albue

Danish

Etymology 1

Equivalent to alen (“ell”) +‎ bue (“bow”). From Old Norse al(n)bogi, ǫl(n)bogi, from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô, cognate with Swedish armbåge, English elbow, German Ellbogen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalˌb̥uːə]

Noun

albue c (singular definite albuen, plural indefinite albuer)

1. elbow

Declension

Declension of albue

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	albue	albuen	albuer	albuerne
genitive	albues	albuens	albuers	albuernes

Derived terms

(Terms derived from “albue”):

• albueben n
• albueled n
• albuerum n
• albuestød n
• rundsave på albuerne
• tennisalbue c

Etymology 2

From the noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalˌb̥uːə], [ˈalˌb̥uˀə]

Verb

albue (past tense albuede, past participle albuet)

1. elbow

Conjugation

Conjugation of albue

active passive present albuer albues past albuede — infinitive albue albues imperative albu — participle present albuende past albuet (auxiliary verb have) gerund albuen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse albogi, alnbogi, ǫlbogi, ǫlnbogi, a compound of ǫln, alin (“ell”), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“elbow”) and bogi (“bow”).

Noun

albue m (definite singular albuen, indefinite plural albuer, definite plural albuene)

1. an elbow

Alternative forms

• alboge

Derived terms

• albuerom, alburom

Verb

albue (imperative albu, present tense albuer, passive albues, simple past and past participle albua or albuet, present participle albuende)

1. (reflexive) to elbow (e.g. use one's elbows to push one's way through a crowd)

See also

• olboge (Nynorsk)

References

• “albue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “albue_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “albue_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).