körtel

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kirtel, of disputed origin, possibly from Middle Low German *kertele, metathetic form of kretele. Cognate with Danish kirtel, Norwegian Bokmål kjertel and Norwegian Nynorsk kjertel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [²ɕœ̞ʈɛl]
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [²ɕɵʈɛl]

Noun

körtel c

  1. (anatomy) a (sac-shaped or tubular) gland or filtering organ (like a lymph node)

Declension
Declension of körtel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative körtel körteln körtlar körtlarna
Genitive körtels körtelns körtlars körtlarnas

Derived terms

References
  1. Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎, number 3
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