fågel – Swedish noun declension

Swedish noun forms of fågel

Noun: fågel
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender

Nominative

Sg. Indef.fågel
Sg. Def.fågeln
Pl. Indef.fåglar
Pl. Def.fåglarna

Genitive

Sg. Indef.fågels
Sg. Def.fågelns
Pl. Indef.fåglars
Pl. Def.fåglarnas

Sample Sentences

  • Det flyger en fågel där borta (There is a bird flying over there)
  • Det var en gång en liten fågel. Ja, en fågel. Han bodde på landet, och Roger hette han. Han ville gärna leka med sina vänner, med sina vänner, men det fick inte han. Men denna historia slutar sorgligt, för Roger blev skjuten, skjuten i magen av gamle jägar'n [jägaren] Pär. Han ville hem och äta, äta en fågel med lite potäter, men Roger hann iväg. (Once upon a time, there was a little bird. Yes, a bird. He lived in the countryside, and Roger was his name. He wanted to play with his friends ["He wanted gladly to play with his friends," in the sense of, "He wanted, with keenness, to play with his friends" – the translation skips the gärna as it doesn't make much difference to the meaning], with his friends, but [that – to play with his friends] he didn't get to. But this story ends sadly, because Roger was shot, shot in the stomach by old hunter Pär ["den gamle jägaren Pär" matches "the old hunter Pär" – skipping "den" makes "jägaren Pär" sound lexicalized]. He wanted to go home and eat, eat a bird with some potatoes, but Roger got away [in time].) [2007, Laser Inc, “Det var en gång en fågel [Once upon a time, there was a bird]”:]

Etymology

From Old Swedish fughl, foghl, from Old Norse fogl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz. Cognate with English fowl and German Vogel. In the mid 19th century, the spelling fogel was common, but SAOL 6 (1889) lists the spelling as fågel only. See: Old Norse Nouns 'fogl', English Nouns 'fowl', German Nouns 'Vogel'.

Verbs referencing "fågel"

English Nouns fowl, German Nouns Vogel, Danish Nouns fugl, Finnish Nouns fogeli.

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