purløg
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Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
purløg c (singular definite purløgen, plural indefinite purløg)
- chive (the plant Allium schoenoprasum)
- 2008, Haveåret: en praktisk guide til havearbejde, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN, page 81:
- Purløgene, der er flerårige, graves op i september-oktober, ...
- The chives, that are perennial, are dug up in September-October, ...
- 1998, Haven:
- Sammen med purløgen og brændenælderne er mælkebøtten den, der først viser tegn på liv i mit spæde altanforår.
- Along with the chive and the nettles, the dandelion is the one that first shows vital signs in my infant balcon spring.
Declension
Declension of purløg
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | purløg | purløgen | purløg | purløgene |
| genitive | purløgs | purløgens | purløgs | purløgenes |
Noun
purløg n (singular definite purløget, not used in plural form)
- (uncountable) chives (leaves of this plant used as a herb)
Declension
Declension of purløg
| neuter gender |
Singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | purløg | purløget |
| genitive | purløgs | purløgets |
Descendants
- → Greenlandic: purløgi
Further reading
purløg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
