flygel

See also: fłygel

Danish

Etymology

From German Flügel (“wing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflyːˀəl]

Noun

flygel n (singular definite flygelet or flyglet, plural indefinite flygler)

1. (music) a grand piano

Inflection

Declension of flygel

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flygel	flygelet flyglet	flygler	flyglerne
genitive	flygels	flygelets flyglets	flyglers	flyglernes

Descendants

• Greenlandic: flygeli

References

• “flygel” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Flügel m.

Noun

flygel n (definite singular flygelet or flyglet, indefinite plural flygel or flygler, definite plural flygla or flyglene)

1. (music) a grand piano

Related terms

• klaver
• piano

References

• “flygel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Flügel m.

Noun

flygel n (definite singular flygelet, indefinite plural flygel, definite plural flygla)

1. (music) a grand piano

Related terms

• klaver
• piano

References

• “flygel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

flyglar (sense 1) on both sides of an old mansion

en flygel (sense 2)

Etymology

From German Flügel (“wing”), related to flyga (“to fly”), the same as Danish flygel, Icelandic flygill. Historically also used in the sense of a bird's wing. Military sense since 1635. Of buildings since 1740. Of pianos since 1773. Doublet of flöjel.

Noun

flygel c

2. (architecture) a wing of a building
4. (music) a grand piano

   Hypernym: klaver (“keyboard instrument”)

5. (military) a flank of a military troop

Declension

Declension of flygel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	flygel	flygels
	definite	flygeln	flygelns
plural	indefinite	flyglar	flyglars
	definite	flyglarna	flyglarnas

Related terms

• flygelbyggnad
• överflygla

References

• flygel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• flygel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• flygel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)