different between dsph vs elg

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse elgr (“moose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lj/, [?l?j]

Noun

elg c (singular definite elgen, plural indefinite elge)

1. elk, moose (Alces alces)

Inflection

Synonyms

• elsdyr

Further reading

• elg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse elgr, from Proto-Germanic *elh-, from Proto-Indo-European *h?el- (“red, brown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ?j/, /?l?/
• (Fredrikstad) IPA^(key): [æ?j]
• Rhymes: -æ?j, -?l?

Noun

elg m (definite singular elgen, indefinite plural elger, definite plural elgene)

1. elk (moose - Alces alces)

Derived terms

• elghund
• elgku
• elgokse

References

• “elg” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “elg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse elgr, from Proto-Germanic *elh-, from Proto-Indo-European *h?el- (“red, brown”). Akin to English elk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?/

Noun

elg m (definite singular elgen, indefinite plural elgar, definite plural elgane)

1. elk, moose (Alces alces)
   • 1861, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, "Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860":

     At skjota den staute Elg paa ein pynteleg Maate den Tid af Aaret der er Lov til, kann so vera, endaa dette ogso er armt og raatt; […]

     To shoot the handsome elk in a proper way at the permitted time of the year, is one thing, even though this is also petty and cruel; […]

Derived terms

• elghund
• elgku
• elgokse

References

• “elg” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “elg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

elg c

1. Obsolete spelling of älg

Anagrams

• leg