Noun: kinn
Gender: f
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | kinn |
| Sg. Def. | kinnin |
| Pl. Indef. | kinnar |
| Pl. Def. | kinnarnar |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | kinnar |
| Sg. Def. | kinnarinnar |
| Pl. Indef. | kinna |
| Pl. Def. | kinnanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | kinn |
| Sg. Def. | kinninni |
| Pl. Indef. | kinnum |
| Pl. Def. | kinnunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | kinn |
| Sg. Def. | kinnina |
| Pl. Indef. | kinnar |
| Pl. Def. | kinnarnar |
Sample Sentences
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Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic) (If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic.)
Nouns inflected like kinn
slagæð,
dráttarvél,
sjóntaug,
hrossanál,
þvottavél,
settaug,
vefmyndavél,
eldflaug,
sundlaug,
ódáinsveig,
fræðigrein,
regnhlíf,
útisundlaug,
viðarkveif,
rasskinn,
lungnaslagæð,
myndavél,
nauðung,
dráttartaug,
prentvél, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse kinn, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu- (“cheek”). Compare Faroese and Norwegian kinn, Danish and Swedish kind, German Kinn, Dutch kin, English chin. See: Old Norse Nouns '
kinn', German Nouns '
Kinn', Dutch Nouns '
kin', English Nouns '
chin'.
Verbs referencing "kinn"
Danish Nouns
kind, Swedish Nouns
kind, English Nouns
chin, German Nouns
Kinn.
Translations