flygel
See also: fłygel
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
flygel n (singular definite flygelet or flyglet, plural indefinite flygler)
- (music) a grand piano
Inflection edit
Declension of flygel
Descendants edit
- Greenlandic: flygeli
References edit
- “flygel” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
flygel n (definite singular flygelet or flyglet, indefinite plural flygel or flygler, definite plural flygla or flyglene)
- (music) a grand piano
Related terms edit
References edit
- “flygel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
flygel n (definite singular flygelet, indefinite plural flygel, definite plural flygla)
- (music) a grand piano
Related terms edit
References edit
- “flygel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From German Flügel (“wing”), related to flyga (“to fly”), the same as Danish flygel, Icelandic flygill. Historically also used in the sense of a bird's wing. Military sense since 1635. Of buildings since 1740. Of pianos since 1773. Doublet of flöjel.
Noun edit
flygel c
- (military) a flank of a military troop
- (architecture) a wing of a building
- (music) a grand piano
Declension edit
Declension of flygel | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | flygel | flygeln | flyglar | flyglarna |
Genitive | flygels | flygelns | flyglars | flyglarnas |