himmel

From Old Danish himæn, himæl, from Old Norse himinn, from Proto-Germanic *himinaz, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish himmel, English heaven, German Himmel. The modern Scandinavian form with -l is influenced by German.

• IPA^(key): /heməl/, [ˈheml̩]

himmel c (singular definite himlen or himmelen, plural indefinite himle)

1. sky
2. (religion) heaven (a residence of supernatural, celestial beings)

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himmel

1. inflection of himmeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

From Old Norse himinn, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *himinaz (“cloud cover, sky”). Influenced by German Himmel.

himmel m (definite singular himmelen, indefinite plural himler, definite plural himlene)

1. sky (atmosphere above a point)
2. heaven (paradise)

• himmellegeme
• himmelrike
• nattehimmel
• stjernehimmel

• “himmel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse himinn, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *himinaz (“cloud cover, sky”). Influenced by German Himmel.

• IPA^(key): /²hɪmːɛl/

himmel m (definite singular himmelen, indefinite plural himlar, definite plural himlane)

1. sky (atmosphere above a point)
2. heaven (paradise)

• himmellekam
• himmelrike
• nattehimmel
• stjernehimmel

• “himmel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish himil, from Old Saxon himil, from Proto-West Germanic *himil. Replaced Old Swedish himin, Old Norse himinn.^[1]

himmel c

1. sky
2. heaven

1. Alternative spellings for the definite singular exist:

• himmelen - perhaps more often in reference to "heaven" as in "paradise"
• himmeln

Similar for the genitive.
2. The dative plural himlom (instead of himmelen) is dated, but occurs in, e.g., older religious literature.

• himmel in Svensk ordbok.