flygel

See also: fłygel

Danish

Etymology

From German Flügel (“wing”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈflyːˀəl]

Noun

flygel n (singular definite flygelet or flyglet, plural indefinite flygler)

  1. (music) a grand piano

Inflection
Declension of flygel
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative flygel flygelet
flyglet		 flygler flyglerne
genitive flygels flygelets
flyglets		 flyglers flyglernes

Descendants
  • Greenlandic: flygeli

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Flügel m.

Noun

flygel n (definite singular flygelet or flyglet, indefinite plural flygel or flygler, definite plural flygla or flyglene)

  1. (music) a grand piano

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Flügel m.

Noun

flygel n (definite singular flygelet, indefinite plural flygel, definite plural flygla)

  1. (music) a grand piano

References

Swedish

Etymology

From German Flügel (“wing”), related to flyga (“to fly”), the same as Danish flygel, Icelandic flygill. Historically also used in the sense of a bird's wing. Military sense since 1635. Of buildings since 1740. Of pianos since 1773. Doublet of flöjel.

Noun

flygel c

  1. (military) a flank of a military troop
  2. (architecture) a wing of a building
  3. (music) a grand piano

Declension
Declension of flygel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative flygel flygeln flyglar flyglarna
Genitive flygels flygelns flyglars flyglarnas

References
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