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
flyglar (2) on both sides of an old mansion
flygel (3)

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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