ugn

Translingual

Symbol

ugn

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ugandan Sign Language.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Ugandan Sign Language terms

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ughn, oghn, from Old Norse *ogn (variant of Old Norse ofn), from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Danish and Norwegian ovn, Icelandic ofn, Dutch oven, Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Ofen, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns)), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukw- (cooking pot), *Hukʷ-, *ukwnos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɵŋn/

Noun

ugn c

  1. an oven (chamber used for baking or heating)
    Alla barnen tittade in i ugnen förutom Rut. Hon tittade ut.
    All the children looked into the oven except Rut. She looked out. [joke on a common rhyming "Alla barnen ..." formula]
  2. a furnace (for industrial use or the like)

Declension

Declension of ugn
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ugn ugns
definite ugnen ugnens
plural indefinite ugnar ugnars
definite ugnarna ugnarnas

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