njóta

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse njóta, from Proto-Germanic *neutaną.

Verb

njóta (third person singular past indicative neyt, third person plural past indicative nutu, supine notið)

1. to enjoy

Conjugation

Conjugation of njóta (group v-39)
infinitive	njóta
supine	notið
participle (a27)1	njótandi	notin
	present	past
first singular	njóti	neyt
second singular	nýtur	neytst
third singular	nýtur	neyt
plural	njóta	nutu
	imperative
singular	njót!
plural	njótið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse njóta, from Proto-Germanic *neutaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjouːta/

  Rhymes: -ouːta

Verb

njóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative naut, third-person plural past indicative nutu, supine notið)

1. to enjoy, to relish
2. to benefit from

Conjugation

njóta — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að njóta
supine (sagnbót)		notið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		njótandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég nýt	við njótum	present (nútíð)	ég njóti	við njótum
	þú nýtur	þið njótið		þú njótir	þið njótið
	hann, hún, það nýtur	þeir, þær, þau njóta		hann, hún, það njóti	þeir, þær, þau njóti
past (þátíð)	ég naut	við nutum	past (þátíð)	ég nyti	við nytum
	þú naust	þið nutuð		þú nytir	þið nytuð
	hann, hún, það naut	þeir, þær, þau nutu		hann, hún, það nyti	þeir, þær, þau nytu
imperative (boðháttur)	njót (þú)	njótið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	njóttu	njótiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

njótast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að njótast
supine (sagnbót)		notist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		njótandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég nýst	við njótumst	present (nútíð)	ég njótist	við njótumst
	þú nýst	þið njótist		þú njótist	þið njótist
	hann, hún, það nýst	þeir, þær, þau njótast		hann, hún, það njótist	þeir, þær, þau njótist
past (þátíð)	ég naust	við nutumst	past (þátíð)	ég nytist	við nytumst
	þú naust	þið nutust		þú nytist	þið nytust
	hann, hún, það naust	þeir, þær, þau nutust		hann, hún, það nytist	þeir, þær, þau nytust
imperative (boðháttur)	njóst (þú)	njótist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	njóstu	njótisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

notinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	notinn	notin	notið		notnir	notnar	notin
accusative (þolfall)	notinn	notna	notið		notna	notnar	notin
dative (þágufall)	notnum	notinni	notnu		notnum	notnum	notnum
genitive (eignarfall)	notins	notinnar	notins		notinna	notinna	notinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	notni	notna	notna		notnu	notnu	notnu
accusative (þolfall)	notna	notnu	notna		notnu	notnu	notnu
dative (þágufall)	notna	notnu	notna		notnu	notnu	notnu
genitive (eignarfall)	notna	notnu	notna		notnu	notnu	notnu

Derived terms

• njóta sín
• láta njóta sannmælis (to do somebody justice, give sby his/her due)
• njóta við (to be alive, for others to have one's help, to be around)

  Meðan hans nýtur við.

  While he is around.

• njóta ekki sólar (of the sun; to be not shining)

  Hér nýtur ekki sólar.

  The sun doesn't shine here.

• njótast

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *neutaną (“to use, make use of; to enjoy”), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to seize; grasp; use”).

Verb

njóta (singular past indicative naut, plural past indicative nutu, past participle notinn)

1. (transitive, with genitive) to enjoy; to have the use or benefit of

   skal hann njóta draums síns

   he shall have his dream out

2. (transitive, with genitive) to derive benefit from, profit by

   Egils nauztu at því, fǫður þíns

   you had your father Egill to thank for that

3. (impersonal, with genitive)

   ekki nýtr sólar

   there is no sun

4. (reciprocal) to enjoy each other

Conjugation

Conjugation of njóta — active (strong class 2)

infinitive	njóta
present participle	njótandi
past participle	notinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	nýt	naut
2nd-person singular	nýtr	nauzt
3rd-person singular	nýtr	naut
1st-person plural	njótum	nutum
2nd-person plural	njótið	nutuð
3rd-person plural	njóta	nutu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	njóta	nyta
2nd-person singular	njótir	nytir
3rd-person singular	njóti	nyti
1st-person plural	njótim	nytim
2nd-person plural	njótið	nytið
3rd-person plural	njóti	nyti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	njót
1st-person plural	njótum
2nd-person plural	njótið

Conjugation of njóta — mediopassive (strong class 2)

infinitive	njótask
present participle	njótandisk
past participle	notizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	njótumk	nutumk
2nd-person singular	nýzk	nauzk
3rd-person singular	nýzk	nauzk
1st-person plural	njótumsk	nutumsk
2nd-person plural	njótizk	nutuzk
3rd-person plural	njótask	nutusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	njótumk	nytumk
2nd-person singular	njótisk	nytisk
3rd-person singular	njótisk	nytisk
1st-person plural	njótimsk	nytimsk
2nd-person plural	njótizk	nytizk
3rd-person plural	njótisk	nytisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	njózk
1st-person plural	njótumsk
2nd-person plural	njótizk

Derived terms

• nýtr (“useful, usable”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: njóta
• Faroese: njóta
• Old Swedish: niūta
  • Swedish: njuta
• Old Danish: *niute
  • Danish: nyde

References

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