hagl
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz (“hail”), which may be from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble, hail”).
Cognate with Icelandic hagl, Norwegian hagl, Swedish hagel, Old English hægl and hagol (English hail), Old Frisian heil, Old High German hagal (German Hagel) and Old Saxon hagal (Low German Hagel), Dutch hagel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /havl/, [hɑwˀl]
Noun
hagl n (singular definite haglet, plural indefinite hagl)
- shot (small metal balls used as ammunition)
- (meteorology) hail, hailstone
Inflection
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hagl | haglet | hagl | haglene |
| genitive | hagls | haglets | hagls | haglenes |
Derived terms
- shot
- blyhagl n
- haglbøsse c
- haglgevær n
- spredehagl n
- stålhagl
- precipitation
- haglbyge c
- hagle
- haglskade c
- haglskadeforsikring c
- haglvejr n
- unknown
- spejderhagl n
Further reading
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz (“hail”), which may be from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble, hail”).
See Danish hagl for cognates.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hakl/
- Rhymes: -akl
Noun
hagl n (genitive singular hagls, nominative plural högl)
- (precipitation) hail, a hailstone syn.
- (in a gun) a shot, the small metal shots used as ammunition for shotguns
- the name of the Younger Futhark haglaz rune h
Declension
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hagl | haglið | högl | höglin |
| accusative | hagl | haglið | högl | höglin |
| dative | hagli | haglinu | höglum | höglunum |
| genitive | hagls | haglsins | hagla | haglanna |
Synonyms
- (hail): def. haglél
Derived terms
- haglabyssa
Related terms
- bleikihagl
- gráp
- grjónabylur
- hagldropi
- haglkorn
- haglsteinn
- hegla
- snæhagl
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz (“hail”), which may be from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble, hail”).
See Danish hagl for cognates.
Noun
hagl n (definite singular haglet, indefinite plural hagl, definite plural hagla or haglene)
- (uncountable) hail (precipitation in the form of hailstones)
- (countable) a hailstone
- (countable) shot (mass noun) pellets used as ammunition for shotguns
Derived terms
- haglgevær
References
- “hagl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz (“hail”), which may be from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble, hail”).
Noun
hagl n (definite singular haglet, indefinite plural hagl, definite plural hagla)
- (uncountable) hail (precipitation in the form of hailstones)
- (countable) a hailstone
- (countable) shot (mass noun) pellets used as ammunition for shotguns
Derived terms
- haglgevær
References
- “hagl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.