snabel

Danish

Etymology

From German Schnabel

Noun

snabel c (singular definite snablen or snabelen, plural indefinite snabler)

1. trunk (extended nasal organ of an elephant)

Inflection

Declension of snabel

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	snabel	snablen snabelen	snabler	snablerne
genitive	snabels	snablens snabelens	snablers	snablernes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Schnabel.

Noun

snabel m (definite singular snabelen, indefinite plural snabler, definite plural snablene)

1. (zoology) a proboscis
2. a trunk (of an elephant)

References

• “snabel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Schnabel.

Noun

snabel m (definite singular snabelen, indefinite plural snablar, definite plural snablane)

1. (zoology) a proboscis
2. a trunk (of an elephant)

References

• “snabel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

snabel på elefant [trunk of an elephant]

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schnabel. Cognate of Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk snabel, Dutch snavel.

Noun

snabel c

1. a trunk (of an elephant)

   Elefanten sträckte ut snabeln och sprutade vatten på ungarna

   The elephant extended its trunk and sprayed water on the children

Declension

Declension of snabel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	snabel	snabels
	definite	snabeln	snabelns
plural	indefinite	snablar	snablars
	definite	snablarna	snablarnas

Related terms

• elefantsnabel
• snabel-a
• snabelmus
• snabelsko

References

• “snabel”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “snabel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “snabel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• snabel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• balens, sabeln