Noun: klegg
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Indefinite
| Sg. | klegg |
| Pl. | klegger; kleggar |
Definite
| Sg. | kleggen |
| Pl. | kleggene; kleggane |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like klegg
bestevenn,
fødeflekk,
klippevegg,
paraplydregg,
yoruba,
navlestreng,
fullnad,
borgynd,
petunia,
dreiebenk,
influensa,
føremonn,
førerett,
driftskostnad,
loppemarknad,
idédugnad,
gerilja,
tannpasta,
blidemånad,
skilnad, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Old Norse kleggr. Compare Danish klæg (which may be a Norwegian borrowing) and English cleg.
2. The dialectal conjugated forms having -ggj- (like kleggjer, kleggjen etc.) are from Old Norse kleggi (compare Faroese and Icelandic kleggi). See: Old Norse Nouns '
kleggr', Old Norse Nouns '
kleggr', Danish Nouns '
klæg', English Nouns '
cleg', Old Norse Nouns '
kleggi', Icelandic Nouns '
kleggi'.
Verbs referencing "klegg"
English Nouns
cleg.
Translations