Noun: auga
Gender: n
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | auga |
| Sg. Def. | augað |
| Pl. Indef. | augu |
| Pl. Def. | augun |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | auga |
| Sg. Def. | augans |
| Pl. Indef. | augna |
| Pl. Def. | augnanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | auga |
| Sg. Def. | auganu |
| Pl. Indef. | augum |
| Pl. Def. | augunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | auga |
| Sg. Def. | augað |
| Pl. Indef. | augu |
| Pl. Def. | augun |
Sample Sentences
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Inn vari gestur
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er til verðar kemur
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þunnu hljóði þegir,
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eyrum hlýðir,
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en augum skoðar. (The knowing guest
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who goes to the feast,
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In silent attention sits;
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With his ears he hears,
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with his eyes he watches,
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Thus wary are wise men all.) [Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)]
Nouns inflected like auga
glóðurauga,
músareyra,
nálarauga,
eista,
lunga,
milta,
bjúga,
hornauga,
kýrauga,
gagnauga,
miðeyra,
sæbjúga,
glóðarauga,
eyra,
auga,
nýra,
Etymology
From Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Cognates include Latin oculus, Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō), Old English ēage, English eye, Scots ee, German Auge, Swedish öga, Danish øje. See: Old Norse Nouns '
auga', Latin Nouns '
oculus', Gothic Nouns '
𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉', Old English Nouns '
ēage', English Nouns '
eye', German Nouns '
Auge', Swedish Nouns '
öga', Danish Nouns '
øje'.
Verbs referencing "auga"
English Nouns
eye, German Nouns
Auge, German Nouns
Aug, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
øye.
Translations