uggla

Swedish

Etymology

From Late Modern Swedish ugla, from Old Swedish uggla, from Old Norse ugla (compare Danish ugle, Icelandic ugla), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ (“eagle-owl”) (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv, Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-. Feminine in Late Modern Swedish. Akin to English owl.

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Noun

uggla c

  1. owl
    Synonym: uv

Declension

Declension of uggla
nominative genitive
singular indefinite uggla ugglas
definite ugglan ugglans
plural indefinite ugglor ugglors
definite ugglorna ugglornas

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