ugle

See also: UGLE

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish ugglæ, from Old Norse ugla (owl) (compare Swedish uggla, Icelandic ugla), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, West Frisian ûle, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwô ‘eagle-owl’ (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv ‘horned owl’, Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːlə/, [ˈuːlə], [ˈuːl̩]

Noun

ugle c (singular definite uglen, plural indefinite ugler)

  1. owl, Strigiformes
  2. owlet moth, Noctuidae

Inflection

Declension of ugle
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ugle uglen ugler uglerne
genitive ugles uglens uglers uglernes

Derived terms

Further reading

Verb

ugle (imperative ugl, infinitive at ugle, present tense ugler, past tense uglede, perfect tense er/har uglet)

  1. ruffle, rumple, tousle (to put into disorder, wrinkle)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ugle
active passive
present ugler ugles
past uglede ugledes
infinitive ugle ugles
imperative ugl
participle
present uglende
past uglet
(auxiliary verb have or være)
gerund uglen

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ugla.

Noun

ugle f or m (definite singular ugla or uglen, indefinite plural ugler, definite plural uglene)

  1. an owl

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse ugla. Akin to English owl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʊɡlə/, /²ʊɡɽə/

Noun

ugle f (definite singular ugla, indefinite plural ugler, definite plural uglene)

  1. an owl
    Synonym: ule

References

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ugle (Cyrillic spelling угле)

  1. vocative singular of ugao