fluga

From Old Norse fluga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfluːa/
• Rhymes: -uːa

fluga f (genitive singular flugu, plural flugur)

1. fly (insect)
2. (fishing) fly (a lure resembling an insect)

• IPA^(key): /ˈflʏːɣa/

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• Rhymes: -ʏːɣa

From Old Norse fluga.

fluga f (genitive singular flugu, nominative plural flugur)

1. fly (insect)
2. (fishing) fly (a lure resembling an insect)
3. (badminton) a shuttlecock (a lightweight object used as a ball)

fluga n

1. indefinite genitive plural of flug

fluga f (definite singular fluga, indefinite plural fluger or flugor, definite plural flugene or flugone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of fluge
2. definite singular of fluge

From Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.

fluga f

1. fly (insect)

• *fljúga

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fluga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Old Swedish flugha, from Old Norse fluga (“fly”), from Proto-Germanic *flugǭ.

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fluga c

2. a fly (insect)

   Flyg, fula fluga, flyg! Och den fula flugan flög. [a tongue twister]

   Fly [imperative of flyga], ugly fly, fly! And the ugly fly flew.

4. (fishing) a fly (lure resembling an insect)
6. a bowtie
8. a fad, a craze (phenomenon that becomes popular for a short time)

Not necessarily as negative sounding as fad in (sense 4) (though it sounds the same in "Det är bara en fluga" (It's just a fad) and the like). Craze is often closer in tone, leaning more tongue-in-cheek or the like.

• fluga på väggen
• flugfiske
• fluglort
• flugor i trumpeten
• flugskit
• flugsmälla
• husfluga
• inte göra en fluga förnär

• dagslända

• fluga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fluga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fluga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)