sommerfugl

Danish

Etymology

From sommer (“summer”) +‎ fugl (“bird”). Possibly from Middle Low German somervogel. Compare Plautdietsch Sommavoagel, Yiddish זומער־פֿייגעלע (zumer-feygele).

Noun

sommerfugl c (singular definite sommerfuglen, plural indefinite sommerfugle)

  1. butterfly

Inflection

Declension of sommerfugl
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sommerfugl sommerfuglen sommerfugle sommerfuglene
genitive sommerfugls sommerfuglens sommerfugles sommerfuglenes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From sommer (“summer”) +‎ fugl (“bird”). Possibly from Middle Low German somervogel, compare Yiddish זומער־פֿייגעלע (zumer-feygele).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʉːɽ

Noun

sommerfugl m (definite singular sommerfuglen, indefinite plural sommerfugler, definite plural sommerfuglene)

  1. a butterfly

See also

  • larve
  • nattsvermer
  • sommarfugl (Nynorsk)

References

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