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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Indo-European *niter. Cognates include Danish and Swedish ned, English nether, Dutch neder, German nieder.
Adverb
niður (not comparable)
- down
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Indo-European *niter. Cognates include Danish and Swedish ned, English nether, Dutch neder, German nieder.
Adverb
niður (not comparable)
- down, downwards
Hlauptu upp og niður stigann hundrað sinnum!- Run up and down the stair a hundred times!
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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Noun
niður m (genitive singular niðar, no plural)
- murmuring, humming, purling
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