hnjóta

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hneutaną, related to hnjótur, hnot, hnúta, and hnöggva.

Pronunciation

Verb

hnjóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hnaut, third-person plural past indicative hnutu, supine hnotið)

  1. to stumble [with um (+ accusative) ‘over’]
    Drengurinn hnaut um steininn.
    The boy tripped over the rock.
    • Stephan G. Stephansson, Fullkomleikinn ("The Perfectness")
      Hæsta takmark hugsjónar
      haft í stiga aðeins var.
      Að hnjóta um lífsins hála svið,
      að hrasa og falla, en upp á við,
      er ferill framfara auði.
      Vision's highest goal
      was only kept in stairs.
      To trip over life's slippery stage,
      to stumble and fall, but upwards,
      are the empty traces of progress.

Conjugation

More information infinitive (nafnháttur), supine (sagnbót) ...
hnjóta — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)
að hnjóta
supine
(sagnbót)
hnotið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)
hnjótandi
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
indicative
(framsöguháttur)
present
(nútíð)
hnýt hnjótum hnýtur hnjótið hnýtur hnjóta
past
(þátíð)
hnaut hnutum hnaust hnutuð hnaut hnutu
subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)
hnjóti hnjótum hnjótir hnjótið hnjóti hnjóti
past
(þátíð)
hnyti hnytum hnytir hnytuð hnyti hnytu
imperative
(boðháttur)
hnjót hnjótið
Forms with appended personal pronoun
hnjóttu hnjótiði1
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1) Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...
hnotinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
hnotinn hnotin hnotið hnotnir hnotnar hnotin
accusative
(þolfall)
hnotinn hnotna hnotið hnotna hnotnar hnotin
dative
(þágufall)
hnotnum hnotinni hnotnu hnotnum hnotnum hnotnum
genitive
(eignarfall)
hnotins hnotinnar hnotins hnotinna hnotinna hnotinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
hnotni hnotna hnotna hnotnu hnotnu hnotnu
accusative
(þolfall)
hnotna hnotnu hnotna hnotnu hnotnu hnotnu
dative
(þágufall)
hnotna hnotnu hnotna hnotnu hnotnu hnotnu
genitive
(eignarfall)
hnotna hnotnu hnotna hnotnu hnotnu hnotnu
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References

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