hertogi
Faroese
Alternative forms
- hertugi
Etymology
From Old Norse hertogi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛɹ̥.tʰɔjɪ/
Noun
hertogi m (genitive singular hertoga, plural hertogar)
- duke
Declension
| Declension of hertogi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hertogi | hertogin | hertogar | hertogarnir |
| accusative | hertoga | hertogan | hertogar | hertogarnar |
| dative | hertoga | hertoganum | hertogum | hertogunum |
| genitive | hertoga | hertogans | hertoga | hertoganna |
Derived terms
- hertogadømi
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hertogi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛr̥.tʰɔjɪ/
Noun
hertogi m (genitive singular hertoga, nominative plural hertogar)
- duke
Declension
declension of hertogi
| m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hertogi | hertoginn | hertogar | hertogarnir |
| accusative | hertoga | hertogann | hertoga | hertogana |
| dative | hertoga | hertoganum | hertogum | hertogunum |
| genitive | hertoga | hertogans | hertoga | hertoganna |
Derived terms
- hertogaynja
- hertogadæmi
- stórhertogi
Further reading
- “hertogi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Middle Low German hertôge, from Old Saxon heritogo, from Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō.[1]
Noun
hertogi m[2]
- commander of troops
- duke
Declension
Declension of hertogi (weak an-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hertogi | hertoginn | hertogar | hertogarnir |
| accusative | hertoga | hertogann | hertoga | hertogana |
| dative | hertoga | hertoganum | hertogum | hertogunum |
| genitive | hertoga | hertogans | hertoga | hertoganna |
Derived terms
- hertogadómr m
- hertogadœmi n
- hertoganafn n
Descendants
- Icelandic: hertogi
- Faroese: hertogi
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: hertug
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hertug
- Swedish: hertig
- Danish: hertug
References
- Hellquist, Elof (1922), “hertig”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 234
- “hertogi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press