tegel – Swedish noun declension

Swedish noun forms of tegel

Noun: tegel
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter

Nominative

Sg. Indef.tegel
Sg. Def.teglet
Pl. Indef.tegel
Pl. Def.teglen

Genitive

Sg. Indef.tegels
Sg. Def.teglets
Pl. Indef.tegels
Pl. Def.teglens

Sample Sentences

  • huset är gjort av tegel (the house is made of brick)
  • taket är täckt med tegel (the roof is covered with (brick, clay) tiles)

Etymology

1. From Old Swedish tighl, from Old Norse tigl, from Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ.
2. Same as Icelandic tigl, Danish tegel, Old English tigele, English tile, Middle Low German tegel, German Ziegel, Latin tegula, a form of tegere (“to cover”) (a roof with tiles), relating to Swedish tak (“roof”) and täcka (“to cover”). Thus, it was first used for roof tiles, later for wall bricks.
3. Brick building was introduced in Scandinavia with the cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark (started in the 1170s), and later led to the "Brick Gothic" (Backsteingothik) in Scandinavia and Northern Germany.

Verbs referencing "tegel"

English Nouns tile, Icelandic Nouns tigl.

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