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Borrowed from German Juwel, from Old French joiel, probably from Vulgar Latin *iocāle, from neuter of *iocālis, from Latin iocus (joke, jest).

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  • IPA(key): /juveːl/, [juˈveːˀl]

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juvel c (singular definite juvelen, plural indefinite juveler)

  1. jewel, gem

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Juwel, from Old French joiel, probably from Vulgar Latin *iocāle, from neuter of *iocālis, from Latin iocus (joke, jest).

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juvel m (definite singular juvelen, indefinite plural juveler, definite plural juvelene)

  1. jewel

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Juwel, from Old French joiel, probably from Vulgar Latin *iocāle, from neuter of *iocālis, from Latin iocus (joke, jest).

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juvel m (definite singular juvelen, indefinite plural juvelar, definite plural juvelane)

  1. a jewel

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Juwel, from Old French joiel, probably from Vulgar Latin *iocāle, from neuter of *iocālis, from Latin iocus (joke, jest).

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juvel c

  1. a jewel, a gem (cut gemstone)
  2. (figuratively) a jewel, a gem (highly valued person or thing)

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Declension of juvel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative juvel juvelen juveler juvelerna
Genitive juvels juvelens juvelers juvelernas

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