vindöga

Swedish

Etymology

From vind (“wind”) +‎ öga (“eye”), from Old Swedish vindøgha (vind (“wind”) +‎ øgha (“eye”)), from Old Norse vindauga (vindr (“wind”) +‎ auga (“eye”)). Cognate with English window, Scots wyndo, wyndok, winnock, Icelandic vindauga, Norwegian Nynorsk vindauga, Norwegian Bokmål vindu, Danish vindue, old German Windauge.

Noun

vindöga n

1. (archaic) window

Declension

Declension of vindöga
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vindöga	vindögat	vindögon	vindögonen
Genitive	vindögas	vindögats	vindögons	vindögonens

Synonyms

• fönster (used in modern Swedish)

Further reading

• vindöga in Svensk ordbok.