yngel

Derived from yngle (“to procreate”)

yngel (singular definite ynglen, not used in plural form)

1. fry (young fish)

• “yngel” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “yngel” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From the verb yngle (“create, procreate, grow”), from the adjective ung (“young”), from Old Norse ungr (“young”), from Old Norse ungr (“young”), from Proto-Germanic *jungaz (“young”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós (“young”), from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”), from both *h₂óyu (“long time, lifetime”), from *h₂ey- (“vital force, life, age, eternity”) + and from *-Hō (“Hoffmann's suffix”).

yngel m (definite singular yngelen, indefinite plural yngel, definite plural ynglene)

1. fry (young fish)

• “yngel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From the verb yngle.

yngel m (definite singular yngelen, indefinite plural ynglar, definite plural ynglane)

1. fry (young fish)

• “yngel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Verbal noun of yngla. According to SO attested since 1651.

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål yngel, Norwegian Nynorsk yngel, and Danish yngel.

yngel n

1. A spawn; a youngling in a brood, especially among fish and mesofauna.
   1. fry (young fish)

      Synonym: fiskyngel

   2. tadpole

      Synonym: grodyngel

   3. bee larvae

      Synonym: biyngel

2. (derogatory) A young human.

   Synonyms: barn, ungdom, (derogatory) yngling

• biyngel (“bee larva”)
• fiskyngel (“fry”)
• grodyngel (“tadpole”)
• ormyngel (“snakelet”)
• yngelröta (“foulbrood”)

• yngel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• yngel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)