flygel
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See also: fłygel
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
flygel n (singular definite flygelet or flyglet, plural indefinite flygler)
- (music) a grand piano
Inflection
Descendants
- Greenlandic: flygeli
References
- “flygel” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
flygel n (definite singular flygelet or flyglet, indefinite plural flygel or flygler, definite plural flygla or flyglene)
- (music) a grand piano
Related terms
References
- “flygel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
flygel n (definite singular flygelet, indefinite plural flygel, definite plural flygla)
- (music) a grand piano
Related terms
References
- “flygel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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
- (architecture) a wing of a building
- (music) a grand piano
- Hypernym: klaver (“keyboard instrument”)
- (military) a flank of a military troop
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | flygel | flygels |
| definite | flygeln | flygelns | |
| plural | indefinite | flyglar | flyglars |
| definite | flyglarna | flyglarnas |
Related terms
- flygelbyggnad
- överflygla
References
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