UrsprungCognate with Danish høvl, Norwegian Bokmål høvel, German Hobel, based on Middle Low German hovel, of uncertain origin. Attested in Swedish from 1548.
- common-gendera plane
- common-gender, in-compoundsany of various plane-like tools
“osthyvel” — cheese slicer
“rakhyvel” — safety razor
Formerhyvel(indefinite, nominative, singular) · hyvels(genitive, indefinite, singular) · hyveln(definite, nominative, singular) · hyvelns(definite, genitive, singular) · hyvlar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · hyvlars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · hyvlarna(definite, nominative, plural) · hyvlarnas(definite, genitive, plural)