ugn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ughn, oghn, from Old Norse *ogn (variant of Old Norse ofn), from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Danish and Norwegian ovn, Icelandic ofn, Dutch oven, Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Ofen, Gothic auhns), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukw- (“cooking pot”), *Hukʷ-, *ukwnos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɵŋn/

Noun

ugn c

1. an oven (chamber used for baking or heating)

   Alla barnen tittade in i ugnen förutom Rut. Hon tittade ut.

   All the children looked into the oven except Rut. She looked out. (joke on a common rhyming "Alla barnen ..." formula)

2. a furnace (for industrial use or the like)

Declension

Declension of ugn

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ugn	ugns
	definite	ugnen	ugnens
plural	indefinite	ugnar	ugnars
	definite	ugnarna	ugnarnas

Related terms

• brännugn
• förbränningsugn
• kakelugn
• masugn
• mikrovågsugn
• schaktugn
• smältugn
• torkugn
• tunnelugn
• ugnsbakad
• ugnsform
• ugnsgräddad
• ugnsplåt
• varmluftsugn

 

See also

• grytlapp (“potholder”)
• grytvante (“oven mitt, oven glove”)
• grädda
• långpanna (“roasting pan”)
• spis (“stove, cooker”)
• steka
• tillaga
• bakplåt (“baking sheet, baking tray”)

References

• ugn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ugn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• Gun, ung, ung.