flaskehals

See also: flaskehals'

Danish

Etymology

flaske +‎ hals

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flaskəhals/, [ˈfl̥asɡ̊əhalˀs]

Noun

flaskehals c (singular definite flaskehalsen, plural indefinite flaskehalse)

1. bottleneck (on a bottle)
2. bottleneck (in e.g. traffic or some multi-stage process)

Inflection

Declension of flaskehals

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flaskehals	flaskehalsen	flaskehalse	flaskehalsene
genitive	flaskehals'	flaskehalsens	flaskehalses	flaskehalsenes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From flaske +‎ hals, in sense 2 from English bottleneck.

Noun

flaskehals m (definite singular flaskehalsen, indefinite plural flaskehalser, definite plural flaskehalsene)

1. a bottleneck (neck of a bottle)
2. a bottleneck (narrow constricting point in a road or railway network, or in anything else, where delays can occur)

References

• “flaskehals” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From flaske +‎ hals, in sense 2 from English bottleneck.

Noun

flaskehals m (definite singular flaskehalsen, indefinite plural flaskehalsar, definite plural flaskehalsane)

1. a bottleneck (neck of a bottle)
2. a bottleneck (narrow point, as above)

References

• “flaskehals” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.