flygel

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See also: fłygel

Danish

Etymology

From German Flügel (wing).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. (music) a grand piano

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greenlandic: flygeli

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Norwegian Bokmål

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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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Flügel m.

Noun

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

  1. (music) a grand piano

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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

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