mygg

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *mują, *muwō (“midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-. Compare Swedish mygga, Danish myg, Icelandic mý, English midge, West Frisian mich, Dutch mug, Low German mügge, German Mücke.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mygg m (definite singular myggen, indefinite plural mygg, definite plural myggene)

  1. a mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)
  2. (figurative) something small (and insignificant)
    1. a small microphone that is or can be fit to a person
    2. (soccer) a footballer (soccer) under ten years of age

Usage notes

Mygg is the popular name for the mosquito, a more accurate name is stikkemygg. The mygg family (see Wikipedia above) comprises far more than mosquitoes.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *mują, *muwō (“midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-. Compare Swedish mygga, Danish myg, Icelandic mý, English midge, West Frisian mich, Dutch mug, Low German mügge, German Mücke.

Noun

mygg m (definite singular myggen, indefinite plural myggar, definite plural myggane)

  1. (zoology) a mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)
  2. (figurative, by extension) something small (and insignificant)
  3. a small microphone that is or can be fit to a person
  4. (soccer) a footballer (soccer) under ten years of age

Usage notes

Mygg is the popular name for the mosquito, a more accurate name is stikkemygg. The mygg family (see Wikipedia above) comprises far more than mosquitoes.

References

Old English

Noun

myġġ m

  1. Alternative form of myċġ

Swedish

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Etymology

See mygga.

Noun

mygg n pl

  1. mosquitoes (collective noun for small flying insects of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood; an individual mosquito is called a mygga)

Declension

Declension of mygg
nominative genitive
singular indefinite - -
definite - -
plural indefinite mygg myggs
definite myggen myggens

References

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