ulv

From Old Norse ulfr, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”).

• IPA^(key): /ulv/, [ulˀʋ]

ulv c (singular definite ulven, plural indefinite ulve)

1. wolf

• prærieulv c ("coyote")
• ulvinde c ("she-wolf")

• ulv on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

From Old Norse ulfr, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

• IPA^(key): /ʉlʋ/

ulv m (definite singular ulven, indefinite plural ulver, definite plural ulvene)

1. a wolf

• varg

• prærieulv

• “ulv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• úv'e, olv, ålv (dialectal)

From Old Norse ulfr, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Doublet of -olv. Akin to English wolf.

• IPA^(key): /ʊlʋ/, /ʊɽʋ/, /ʉlʋ/

ulv m (definite singular ulven, indefinite plural ulvar, definite plural ulvane)

1. a wolf, particularly the grey wolf (Canis lupus)
   • 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog:

     Liggjande Ulv fær inkje Lambekjøt.

     A wolf lying down rarely gets lamb meat.

• varg

• prærieulv
• solulv
• varulv (borrowed)

Male given names:

Female given names:

• “ulv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ulf (pre-1906 spelling)

From Old Swedish ulver, from Old Norse ulfr, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

• IPA^(key): /ɵlv/
• Rhymes: -ɵlv

ulv c

1. (dated, poetic) wolf

• The word ulv was taboo in older Swedish. It was therefore replaced by the word varg, originally meaning ”criminal, evildoer”, but which is the standard word today. Dialectally and historically, a variety of taboo replacement words were in use, e.g. gråben (“grey-leg”), tasse, etc.

• gråben
• tasse
• varg c

• “ulv”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)