"spegel" meaning in All languages combined

See spegel on Wiktionary

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: /²spɛɪːəl/, /²spɛ(ː)ɡəl/ Forms: spegelen [definite, singular], speglar [indefinite, plural], speglane [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse spegill, from Middle Low German spēgel, from Latin speculum (“mirror”). Cognate with Faroese spegil, Icelandic spegill, Swedish spegel and Danish spejl (> Norwegian Bokmål speil) Etymology templates: {{der|nn|non|spegill}} Old Norse spegill, {{der|nn|gml|spēgel}} Middle Low German spēgel, {{der|nn|la|speculum||mirror}} Latin speculum (“mirror”), {{cog|fo|spegil}} Faroese spegil, {{cog|is|spegill}} Icelandic spegill, {{cog|sv|spegel}} Swedish spegel, {{cog|da|spejl}} Danish spejl, {{cog|nb|speil}} Norwegian Bokmål speil
  1. mirror Tags: masculine Synonyms: skuggsjå [rare]
    Sense id: en-spegel-nn-noun-ABVHYWN8 Categories (other): Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Swedish]

IPA: /ˈspeːˌɡɛl/, [ˈs̪peə̯ˌɡɛl̪] Audio: Sv-spegel.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish speghil, from Old Norse spegill, from Middle Low German spēgel, from Medieval Latin speglum, from Latin speculum. Etymology templates: {{root|sv|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{der|sv|gmq-osw|speghil}} Old Swedish speghil, {{der|sv|non|spegill}} Old Norse spegill, {{der|sv|gml|spēgel}} Middle Low German spēgel, {{der|sv|ML.|speglum}} Medieval Latin speglum, {{der|sv|la|speculum}} Latin speculum Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} spegel c, {{sv-noun|c}} spegel c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-r|3=spegla}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], spegel [indefinite, nominative, singular], spegeln [definite, nominative, singular], speglar [indefinite, nominative, plural], speglarna [definite, nominative, plural], spegels [genitive, indefinite, singular], spegelns [definite, genitive, singular], speglars [genitive, indefinite, plural], speglarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a mirror; a smooth reflecting surface Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-spegel-sv-noun-aBKxVWB4
  2. something flat and smooth, resembling a mirror (e.g. the surface of a lake) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-spegel-sv-noun-oL-Losew
  3. (figuratively) a mirror (something that reflects something) Tags: common-gender, figuratively
    Sense id: en-spegel-sv-noun-iXwW-rnV Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 13 4 62 22
  4. (archaic) a (moral) guideline, used for correcting errors, similar to a mirror Tags: archaic, common-gender
    Sense id: en-spegel-sv-noun-vIQFbg1o
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: apglas [obsolete, slang] Related terms: spegla
Derived forms: backspegel, fickspegel, hallspegel, narrspegel, nosspegel, rakspegel, skrattspegel, skvallerspegel, sminkspegel, spegelbild, spegelblank, spegelbord, spegelbricka, spegeldamm, spegeldörr, spegelfäkteri, spegelgalleri, spegelglas, spegelhylla, spegelklar, spegellampett, spegelmonogram, spegelram, spegelreflexkamera, spegelsal, spegelsida, spegelskala, spegelskrift, spegelskärva, spegelteleskop, spegelvägg, spegelvänd, spegelyta

