ugn

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ughn, oghn, from Old Norse *ogn (variant of Old Norse ofn), from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Danish and Norwegian ovn, Icelandic ofn, Dutch oven, Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Ofen, Gothic auhns), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukw- (“cooking pot”), *Hukʷ-, *ukwnos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɵŋn/

Noun

ugn c

an oven (chamber used for baking or heating)
Alla barnen tittade in i ugnen förutom Rut. Hon tittade ut.
All the children looked into the oven except Rut. She looked out. (joke on a common rhyming "Alla barnen ..." formula)
a furnace (for industrial use or the like)

Declension

Declension of ugn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ugn	ugnen	ugnar	ugnarna
Genitive	ugns	ugnens	ugnars	ugnarnas

Related terms

See also

grytlapp (“potholder”)
grytvante (“oven mitt, oven glove”)
grädda
långpanna (“roasting pan”)
spis (“stove, cooker”)
steka
tillaga
bakplåt (“baking sheet, baking tray”)

References

Anagrams

Gun, ung, ung.

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