nakke

See also: Näkke

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish nakkæ, from Old Norse hnakki, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô, from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to press, pinch, buckle, kink”). Cognate with English neck

Noun

nakke c (singular definite nakken, plural indefinite nakker)

  1. (anatomy) nape; the back of the neck
  2. (anatomy) the back of the head

Declension
Declension of nakke
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nakke nakken nakker nakkerne
genitive nakkes nakkens nakkers nakkernes

References

Elfdalian

Noun

nakke m

  1. nape, back of the neck

Inflection
Declension of nakke
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nakke nakken nakker nakkär
accusative nakka nakkan nakka nakką
dative nakka nakkam nakkum nakkum(e)
genitive — — — —

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hnakki

Noun

nakke m (definite singular nakken, indefinite plural nakker, definite plural nakkene)

  1. (anatomy) nape; the back of the neck

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hnakki

Noun

nakke m (definite singular nakken, indefinite plural nakkar, definite plural nakkane)

  1. (anatomy) nape; the back of the neck

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hnakki, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.

Noun

nakke m

  1. nape, back of the neck

Declension
Declension of nakke (an-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nakke nakken nakkar nakkarnir
accusative nakka nakkan nakka nakkana
dative nakka nakkanom nakkom nakkonom
genitive nakka nakkans nakka nakkanna

Descendants
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