ørn

ørn

See also: orn, örn, Örn, õrn, and ǫrn

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *arô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃or-no- (“eagle”). More at erne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œrn/, [œ̞ɐ̯ˀn]

Noun

ørn c (singular definite ørnen, plural indefinite ørne)

1. eagle

Declension

Declension of ørn

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ørn	ørnen	ørne	ørnene
genitive	ørns	ørnens	ørnes	ørnenes

Further reading

• “ørn” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *arô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃or-no- (“eagle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œɻɳ/

Noun

ørn f (genitive singular arnar, plural ørnir)

1. eagle (Aquila)

Declension

f5	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ørn	ørnin	ørnir	ørnirnar
Accusative	ørn	ørnina	ørnir	ørnirnar
Dative	ørn	ørnini	ørnum	ørnunum
Genitive	arnar	arnarinnar	arna	arnanna

Derived terms

• fiskiørn (Pandion haliaetus)
• havørn (Haliaetus albicilla)
• kongaørn (Aquila chrysaetos)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *arô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /øːɳ/
• Rhymes: -øːɳ

Noun

ørn f or m (definite singular ørna or ørnen, indefinite plural ørner, definite plural ørnene)

1. an eagle

Derived terms

• havørn
• kongeørn

References

• “ørn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *arô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /øːrn/, /œrn/

Noun

ørn m (definite singular ørnen, indefinite plural ørnar, definite plural ørnane)
ørn f (definite singular ørna, indefinite plural ørner, definite plural ørnene)
ørn f (definite singular ørna, indefinite plural ørnar, definite plural ørnane)

1. an eagle

Derived terms

• havørn
• kongeørn
• ørnøygd

References

• “ørn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.