nisse
Afrikaans
editNoun
editnisse
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Nisse, pet form of the common male given name Niels. Compare Swedish nisse.
Noun
editnisse c (singular definite nissen, plural indefinite nisser)
- A small mythological being living in farmsteads; in modern times associated with Christmas.
Inflection
editDerived terms
edit- drillenisse
- gårdnisse
- julenisse
- kravlenisse
- nissedragt
- nissefar
- nissemand
- nissemor
- nissepige
- nisseøl
- sætternisse
Further reading
edit- “nisse” in Den Danske Ordbog
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editnisse
- Human-shaped gingerbread or other pastry.
Declension
editInflection 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 nissein rare | |
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
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editnisse 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
editVerb
editnisse (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
editEtymology
editFrom Nisse, pet form of the male given name Nils. Compare Danish nisse.
Noun
editnisse 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
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- nisse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- nisse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- nisse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- nisse in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Afrikaans non-lemma forms
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- Danish common-gender nouns
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- Rhymes:Finnish/isːe
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- Finnish lemmas
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- Finnish nalle-type nominals
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Danish
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- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
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- nn:Folklore
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- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
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