Noun: hylla
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | hylla |
| Sg. Def. | hyllan |
| Pl. Indef. | hyllor |
| Pl. Def. | hyllorna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | hyllas |
| Sg. Def. | hyllans |
| Pl. Indef. | hyllors |
| Pl. Def. | hyllornas |
Sample Sentences
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Det led mot stängningstid, kunderna voro få, expediterna började redan ordna hyllor och fack. (Closing time was approaching, there were few customers and the clerks were already setting the shelves and compartments in order.) [1924, Hjalmar Bergman, Chefen Fru Ingeborg:]
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Kolla in hyllan på bruden där borta (Check out the rack on that chick over there)
Nouns inflected like hylla
hojtarolja,
pocketrea,
syssla,
inbjudningslista,
kroppkaka,
snäppa,
snärja,
snärta,
snäcka,
snurra,
snippa,
salvia,
urtavla,
grendosa,
smitta,
smocka,
smedja,
togolesiska,
slunga,
slinka, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Related to hjälle (“scaffolding of poles”), itself from Old Norse hjallr. Alternatively to hålla (“to hold”).
2. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk hylle, Danish hylde, Icelandic hilla. See: Old Norse Nouns '
hjallr', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns '
hylle', Danish Nouns '
hylde', Icelandic Nouns '
hilla'.
Verbs referencing "hylla"
Icelandic Nouns
hilla, Finnish Nouns
hylly, Danish Nouns
hylde.
Translations