nål

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nal"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish naal, from Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to spin”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːl

Noun

nål c (singular definite nålen, plural indefinite nåle)

1. needle

Inflection

Declension of nål

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nål	nålen	nåle	nålene
genitive	nåls	nålens	nåles	nålenes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō.

Noun

nål f or m (definite singular nåla or nålen, indefinite plural nåler, definite plural nålene)

1. a needle

Derived terms

• barnål
• hårnål
• nåleventil
• nåløye
• sikkerhetsnål
• synål

References

• “nål” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō. Akin to English needle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noːl/

Noun

nål f (definite singular nåla, indefinite plural nåler, definite plural nålene)

1. a needle

Derived terms

• hårnål
• nålauge
• nåleventil
• synål

References

• “nål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

nålar

Etymology

From Old Swedish nāl, from Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noːl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

nål c

1. a needle, a pin (implement for sewing, crocheting, attaching stuff, etc.; however not for knitting)
2. a needle (on a syringe)
3. a needle (long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph)

Declension

Declension of nål

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nål	nåls
	definite	nålen	nålens
plural	indefinite	nålar	nålars
	definite	nålarna	nålarnas

Derived terms

• brodyrnål
• knappnål
• nåldyna
• nålsöga
• synål
• virknål
• nåla
• nål och tråd
• sitta som på nålar

See also

• spruta (“syringe”)
• sticka (“knitting needle”)

References

• nål in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nål in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nål in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• lån