gnist
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Danish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse gneisti, from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), from *ga- + *hnaistô (“spark”), perhaps from the ultimate source of German knistern (“to crackle”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
gnist c (singular definite gnisten, plural indefinite gnister)
Inflection
Declension of gnist
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gnist | gnisten | gnister | gnisterne |
| genitive | gnists | gnistens | gnisters | gnisternes |
See also
gnist on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse gneisti.
Noun
gnist m (definite singular gnisten, indefinite plural gnister, definite plural gnistene)
Derived terms
See also
- gneiste (Nynorsk)
References
- “gnist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.