albue

Danish

Etymology 1

Equivalent to alen (ell) +‎ bue (bow). From Old Norse al(n)bogi, ǫl(n)bogi, from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô, cognate with Swedish armbåge, English elbow, German Ellbogen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈalˌb̥uːə]

Noun

albue c (singular definite albuen, plural indefinite albuer)

  1. elbow
Declension
Declension of albue
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative albue albuen albuer albuerne
genitive albues albuens albuers albuernes
Derived terms
Terms derived from “albue”

Etymology 2

From the noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈalˌb̥uːə], [ˈalˌb̥uˀə]

Verb

albue (past tense albuede, past participle albuet)

  1. elbow
Conjugation
Conjugation of albue
active passive
present albuer albues
past albuede
infinitive albue albues
imperative albu
participle
present albuende
past albuet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund albuen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse albogi, alnbogi, ǫlbogi, ǫlnbogi, a compound of ǫln, alin (ell), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (elbow) and bogi (bow).

Noun

albue m (definite singular albuen, indefinite plural albuer, definite plural albuene)

  1. an elbow

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Verb

albue (imperative albu, present tense albuer, passive albues, simple past and past participle albua or albuet, present participle albuende)

  1. (reflexive) to elbow (e.g. use one's elbows to push one's way through a crowd)

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