schnabel.

Noun

snabel m (definite singular snabelen, indefinite plural snablar, definite plural snablane)

  1. (zoology) a proboscis
  2. a trunk (of an elephant)

References

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schnabel. Cognate of Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk snabel, Dutch snavel.

Noun

snabel c

  1. a trunk (of an elephant)
    Elefanten sträckte ut snabeln och sprutade vatten på ungarna
    The elephant extended its trunk and sprayed water on the children

Declension

Declension of snabel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite snabel snabels
definite snabeln snabelns
plural indefinite snablar snablars
definite snablarna snablarnas
  • elefantsnabel
  • snabel-a
  • snabelmus
  • snabelsko

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