nål

From Old Danish naal, from Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to spin”).

• Rhymes: -ɔːl

nål c (singular definite nålen, plural indefinite nåle)

1. needle

From Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō.

nål f or m (definite singular nåla or nålen, indefinite plural nåler, definite plural nålene)

1. a needle

• “nål” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō. Akin to English needle.

• IPA^(key): /noːl/

nål f (definite singular nåla, indefinite plural nåler, definite plural nålene)

1. a needle

• hårnål
• nålauge
• nåleventil
• synål

• “nål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish nāl, from Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō.

• IPA^(key): /noːl/

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• Rhymes: -oːl

nål c

1. a needle, a pin (implement for sewing, crocheting, attaching stuff, etc.; however not for knitting)
2. a needle (on a syringe)
3. a needle (long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph)

• brodyrnål
• knappnål
• nåldyna
• nålsöga
• synål
• virknål
• nåla
• nål och tråd
• sitta som på nålar

• spruta (“syringe”)
• sticka (“knitting needle”)

• nål in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nål in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nål in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• lån