uggla

Swedish

Etymology

From Late Modern Swedish ugla, from Old Swedish uggla, from Old Norse ugla (compare Danish ugle, Icelandic ugla), from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare English owl, Dutch uil, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ (“eagle-owl”) (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Swedish uv, Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up-. Feminine in Late Modern Swedish. Akin to English owl.

Pronunciation

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Noun

uggla c

1. owl

   Synonym: uv

Declension

Declension of uggla

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	uggla	ugglas
	definite	ugglan	ugglans
plural	indefinite	ugglor	ugglors
	definite	ugglorna	ugglornas

Derived terms

• fjälluggla
• rugguggla

See also

• ana ugglor i mossen
• fånga uggla
• hoa

Further reading

• uggla in Svensk ordbok.