nisse
Afrikaans edit
Noun edit
nisse
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Nisse, pet form of the common male given name Niels. Compare Swedish nisse.
Noun edit
nisse c (singular definite nissen, plural indefinite nisser)
- A small mythological being living in farmsteads; in modern times associated with Christmas.
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nisse
- Human-shaped gingerbread or other pastry.
Declension edit
Inflection of nisse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nisse | nisset | ||
genitive | nissen | nissejen | ||
partitive | nisseä | nissejä | ||
illative | nisseen | nisseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nisse | nisset | ||
accusative | nom. | nisse | nisset | |
gen. | nissen | |||
genitive | nissen | nissejen nisseinrare | ||
partitive | nisseä | nissejä | ||
inessive | nissessä | nisseissä | ||
elative | nissestä | nisseistä | ||
illative | nisseen | nisseihin | ||
adessive | nissellä | nisseillä | ||
ablative | nisseltä | nisseiltä | ||
allative | nisselle | nisseille | ||
essive | nissenä | nisseinä | ||
translative | nisseksi | nisseiksi | ||
abessive | nissettä | nisseittä | ||
instructive | — | nissein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “nisse”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Danish nisse, from Nisse, a pet form of the common male given name Niels (cf. Norwegian Nils), which itself is a short form of Latin Nicolaus. As the name of a being possibly derived from St. Nicholas (St. Nils), compare Santa Claus and the Dutch Sinterklaas. Has to some degree replaced more traditional Norwegian names such as tufte(kall) and gardvord, which do not have religious connotations.
Noun edit
nisse m (definite singular nissen, indefinite plural nissar, definite plural nissane)
- (folklore) a (small) being that lives in farmsteads; in modern times associated with Christmas.
- Synonyms: husvette (“house spirit”), gardvord (“farm ward”), tufte, tunvord, tunkall, tomte, tomtegubbe, tøltebonde
- 1883, Arne Garborg, Bondestudentar [Farmer students]:
- Elder den, som kunde faa fat i Bergkongen. Elder i Nissen, elder i ein Dverg, elder i nokot annat slikt.
- He who could only catch the Mountain King. Or the nisse, or a dwarf, or something else of that sort.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
nisse (present tense nissar, past tense nissa, past participle nissa, passive infinitive nissast, present participle nissande, imperative nisse/niss)
- e-infinitive form of nissa
References edit
- “nisse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Noun edit
nisse c
- (folklore) a small tomte
- (in compounds) a trainee, an apprentice
- Synonym: lärling
- (in compounds) a (male) person who works with something or the like
- datanisse
- computer guy
Declension edit
Declension of nisse | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | nisse | nissen | nissar | nissarna |
Genitive | nisses | nissens | nissars | nissarnas |