gnist
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse gneisti, from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), from *ga- + *hnaistô (“spark”), perhaps from the ultimate source of German knistern (“to crackle”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgnist c (singular definite gnisten, plural indefinite gnister)
Inflection
editDeclension of gnist
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | gnist | gnisten | gnister | gnisterne |
genitive | gnists | gnistens | gnisters | gnisternes |
See also
edit- gnist on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
References
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
editgnist m (definite singular gnisten, indefinite plural gnister, definite plural gnistene)
- a spark
See also
edit- gneiste (Nynorsk)
References
edit- “gnist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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