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lur.

a simple, straight horn (used as an instrument or for signaling)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a simple, straight horn (used as an instrument or for signaling)

    common-gender
    näverlur

  2. a lur (curved Bronze Age horn)

    common-gender

  3. a (device that used to be a) flared, possibly curved tube for conveying sound; a horn, a trumpet a telephone handset

    common-gender
    lyfta på luren
    lägga på luren

  4. a (device that used to be a) flared, possibly curved tube for conveying sound; a horn, a trumpet a cell phone, a mobile phone

    broadly · colloquial · common-gender
    Jag har skaffat ny lur

  5. a (device that used to be a) flared, possibly curved tube for conveying sound; a horn, a trumpet a headphone, an earphone, an earbud

    common-gender
    Har du sett mina lurar?
    Ena luren är trasig och den andra brusar

  6. a (device that used to be a) flared, possibly curved tube for conveying sound; a horn, a trumpet an ear trumpet (hearing aid)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish lūdher (“horn, trumpet”), from Old Norse lúðr, from Proto-Germanic *lawwō, from Proto-Indo-European *lowH-éh₂.

noun

  1. only used in på lur (“in wait, lurking”)

  2. a nap

    att ta sig en lur
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from lura (“lurk”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.