hjúkka

Icelandic

Etymology

From hjúkrunarkona (“nurse”).

Noun

hjúkka f (genitive singular hjúkku, nominative plural hjúkkur)

1. (colloquial) a nurse (female)

Declension

declension of hjúkka

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjúkka	hjúkkan	hjúkkur	hjúkkurnar
accusative	hjúkku	hjúkkuna	hjúkkur	hjúkkurnar
dative	hjúkku	hjúkkunni	hjúkkum	hjúkkunum
genitive	hjúkku	hjúkkunnar	hjúkka/hjúkkna	hjúkkanna/hjúkknanna

Further reading

• “hjúkka” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)