Noun: brennevin
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Indefinite
| Sg. | brennevin |
| Pl. | brennevin |
Definite
| Sg. | brennevinet |
| Pl. | brennevina |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like brennevin
antiklimaks,
symbol,
system,
sysken,
kroppsvev,
snøras,
sexliv,
sekret,
senter,
samråd,
samvit,
samvær,
samløp,
mikrosekund,
sesongkort,
sovjet,
solbær,
sjøfly,
sjøliv,
sirkus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From brenne (“to burn”) + vin (“wine”), a calque of Middle Low German bernewin. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic brennivín, Swedish brännvin, and Danish brændevin. See: Swedish Nouns '
brännvin', Danish Nouns '
brændevin'.
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