vindöga

Swedish

Etymology

From vind (“wind”) +‎ öga (“eye”), from Old Swedish vindøgha (vind (“wind”) +‎ øgha (“eye”)), from Old Norse vindauga (vindr (“wind”) +‎ auga (“eye”)). Cognate with English window, Scots wyndo, wyndok, winnock, Icelandic vindauga, Norwegian Nynorsk vindauga, Norwegian Bokmål vindu, Danish vindue, old German Windauge.

Noun

vindöga n

  1. (archaic) window
  2. (nautical) the point at the horizon where the wind seems to come from

Declension

Declension of vindöga
nominative genitive
singular indefinite vindöga vindögas
definite vindögat vindögats
plural indefinite vindögon vindögons
definite vindögonen vindögonens

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