hagl

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglą (hail), cognate with Norwegian hagl, Swedish hagel, English hail, German Hagel, Dutch hagel.

Pronunciation

Noun

hagl n (singular definite haglet, plural indefinite hagl)

  1. (meteorology) hail, hailstone
  2. shot (small metal balls used as ammunition)

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglą (hail), which may be from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (pebble, hail).

See Danish hagl for cognates.

Pronunciation

Noun

hagl n (genitive singular hagls, nominative plural högl)

  1. (precipitation) hail, a hailstone
  2. (in a gun) a shot, the small metal shots used as ammunition for shotguns
  3. the name of the Younger Futhark haglaz rune h

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Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglą (hail), which may be from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (pebble, hail).

See Danish hagl for cognates.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɑɡl/, [ˈhɑ.ɡl̩]

Noun

hagl n (definite singular haglet, indefinite plural hagl, definite plural hagla or haglene)

  1. (uncountable) hail (precipitation in the form of hailstones)
  2. (countable) a hailstone
  3. (countable) shot (mass noun) pellets used as ammunition for shotguns

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Old Norse hagl, from Proto-Germanic *haglą (hail), which may be from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (pebble, hail).

Noun

hagl n (definite singular haglet, indefinite plural hagl, definite plural hagla)

  1. (uncountable) hail (precipitation in the form of hailstones)
  2. (countable) a hailstone
  3. (countable) shot (mass noun) pellets used as ammunition for shotguns

Derived terms

References