fågel

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en fågel som flyger
en liten fågel som sitter på en kvist
en fågel med stor näbb (“beak”) som äter papaya

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish fughl, foghl, from Old Norse fogl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz. Cognate with English fowl and German Vogel. In the mid 19th century, the spelling fogel was common, but SAOL 6 (1889) lists the spelling as fågel only.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfoːɡəl/, /ˈfoːɡɛl/
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Adverb

fågel

  1. (games) a high placed (hidden) object
    Coordinate terms: fisk, mittemellan
    – Det börjar brännas.
    – Fågel, fisk eller mittemellan?
    – It's getting hot.
    – High, low or in-between?
    (literally, “Bird, fish or in-between?”)

Noun

fågel c

  1. (zoology) a bird
    Det flyger en fågel där borta
    There is a bird flying over there
    • 2007, Laser Inc (lyrics and music), “Det var en gång en fågel [Once upon a time, there was a bird]”‎:
      Det var en gång en liten fågel. Ja, en fågel. Han bodde på landet, och Roger hette han. Han ville gärna leka med sina vänner, med sina vänner, men det fick inte han. Men denna historia slutar sorgligt, för Roger blev skjuten, skjuten i magen av gamle jägar'n [jägaren] Pär. Han ville hem och äta, äta en fågel med lite potäter, men Roger hann iväg.
      Once upon a time, there was a little bird. Yes, a bird. He lived in the countryside, and Roger was his name. He wanted to play with his friends , with his friends, but he didn't get to. But this story ends sadly, because Roger was shot, shot in the stomach by old hunter Pär . He wanted to go home and eat, eat a bird with some potatoes, but Roger got away .

Declension

Declension of fågel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fågel fågels
definite fågeln fågelns
plural indefinite fåglar fåglars
definite fåglarna fåglarnas

Synonyms (childish)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Finnish: fogeli (Helsinki)

References

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