pinne

pinne

See also: pínne

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

pinne

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of pinnen

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic [Term?], possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pintä- (“to close, cover”). In that case, it is cognate with Hungarian fed and Udmurt поди (podi).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinːeˣ/, [ˈpinːe̞(ʔ)]
• 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) A difficult situation, jam, bind. In this sense only used in inessive, elative and illative cases in set expressions.

   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

Inflection of pinne (Kotus type 48*J/hame, nt-nn gradation)
nominative		pinne	pinteet
genitive		pinteen	pinteiden pinteitten
partitive		pinnettä	pinteitä
illative		pinteeseen	pinteisiin pinteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pinne	pinteet
accusative	nom.	pinne	pinteet
	gen.	pinteen
genitive		pinteen	pinteiden pinteitten
partitive		pinnettä	pinteitä
inessive		pinteessä	pinteissä
elative		pinteestä	pinteistä
illative		pinteeseen	pinteisiin pinteihin
adessive		pinteellä	pinteillä
ablative		pinteeltä	pinteiltä
allative		pinteelle	pinteille
essive		pinteenä	pinteinä
translative		pinteeksi	pinteiksi
instructive		—	pintein
abessive		pinteettä	pinteittä
comitative		—	pinteineen

Possessive forms of pinne (type hame)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	pinteeni	pinteemme
2nd person	pinteesi	pinteenne
3rd person	pinteensä

Synonyms

• kiipeli
• liemi (olla liemessä = in trouble)

Related terms

• pinnistää

References

1. Starostin's Uralic Database, Entry #754

Anagrams

• nepin, penin, penni

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Italian

Noun

pinne f

1. plural of pinna

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Middle Low German

Etymology

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

Noun

pinne f[1]

1. peg, nail

Declension

Declension of pinne

	Singular	Plural
nominative	[[{{{1}}}#Middle Low German|{{{1}}}]]	[[{{{5}}}#Middle Low German|{{{5}}}]]
accusative	[[{{{2}}}#Middle Low German|{{{2}}}]]	[[{{{6}}}#Middle Low German|{{{6}}}]]
dative	[[{{{3}}}#Middle Low German|{{{3}}}]]	[[{{{7}}}#Middle Low German|{{{7}}}]]
genitive	[[{{{4}}}#Middle Low German|{{{4}}}]]	[[{{{8}}}#Middle Low German|{{{8}}}]]
Middle Low German nouns often switch to other declension classes, and new declension patterns are created throughout the period. As such, this table need not necessarily portray the only existing pattern but might merely be an exemplary of an original or common form.

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

References

1. "pinne" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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).

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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

• pinnekjøt, pinnekjøtt
• strikkepinne

Further reading

• “pinne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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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

Declension of pinne (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pinne	pinnan
accusative	pinnan	pinnan
genitive	pinnan	pinnena
dative	pinnan	pinnum

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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
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.

Declension

Declension of pinne
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pinne	pinnen	pinnar	pinnarna
Genitive	pinnes	pinnens	pinnars	pinnarnas

Derived terms

• lägga på en pinne
• minnespinne
• pekpinne
• pinn
• pinna
• pinnbröd
• pinnharv
• pinnhål
• pinnig
• pinning
• pinnmat
• pinnmo
• pinnsoffa
• pinnstol
• pinnved
• plockepinn
• selfiepinne
• stålpinne
• taktpinne
• trilla av pinnen
• träpinne
• ätpinne

 

See also

• stav
• sticka

References

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