Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hindra, from Proto-Germanic *hinderōną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

hindra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hindraði, supine hindrað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to hinder, to obstruct, to block

Conjugation edit

Synonyms edit

  • (to hinder, to block): teppa

Derived terms edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

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Noun edit

hindra n

  1. definite plural of hinder

Verb edit

hindra

  1. past tense of hindre
  2. supine of hindre

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse hindra, from Proto-Germanic *hinderōną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

hindra (present tense hindrar, past tense hindra, past participle hindra, passive infinitive hindrast, present participle hindrande, imperative hindra/hindr)

  1. a-infinitive form of hindre

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hindra n

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of hinder

Anagrams edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *hinderōną.

Verb edit

hindra

  1. (transitive) to hinder, to keep behind
  2. (intransitive) to loiter, linger
    hindra eptir e-u
    to loiter about a thing
  3. (impersonal) to want, lack
    e-n hindrar e-t
    someone lacks something
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
  • Icelandic: hindra
  • Faroese: hindra
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hindra, hindre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hindre
  • Old Swedish: hindra
  • Danish: hindre
  • Gutnish: hindre

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

hindra

  1. masculine oblique cases singular of hindri
  2. neuter all cases singular of hindri

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

hindra n

  1. genitive plural of hindr

References edit

  • hindra”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Anagrams edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish hindra, from Old Norse hindra (hinder, stay, delay), probably from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną (to put back), from Proto-Indo-European *k(')enta (down, below, with, far, along, against), from *ḱen- (to set oneself in motion, arise).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

hindra (present hindrar, preterite hindrade, supine hindrat, imperative hindra)

  1. to prevent, restrain, hinder, impede, constrain

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

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