hjørne

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hyrna f, *hyrni n (not attested in Classical Old Norse, but in Middle Norwegian), from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ f, *hurniją n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jœrnə/, [ˈjœ̞ɐ̯nə]

Noun

hjørne n (singular definite hjørnet, plural indefinite hjørner)

1. corner
2. nook
3. niche
4. (graph theory) node
   • 2005, Gyldendals Minilex. Matematik, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 104:

     Det ville svare til, at nedenstående graf har en ▻Eulertur, hvilket den ikke har, idet ikke hvert hjørne har lige valens...

     This would imply that the graph below has an Euler trail, which it does not, since not every node has an even degree...

Declension

Declension of hjørne

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjørne	hjørnet	hjørner	hjørnerne
genitive	hjørnes	hjørnets	hjørners	hjørnernes

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: hjørne
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: hjørne

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish hjørne.

Noun

hjørne n (definite singular hjørnet, indefinite plural hjørner, definite plural hjørna or hjørnene)

1. a corner

Derived terms

• gatehjørne
• hjørneflagg
• hjørnespark
• hjørnestein
• hushjørne
• male seg inn i et hjørne

 

References

• “hjørne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hyrne

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål hjørne, in turn from Danish hjørne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²jœrnə/, /²jøːrnə/

Noun

hjørne n (definite singular hjørnet, indefinite plural hjørne, definite plural hjørna)

1. a corner

Derived terms

• gatehjørne
• hjørneflagg
• hjørnespark
• hjørnestein
• hushjørne

 

References

• “hjørne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.