nyckel

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Etymology

From Old Swedish nykil, lykil, from Old Norse lykill, from Proto-Germanic *lukilaz, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“close”) + an instrumental suffix -il-. The n-sound has developed through dissimilation of l-l. Related to English lock, Swedish lock, lucka.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²nʏkːɛl/
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Noun

nyckel c

  1. a key (physical or abstract)
    Jag stoppade nyckeln i nyckelhålet och vred om
    I put the key in the keyhole and turned it

Declension

Declension of nyckel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite nyckel nyckels
definite nyckeln nyckelns
plural indefinite nycklar nycklars
definite nycklarna nycklarnas

Derived terms

See also

  • lås n (“lock”)

References

  1. ^ nyckel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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