onkel

== Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed via German Onkel from French oncle, from Latin avunculus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈonˀɡəl/, [ˈɔ̝ŋˀɡ̊l̩], [ˈɔ̽ŋˀɡ̊l̩], [ˈɔ̽ŋˀkl̩] === Noun === onkel c (singular definite onklen or (unofficial) onkelen, plural indefinite onkler) uncle ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== morbror (“maternal uncle”), farbror (“paternal uncle”) tante (“aunt”) nevø (“nephew”), niece (“niece”) === References === “onkel” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From French oncle (“uncle”), from Middle French oncle (“uncle”), from Old French oncle (“uncle”), from Vulgar Latin (av)unclus, *aunclum, from Latin avunculus. === Noun === onkel m (definite singular onkelen, indefinite plural onkler, definite plural onklene) an uncle (slang) the police. ==== Derived terms ==== filleonkel grandonkel ==== Related terms ==== tante nevø, niese === References === “onkel” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From French oncle, from Latin avunculus. === Noun === onkel m (definite singular onkelen, indefinite plural onklar, definite plural onklane) an uncle (slang) the police. ==== Derived terms ==== grandonkel ==== Related terms ==== tante nevø, niese === References === “onkel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed via German Onkel from French oncle, from Latin avunculus. === Noun === onkel c (rare, now chiefly a historical translation of "uncle" and the like) an uncle ==== Usage notes ==== Morbror (“maternal uncle”) or farbror (“paternal uncle”) would be used normally. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Onkel Sam (“Uncle Sam”) === See also === farbror (“paternal uncle”) morbror (“maternal uncle”) === References === “onkel”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “onkel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “onkel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)