mål
See also: maal and Appendix:Variations of "mal"
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse mál (“language, speech, matter, affair”) (from Proto-Germanic *maþlą).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔːl/, [ˈmɔˀl]
- Rhymes: -ɔːl
Declension
Etymology 2
From Old Norse mál (“size, measurement, time, meal”) (from Proto-Germanic *mēlą).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔːl/, [ˈmɔˀl]
- Rhymes: -ɔːl
Noun
mål n (singular definite målet, plural indefinite mål)
- goal (something aspired to)
- Vores mål er at tredoble produktionen inden året er omme.
- Our goal is to triple production before the end of the year.
- Vores mål er at tredoble produktionen inden året er omme.
- (sports) goal (area, point, act)
- Møller scorede et mål ved at sparke bolden ind i målet, så nu fører hans hold med 3 mål.
- Møller scored a goal by kicking the ball into the goal, so now his team is ahead by 3 goals.
- Møller scorede et mål ved at sparke bolden ind i målet, så nu fører hans hold med 3 mål.
- measuring cup
Declension
Derived terms
- læringsmål
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Some senses from Old Norse mál (“language, speech, matter, affair”) (from Proto-Germanic *maþlą), and others from Old Norse mál (“size, measurement, time, meal”) (from Proto-Germanic *mēlą).
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moːl/
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse mál (“language, speech, matter, affair”) (from Proto-Germanic *maþlą).
Swedish
Etymology
Some senses from Old Norse mál (“language, speech, matter, affair, case”) (from Proto-Germanic *maþlą), and others from Old Norse mál (“size, measurement, time, meal”) (from Proto-Germanic *mēlą).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /moːl/
Noun
mål n
- target; what one aims to hit
- (sports) finish; goal. Where a race ends
- Den som kommer i mål först, har vunnit
- Whoever reaches the goal first, is the winner
- Den som kommer i mål först, har vunnit
- (sports, such as soccer) goal; the place the players should attempt to put the ball in, in order to score
- (somewhat dated) language; dialect
- meal
- juridical case
Declension
Declension of mål | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mål | målet | mål | målen |
Genitive | måls | målets | måls | målens |
See also
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