nål

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nal"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish naal, from Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to spin”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nål c (singular definite nålen, plural indefinite nåle)

  1. needle

Inflection

Declension of nål
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nål nålen nåle nålene
genitive nåls nålens nåles nålenes

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō.

Noun

nål f or m (definite singular nåla or nålen, indefinite plural nåler, definite plural nålene)

  1. a needle

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō. Akin to English needle.

Pronunciation

Noun

nål f (definite singular nåla, indefinite plural nåler, definite plural nålene)

  1. a needle

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
nålar

Etymology

From Old Swedish nāl, from Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /noːl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

nål c

  1. a needle, a pin (implement for sewing, crocheting, attaching stuff, etc.; however not for knitting)
  2. a needle (on a syringe)
  3. a needle (long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph)

Declension

Declension of nål
nominative genitive
singular indefinite nål nåls
definite nålen nålens
plural indefinite nålar nålars
definite nålarna nålarnas

Derived terms

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References

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