kägla

See also: kagla

Swedish

två käglor

skittles played with conical skittles

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German, but of uncertain origin outside of Germanic; see German Kegel (“pin, skittle”).

Noun

kägla c

1. a cone (something cone-shaped)
2. a pin (in bowling)

   Synonym: bowlingkägla

3. a skittle (in skittles)

Usage notes

Turns into kägel- in compounds.

Declension

Declension of kägla

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kägla	käglas
	definite	käglan	käglans
plural	indefinite	käglor	käglors
	definite	käglorna	käglornas

Derived terms

• bowlingkägla
• kägelbana
• kägelformig
• kägelsnitt (“conic section”)
• kägelspel
• kägelventil
• kägel (“nine-pin bowling”)
• ljuskägla (“cone-shaped light”)
• strålkastarkägla
• vulkankägla

See also

• bowling
• bowlingklot (“bowling ball”)
• kon
• strut

References

• kägla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kägla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kägla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kägel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• Llewellyn, E.C.: The Influence of Low Dutch on the English Vocabulary