høvle

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German hȫvelen, which has also been borrowed to Swedish hyvla. Derived from the noun hȫvel (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hubilaz, cognate with German Hübel (dialect), Dutch heuvel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /høvlə/, [ˈhœwlə]

Verb

høvle (past tense høvlede, past participle høvlet)

1. (carpentry) to plane

Conjugation

Inflection of høvle

	present	past
simple	høvler	høvlede
perfect	har høvlet	havde høvlet
passive	høvles	høvledes
participle	høvlende	høvlet
imperative	høvl	—
infinitive	høvle	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	høvlen	—

Noun

høvle

1. indefinite plural of høvl