orgel

See also: Orgel

Danish

Etymology

From German Orgel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɒˀwəl/

Noun

orgel n (singular definite orglet or orgelet, plural indefinite orgler)

1. (music) organ

Inflection

Declension of orgel

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	orgel	orglet orgelet	orgler	orglerne
genitive	orgels	orglets orgelets	orglers	orglernes

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch orgele, from earlier orgene, from Latin organa, plural of organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.ɣəl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: or‧gel
• Rhymes: -ɔrɣəl

Noun

orgel n (plural orgels, diminutive orgeltje n)

1. (music) organ

Derived terms

• draaiorgel
• drankorgel
• kanarieorgel
• kerkorgel
• mondorgel
• orgelbouwer
• orgeldraaier
• orgelen
• orgelist
• orgelman
• orgelpijp
• orgelpunt
• pijporgel
• stalinorgel
• straatorgel
• waterorgel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: orrel
• → Indonesian: orgel
• → Japanese: オルゴール (orugōru)
  • → Korean: 오르골 (oreugol)
• → Papiamentu: òrgel, òru
• → Sranan Tongo: orgu

Verb

orgel

1. inflection of orgelen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

orgel

1. inflection of orgeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from German Orgel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔrkɛ(ː)l/

Noun

orgel n (genitive singular orgels, nominative plural orgel)

1. organ (musical instrument)

Declension

Declension of orgel (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	orgel	orgelið	orgel	orgelin
accusative	orgel	orgelið	orgel	orgelin
dative	orgeli	orgelinu	orgelum	orgelunum
genitive	orgels	orgelsins	orgela	orgelanna

Further reading

• “orgel” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔrɡɪl/

Noun

orgel n (definite singular orgelet or orglet, indefinite plural orgel or orgler, definite plural orgla or orglene)

1. (music) an organ

Related terms

• organist

Anagrams

• glore, loger, logre, -loger

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

orgel n (definite singular orgelet, indefinite plural orgel, definite plural orgla)

1. (music) an organ

Related terms

• organist

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈorˌɡel/

Noun

orgel f

1. Alternative form of orgol

Swedish

Etymology

From German Orgel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

orgel c

1. an organ (musical instrument)

   Hypernym: klaver (“keyboard instrument”)

Declension

Declension of orgel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	orgel	orgels
	definite	orgeln	orgelns
plural	indefinite	orglar	orglars
	definite	orglarna	orglarnas

Derived terms

• elorgel (“electric organ”)
• kyrkorgel
• orgelpipa
• tramporgel

References

• orgel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• orgel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• orgel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• legor, loger