Noun: onkel
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | onkel |
| Sg. Def. | onkeln |
| Pl. Indef. | onklar |
| Pl. Def. | onklarna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | onkels |
| Sg. Def. | onkelns |
| Pl. Indef. | onklars |
| Pl. Def. | onklarnas |
Sample Sentences
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Onkel Sam (Uncle Sam)
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Onkel Toms stuga (Uncle Tom's Cabin)
Nouns inflected like onkel
sejdel,
tändningsnyckel,
sedlighetsrotel,
sockel,
singel,
skovel,
skakel,
infallsvinkel,
järnhandel,
leksakshandel,
plastkapsel,
bakaxel,
bröstkörtel,
vingspegel,
bokcirkel,
Higgspartikel,
vattenbuffel,
förskärargaffel,
undervattenskabel,
simshyvel, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed via German Onkel from French oncle, from Latin avunculus. See: German Nouns '
Onkel', French Nouns '
oncle', Latin Nouns '
avunculus'.
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