rygg

Jamtish

Etymology

From Old Norse hryggr (“back, spine, ridge”), from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. Cognate with Swedish rygg, Icelandic hryggur, English ridge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ryɡː/

Noun

rygg m

1. back

Declension

  Declension of rygg (strong long i-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	rygg	rygg'enn	ryggar	ryggan
dative	rygg	rygg'a	ryggar	ryggum
compound-genitive	rygg, ryggjer	―	ryggje	―
vocative	rygg	―	rygger	―

Derived terms

• ryggjerfługa (“back pain”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hryggr.

Noun

rygg m (definite singular ryggen, indefinite plural rygger, definite plural ryggene)

1. (anatomy) back (of a person or animal)
2. (furniture) back (of a chair etc.)
3. (geography) ridge (of a hill or mountain)
4. (meteorology) ridge (of high pressure)
5. spine (of a book)
6. (swimming) backstroke (short form of ryggsvømming)

Derived terms

• fjellrygg
• hesterygg
• midthavsrygg
• ryggfinne
• ryggløs
• ryggmarg
• ryggproblem
• ryggrad
• ryggsekk
• ryggstø
• ryggsøyle

 

Related terms

• rygge

Etymology 2

Verb

rygg

1. imperative of rygge

References

• “rygg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rʏɡː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hryggr.

Noun

rygg m (definite singular ryggen, indefinite plural rygger or ryggar, definite plural ryggene or ryggane)

1. (anatomy) back (of a person or animal)
2. (furniture) back (of a chair etc.)
3. (geography) ridge (of a hill or mountain)
4. spine (of a book)

Derived terms

• fjellrygg
• hesterygg
• midthavsrygg
• ryggfinne
• ryggproblem
• ryggrad
• ryggsekk
• ryggstø
• ryggsøyle

 

Related terms

• rygge, ryggje

Etymology 2

Verb

rygg

1. imperative of rygge

References

• “rygg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish rygger, from Old Norse hryggr, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rʏɡ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

rygg c

1. (anatomy) back; the rear of the body; especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine
2. (geography) ridge; the line along which two sloping surfaces meet
3. (military) rear
4. spine; the hinged back of a book

Declension

Declension of rygg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rygg	ryggen	ryggar	ryggarna
Genitive	ryggs	ryggens	ryggars	ryggarnas

Hypernyms

• kroppsdel

Derived terms

• bergsrygg
• binda ris för egen rygg
• bokrygg
• fjällrygg
• handrygg
• hästrygg
• högtrycksrygg
• inte röra någon i ryggen
• kamelrygg
• klotrygg
• knivrygg
• knivsrygg
• korsrygg
• krokrygg
• kutrygg
• landrygg
• ländrygg
• lösrygg
• näsrygg
• puckelrygg
• på rygg
• ryggbiff
• ryggdunkare
• ryggfena
• ryggkota
• ryggläge
• ryggmuskel
• ryggmärg
• ryggrad
• ryggsim
• ryggskott
• ryggstöd
• ryggtavla
• ryggtitel
• ryggvärk
• ryggås
• råg i ryggen
• sjurygg
• stolsrygg
• svankrygg
• svinrygg
• torskrygg
• tungrygg
• vitrygg
• ynkrygg
• åsrygg

 

Further reading

• rygg in Svensk ordbok.
• rygg in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
• rygg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)