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for spegel meaning in All languages combined (8.3kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "spegill"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse spegill",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "spēgel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German spēgel",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "speculum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "mirror"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin speculum (“mirror”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "spegil"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese spegil",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "spegill"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic spegill",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "spegel"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish spegel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "spejl"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish spejl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "speil"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål speil",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse spegill, from Middle Low German spēgel, from Latin speculum (“mirror”). Cognate with Faroese spegil, Icelandic spegill, Swedish spegel and Danish spejl (> Norwegian Bokmål speil)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spegelen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglar",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglane",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Mirrors were hanging on the walls.",
          "text": "Det hang speglar på veggene.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mirror"
      ],
      "id": "en-spegel-nn-noun-ABVHYWN8",
      "links": [
        [
          "mirror",
          "mirror"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "skuggsjå"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²spɛɪːəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/²spɛ(ː)ɡəl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spegel"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "backspegel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fickspegel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hallspegel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "narrspegel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nosspegel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rakspegel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skrattspegel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skvallerspegel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sminkspegel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelbild"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelblank"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelbord"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelbricka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegeldamm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegeldörr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelfäkteri"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelgalleri"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelglas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelhylla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelklar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegellampett"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelmonogram"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelram"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelreflexkamera"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelsal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelsida"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelskala"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelskrift"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelskärva"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelteleskop"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelvägg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelvänd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegelyta"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "2": "peegel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Estonian: peegel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Estonian: peegel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "peili",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: peili",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: peili"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "speili",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ingrian: speili",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from an early form"
          },
          "expansion": "(from an early form)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ingrian: speili (from an early form)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*speḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "speghil"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish speghil",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "spegill"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse spegill",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "spēgel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German spēgel",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "speglum"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin speglum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "speculum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin speculum",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish speghil, from Old Norse spegill, from Middle Low German spēgel, from Medieval Latin speglum, from Latin speculum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-r",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegeln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegels",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegelns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "spegel c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "spegel c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "3": "spegla"
      },
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-r"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spegla"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Mirror, mirror on the wall [there], tell me who the fairest in the country is (standard translation)",
          "text": "Spegel, spegel på väggen där, säg vem som fagrast i landet är",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Niklas Strömstedt (lyrics and music), “Om [If]”, in Om! [If!]",
          "text": "Leende spegel med brister och fel, ser att barnet har blivit en man. Och gudarna gav mig en underlig själ, som har svårt att ta för sig ibland.\nSmiling mirror with faults and errors, sees that the child has become a man. And the gods gave me a strange soul, that sometimes has a hard time helping itself to things [awkward translation that matches the meaning – \"att ta för sig\" (to take for oneself) means \"to help oneself (to something)\"].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a mirror; a smooth reflecting surface"
      ],
      "id": "en-spegel-sv-noun-aBKxVWB4",
      "links": [
        [
          "mirror",
          "mirror"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "something flat and smooth, resembling a mirror (e.g. the surface of a lake)"
      ],
      "id": "en-spegel-sv-noun-oL-Losew",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 4 62 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Movies are a mirror of society",
          "text": "Filmer är en spegel av samhället",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a mirror (something that reflects something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-spegel-sv-noun-iXwW-rnV",
      "links": [
        [
          "mirror",
          "mirror"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) a mirror (something that reflects something)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "a (moral) guideline, used for correcting errors, similar to a mirror"
      ],
      "id": "en-spegel-sv-noun-vIQFbg1o",
      "links": [
        [
          "guideline",
          "guideline"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) a (moral) guideline, used for correcting errors, similar to a mirror"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspeːˌɡɛl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̪peə̯ˌɡɛl̪]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-spegel.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/Sv-spegel.ogg/Sv-spegel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Sv-spegel.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "apglas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spegel"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "spegill"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse spegill",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "spēgel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German spēgel",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "speculum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "mirror"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin speculum (“mirror”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "spegil"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese spegil",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "spegill"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic spegill",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "spegel"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish spegel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "spejl"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish spejl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "speil"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål speil",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse spegill, from Middle Low German spēgel, from Latin speculum (“mirror”). Cognate with Faroese spegil, Icelandic spegill, Swedish spegel and Danish spejl (> Norwegian Bokmål speil)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spegelen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglar",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglane",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk nouns",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Middle Low German",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Mirrors were hanging on the walls.",
          "text": "Det hang speglar på veggene.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mirror"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mirror",
          "mirror"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "skuggsjå"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²spɛɪːəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/²spɛ(ː)ɡəl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spegel"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish terms derived from Latin",
    "Swedish terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Swedish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *speḱ-",
    "Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Swedish terms with audio links"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "backspegel"
    },
    {
      "word": "fickspegel"
    },
    {
      "word": "hallspegel"
    },
    {
      "word": "narrspegel"
    },
    {
      "word": "nosspegel"
    },
    {
      "word": "rakspegel"
    },
    {
      "word": "skrattspegel"
    },
    {
      "word": "skvallerspegel"
    },
    {
      "word": "sminkspegel"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelbild"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelblank"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelbord"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelbricka"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegeldamm"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegeldörr"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelfäkteri"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelgalleri"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelglas"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelhylla"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelklar"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegellampett"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelmonogram"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelram"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelreflexkamera"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelsal"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelsida"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelskala"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelskrift"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelskärva"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelteleskop"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelvägg"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelvänd"
    },
    {
      "word": "spegelyta"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "2": "peegel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Estonian: peegel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Estonian: peegel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "peili",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: peili",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: peili"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "speili",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ingrian: speili",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from an early form"
          },
          "expansion": "(from an early form)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ingrian: speili (from an early form)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*speḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "speghil"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish speghil",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "spegill"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse spegill",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "spēgel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German spēgel",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "speglum"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin speglum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "speculum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin speculum",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish speghil, from Old Norse spegill, from Middle Low German spēgel, from Medieval Latin speglum, from Latin speculum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-r",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegeln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegels",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spegelns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speglarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "spegel c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "spegel c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "3": "spegla"
      },
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-r"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "spegla"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with quotations",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Mirror, mirror on the wall [there], tell me who the fairest in the country is (standard translation)",
          "text": "Spegel, spegel på väggen där, säg vem som fagrast i landet är",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Niklas Strömstedt (lyrics and music), “Om [If]”, in Om! [If!]",
          "text": "Leende spegel med brister och fel, ser att barnet har blivit en man. Och gudarna gav mig en underlig själ, som har svårt att ta för sig ibland.\nSmiling mirror with faults and errors, sees that the child has become a man. And the gods gave me a strange soul, that sometimes has a hard time helping itself to things [awkward translation that matches the meaning – \"att ta för sig\" (to take for oneself) means \"to help oneself (to something)\"].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a mirror; a smooth reflecting surface"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mirror",
          "mirror"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "something flat and smooth, resembling a mirror (e.g. the surface of a lake)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Movies are a mirror of society",
          "text": "Filmer är en spegel av samhället",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a mirror (something that reflects something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mirror",
          "mirror"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) a mirror (something that reflects something)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a (moral) guideline, used for correcting errors, similar to a mirror"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "guideline",
          "guideline"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) a (moral) guideline, used for correcting errors, similar to a mirror"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspeːˌɡɛl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̪peə̯ˌɡɛl̪]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-spegel.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/Sv-spegel.ogg/Sv-spegel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Sv-spegel.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "apglas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spegel"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.