snabel

Danish

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

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schnabel, from Proto-Germanic *snabulaz. Cognate of Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk snabel, Dutch snavel.

Noun

snabel c

1. a trunk (of an elephant)

Declension

Declension of snabel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	snabel	snabeln	snablar	snablarna
Genitive	snabels	snabelns	snablars	snablarnas

Related terms

• elefantsnabel
• snabel-a
• snabelmus
• snabelsko

References

• snabel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• snabel in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• snabel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• snabel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• balens, sabeln