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hval

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hval c (singular definite hvalen, plural indefinite hvaler)

  1. whale

Declension

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Declension of hval
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hval hvalen hvaler hvalerne
genitive hvals hvalens hvalers hvalernes

Further reading

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Icelandic

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Noun

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hval

  1. indefinite accusative singular of hvalur
  2. indefinite dative singular of hvalur

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Danish hval, from Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hval m (definite singular hvalen, indefinite plural hvaler, definite plural hvalene)

  1. a whale

Derived terms

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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz.

Noun

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hval m

  1. whale

Declension

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Declension of hvaler (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hvaler hvalrin hvalar hvalanir, hvalaner
accusative hval hvalin hvala hvalana
dative hvali, hvale hvalinum, hvalenom hvalum, hvalom hvalumin, hvalomen
genitive hvals hvalsins hvala hvalanna

Descendants

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  • Swedish: val

Swedish

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Noun

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hval

  1. Obsolete spelling of val. (whale)

Anagrams

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