niður
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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Indo-European *niter. Cognates include Danish and Swedish ned, English nether, Dutch neder, German nieder.
Adverb
niður (not comparable)
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Indo-European *niter. Cognates include Danish and Swedish ned, English nether, Dutch neder, German nieder.
Adverb
niður (not comparable)
- down, downwards
- Hlauptu upp og niður stigann hundrað sinnum!
- Run up and down the stair a hundred times!
Derived terms
- fara niður í bæ (“to go downtown”)
- hlaða niður
- líta niður
- líta niður á
- með allt niður um sig
- niður með ánni (“downstream”)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Norse niðr.
Alternative forms
- niðji (more common)
Noun
niður m (genitive singular niðs or niðjar, nominative plural niðjar)
Declension
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “niður”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
- “niður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
niður m (genitive singular niðar, no plural)
Declension
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