solslyng – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Norwegian Bokmål noun forms of solslyng

Noun: solslyng
Gender: Neuter Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.solslyng
Pl.solslyng

Definite

Sg.solslyngen; solslynget
Pl.solslyngene; solslynga

Sample Sentences

  • solslynget bestaar i, at skinnerne paa grund af varmen udvides og slaar sig i siksak (The sun kink consists in the rails expanding because of the heat and bending into a zigzag.) [1896 June 9, Fredriksstad Blad, page 2:]
  • forsinkelsen skyldes solslyng (The delay is due to a sun kink.) [2002, Kristín A. Sandberg, Avalon, page 67:]
  • sol fra skyfri himmel preget sommeren 1947, den varmeste og tørreste på nesten 50 år. Temperaturen krøp over 30 grader i innlandet. Oslotrikken stanset på grunn av solslyng (Sunshine from a cloudless sky characterized the summer of 1947, the hottest and driest in almost 50 years. Temperatures rose above 30 degrees inland. The Oslo tram stopped because of sun kinks.) [2022, Hege Duckert, Norsk kvinnehistorie på 200 sider, page 132:]

Nouns inflected like solslyng

comeback, flykrasj, storkenebb, krasj, viv, stopp, håndbor, solslyng, møll, fjøs, flir, nebb, kilo,

Etymology

1. From sol (“sun”) + slyng (“bend, kink”), from the verb slynge (“to twist, bend, buckle”).
2. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk solslyng (“sun kink, rail buckle”). See: Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns 'solslyng'.

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