høvle

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German hȫvelen, which has also been borrowed to Swedish hyvla. Derived from the noun hȫvel (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hubilaz, cognate with German Hübel (dialect), Dutch heuvel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /høvlə/, [ˈhœwlə]

Verb

høvle (past tense høvlede, past participle høvlet)

  1. (carpentry) to plane

Conjugation
Inflection of høvle
present past
simple høvler høvlede
perfect har høvlet havde høvlet
passive høvles høvledes
participle høvlende høvlet
imperative høvl —
infinitive høvle —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund høvlen —

Noun

høvle

  1. indefinite plural of høvl
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