nisse

nisse

1. plural of nis

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Nisse (folklore)

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Nisse

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From Nisse, pet form of the common male given name Niels. Compare Swedish nisse.

nisse c (singular definite nissen, plural indefinite nisser)

1. A small mythological being living in farmsteads; in modern times associated with Christmas.

• drillenisse
• gårdnisse
• julenisse
• kravlenisse
• nissedragt
• nissefar
• nissemand
• nissemor
• nissepige
• nisseøl
• sætternisse

• “nisse” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Swedish nisse.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnisːe/,
• Rhymes: -isːe
• Syllabification^(key): nis‧se

nisse

1. Human-shaped gingerbread or other pastry.

• “nisse”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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nisse

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• niss

• IPA^(key): /²nɪsːə/

From Danish nisse, from Nisse, a pet form of the common male given name Niels (cf. Norwegian Nils), which itself is a short form of Latin Nicolaus. As the name of a being possibly derived from St. Nicholas (St. Nils), compare Santa Claus and the Dutch Sinterklaas. Has to some degree replaced more traditional Norwegian names such as tufte(kall) and gardvord, which do not have religious connotations.

nisse m (definite singular nissen, indefinite plural nissar, definite plural nissane)

1. (folklore) a (small) being that lives in farmsteads; in modern times associated with Christmas.

   Synonyms: husvette (“house spirit”), gardvord (“farm ward”), tufte, tunvord, tunkall, tomte, tomtegubbe, tøltebonde

   • 1883, Arne Garborg, Bondestudentar [Farmer students]:

     Elder den, som kunde faa fat i Bergkongen. Elder i Nissen, elder i ein Dverg, elder i nokot annat slikt.

     He who could only catch the Mountain King. Or the nisse, or a dwarf, or something else of that sort.

nisse (present tense nissar, past tense nissa, past participle nissa, passive infinitive nissast, present participle nissande, imperative nisse/niss)

1. e-infinitive form of nissa

• “nisse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

nisse

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From Nisse, pet form of the male given name Nils. Compare Danish nisse.

nisse c

1. (folklore) a small tomte
2. (in compounds) a trainee, an apprentice

   Synonym: lärling

3. (in compounds) a (male) person who works with something or the like

   datanisse

   computer guy

• kostymnisse
• rumpnisse
• räknenisse
• slipsnisse
• smörgåsnisse
• tomtenisse
• trendnisse
• tryckfelsnisse

• nisse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nisse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nisse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• nisse in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)