pinne

Dutch

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Verb

pinne

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of pinnen

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic , possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pintä- (“to close, cover”). In that case, it is cognate with Hungarian fed and Udmurt поди (poďi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinːeˣ/,
• Rhymes: -inːe
• Syllabification^(key): pin‧ne

Noun

pinne

1. (rare, dialectal) Any device or part that keeps something in its place through tension (as contrasted with e.g. weight or friction), such as a clamp or clip.
2. (pathology) A condition in which a nerve is pressed by other body parts causing pain, cramps or other symptoms.
3. (idiomatic, in the locative cases) A difficult situation, jam, bind.

   Synonyms: kiipeli, liemi

   olla pinteessä ― to be in a difficult situation

   joutua pinteeseen ― to get into a difficult situation

   päästä pinteestä ― to get out of a difficult situation

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• pinnistää

References

Further reading

• “pinne”, 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

Anagrams

• nepin, penin, penni

Italian

Noun

pinne f

1. plural of pinna

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon *pinna (compare pinn, pin m), from Proto-West Germanic *pinnā.

Noun

pinne f

1. peg, nail

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• haspelpinne
• hopinne
• krampinne
• pinnāgel
• schōpinne
• slachpinne

Descendants

• German Low German: Pinne f, Pinn m
  • → German: Pinn, Pinne
• → Old Norse: pinni, pinnr
  • Icelandic: pinni
  • Norwegian: pinne
  • Swedish: pinn
  • Danish: pind

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse pinni, from Middle Low German pin, pinne.

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Noun

pinne m (definite singular pinnen, indefinite plural pinner, definite plural pinnene)

1. a stick
2. (knitting) a needle
3. a drink

   ta seg en pinne

   take yourself a drink

Compounds

• pinnekjøtt
• strikkepinne
• tollepinne

References

• “pinne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “pinne_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• pinn

Etymology

From Old Norse pinni, from Proto-Germanic *penn-, borrowed from classical Latin penna (“feather, wing”). Cognate to English pin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²pɪnːə/

Noun

pinne m (definite singular pinnen, indefinite plural pinnar, definite plural pinnane)

1. a stick
2. (knitting) a needle

Derived terms

• brøytepinne
• pinnekjøt, pinnekjøtt
• strikkepinne

Further reading

• “pinne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpin.ne/

Noun

pinne f

1. bottle, flask

Usage notes

• The exact gender is unknown. As pinne, it is assumed to be feminine. The form, glossed once in the accusative case, is pinnan (for flaxan, "flask"). Gender could also be masculine (nominative pinna).

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse pinni, from Middle Low German pinne, from Old Saxon pinn (“pin; peg”), from Proto-Germanic *pinn- (“pointed object; spike; peak”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge”). Cognate with English pin.

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Noun

pinne c

1. a stick; a short thin roughly cylindrical form of material
   1. a chopstick

      Synonym: ätpinne

      äta med pinnar

      eat with chopsticks

2. a perch; a bird's roost

   Som en fågel på en pinne, vill jag ständigt sitta i ditt minne.

   Like a bird on its perch, I want to sit forever in your memory.

3. (sports) a point valid in a sports league, given to a team for winning a league match

   I fotbollsligan får det vinnande laget tre pinnar medan det förlorande laget inte får någon.

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Declension

Derived terms

See also

• stav
• sticka

References

• pinne in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pinne in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)