nypon
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish hiupon (possibly nominative plural), from Proto-Germanic *heupą, *heupōn.[1] Compare Danish hyben, Norwegian nype, hjupa, Old Saxon hiopo, Old High German hiufo, dialectal German hiefen, hüfen, Old English héope and English hip. The beginning in n- has come to be through a misconception with a first element in a compound word ending in n. For example in stennypon (Norwegian steinhjupa, originally sten + hjupon) the misconception is that the ending n in sten is a part of hjupon which is is not.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnyːˌpɔn/
Usage notes
- Swedish train ticket collectors enter the waggon calling out for nypåstigna (new passengers), which is sometimes jokingly misheard for Nyponstigen (hip path, supposedly a street name).
Declension
| Declension of nypon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | nypon | nyponet | nypon | nyponen |
| Genitive | nypons | nyponets | nypons | nyponens |
Related terms
- nyponblom
- nyponbuske
- nyponros
- nyponröd
- nyponsnår
- nyponsoppa
- nyponte
References
- nypon in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- nypon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- nypon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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