Noun: men
Gender: n
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | men |
| Sg. Def. | menið |
| Pl. Indef. | men |
| Pl. Def. | menin |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | mens |
| Sg. Def. | mensins |
| Pl. Indef. | mena |
| Pl. Def. | menanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | meni |
| Sg. Def. | meninu |
| Pl. Indef. | menum |
| Pl. Def. | menunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | men |
| Sg. Def. | menið |
| Pl. Indef. | men |
| Pl. Def. | menin |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like men
hænsnabú,
sjampó,
smyrsl,
höfrungahlaup,
smáorð,
brennivín,
skraut,
rauðaldin,
þarfaþing,
aðgangskort,
skapahár,
villidýr,
fingurbjargarblóm,
krampaflog,
uppgjör,
tvíhljóð,
aðgangsorð,
gufustraujárn,
prakkarastrik,
baksvið, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse men, from Proto-Germanic *manją. Compare Old English mene. See: Old Norse Nouns '
men', Old English Nouns '
mene'.
Translations