kniv

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse knífr (knife), from Proto-Germanic *knībaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kniːv/, [kʰniwˀ]

Noun

kniv c (singular definite kniven, plural indefinite knive)

  1. knife

Declension

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse knífr, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kniːʋ/, [kʰniːʋ]

Noun

kniv m (definite singular kniven, indefinite plural kniver, definite plural knivene)

  1. knife (utensil or tool designed for cutting)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse knífr, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ-. Akin to English knife.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kniːʋ/

Noun

kniv m (definite singular kniven, indefinite plural knivar, definite plural knivane)

  1. knife (utensil or tool designed for cutting)

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • knif (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology

From Old Swedish knīver, from Old Norse knífr (knife), from Proto-Germanic *knībaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kniːv/
  • (file)

Noun

kniv c

  1. knife

Declension

Declension of kniv 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kniv kniven knivar knivarna
Genitive knivs knivens knivars knivarnas

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