hinna

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhinːa/,
  • Hyphenation: hin‧na

Verb

hínna

  1. third-person singular negative present indicative of kinní

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “hinna”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Estonian

Noun

hinna

  1. genitive singular of hind

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

hinna m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of hinne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hinna f

  1. definite singular of hinne

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hinnō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *sken-, *(s)ken(t)-no (to split off).

Noun

hinna f (genitive hinnu)

  1. film, membrane
Declension
Descendants
  • Danish: hinde
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hinne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hinne
  • Swedish: hinna

Etymology 2

From hinn.

Pronoun

hinna

  1. genitive plural of hinn
Declension

Article

hinna

  1. genitive plural of hinn
Declension

References

  • hinna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hinno”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 226-227

Scots

Contraction

hinna

  1. have not

Alternative forms

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hinna, from Proto-Germanic *hinnǭ.

Noun

hinna c

  1. membrane
  2. coating, skin (as appears on milk or milk-based liquids)
Declension
Declension of hinna 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hinna hinnan hinnor hinnorna
Genitive hinnas hinnans hinnors hinnornas
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hinna (to reach), from Proto-Germanic *hinþaną.

Verb

hinna (present hinner, preterite hann, supine hunnit, imperative hinn)

  1. to have time, to have the time (for something), (sometimes, idiomatically) to make it
    Bussen går om fem minuter, så vi hinner inte leka lekar just nu
    The bus leaves in five minutes, so we don't have time to play games right now
    En kilometer – så långt hann skeppet segla innan det sjönk
    One kilometer – that's how far the ship made it ("that's how far the ship had the time to sail") before it sank
    Skeppet hann (segla) en kilometer innan det sjönk
    The ship made it one kilometer before it sank
    Det hann bli mörkt innan vi kom hem
    It was dark before we got home ("It had the time to become dark before we got home")
    Mitt schema är fullspäckat, så jag hinner tyvärr inte idag
    My schedule is packed, so unfortunately I don't have the time today
    • 2007, Laser Inc (lyrics and music), “Det var en gång en fågel [Once upon a time, there was a bird]”:
      Det var en gång en liten fågel. Ja, en fågel. Han bodde på landet, och Roger hette han. Han ville gärna leka med sina vänner, med sina vänner, men det fick inte han. Men denna historia slutar sorgligt, för Roger blev skjuten, skjuten i magen av gamle jägar'n [jägaren] Pär. Han ville hem och äta, äta en fågel med lite potäter, men Roger hann iväg.
      Once upon a time, there was a little bird. Yes, a bird. He lived in the countryside, and Roger was his name. He wanted to play with his friends , with his friends, but he didn't get to. But this story ends sadly, because Roger was shot, shot in the stomach by old hunter Pär . He wanted to go home and eat, eat a bird with some potatoes, but Roger got away .
    • Per Snaprud, "Hinner kossan sova?", in Forskning & Framsteg, June 7, 2011.
      Den viktiga frågan gäller kornas livspussel. Hinner de sova tillräckligt för att återhämta sig?
    1. to manage to do (something) in time, (sometimes, idiomatically) to make it (in time)
      Hann du läsa alla sidorna?
      Did you manage to read all the pages in time? / Did you have time to read all the pages?
      Nej, det hann jag inte / Nej, jag hann inte
      No, I didn't manage to read all the pages in time
      Vi hann hem innan det blev mörkt
      We made it home before it got dark
      • Petter Wallenberg, quoted in Peter Letmark, "Natten vänder upp och ned på samhällsordningen", Dagens Nyheter, February 16th 2016.
        På dagen är det så många olika plikter. Du ska hinna med att både jobba och vara social.
      • Susanna Vidlund, "Sommardäck - i snökaoset", in Aftonbladet, 30 October 2008.
        I Östergötland är man bäst på att hinna byta däck i tid. Där hinner hela 41 procent byta däck innan första halkan kommer.
      • Linnea Henriksson, "Din tomma lägenhet", from the album Till mina älskade och älskare, 2012.
        Det som borde tagit flera, flera år, hann vi på månader.
        What was supposed to have taken many, many years to do, we managed in months.
    2. to be in time, to not be too late, to make it (in time)
      Om vi inte går nu så hinner vi inte (gå/åka) till tåget
      If we don't go now, we won't make it to the train / will miss the train ("we won't go in time to the train")
      Vilken tur att vi hann!
      We're lucky we made it !
Usage notes

The past tense hann is a homophone of han (he).

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