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pinne

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of pinnen

From Proto-Finnic [Term?], possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pintä- (“to close, cover”). In that case, it is cognate with Hungarian fed and Udmurt поди (podi).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinːeˣ/, [ˈpinːe̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -inːe
• Syllabification^(key): pin‧ne

pinne

1. (rare, dialectal) Any device or part that keeps something in its place through tension (as contrasted with e.g. weight or friction), such as a clamp or clip.
2. (pathology) A condition in which a nerve is pressed by other body parts causing pain, cramps or other symptoms.
3. (idiomatic) A difficult situation, jam, bind. In this sense only used in inessive, elative and illative cases in set expressions.

   olla pinteessä = to be in a difficult situation

   joutua pinteeseen = to get into a difficult situation

   päästä pinteestä = to get out of a difficult situation

• kiipeli
• liemi (olla liemessä = in trouble)

• pinnistää

• nepin, penin, penni

pinne f

1. plural of pinna

From Old Saxon *pinna (compare pinn, pin m), from Proto-West Germanic *pinnā.

pinne f[1]

1. peg, nail

• haspelpinne
• hopinne
• krampinne
• pinnāgel
• schōpinne
• slachpinne

• German Low German: Pinne f, Pinn m
  • → German: Pinn, Pinne
• → Old Norse: pinni, pinnr
  • Icelandic: pinni
  • Norwegian: pinne
  • Swedish: pinn
  • Danish: pind

From Old Norse pinni, from Middle Low German pin, pinne.

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pinne m (definite singular pinnen, indefinite plural pinner, definite plural pinnene)

1. a stick
2. (knitting) a needle
3. a drink

   ta seg en pinne

   take yourself a drink

• pinnekjøtt
• strikkepinne
• tollepinne

• “pinne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “pinne_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• pinn

From Old Norse pinni, from Proto-Germanic *penn-, borrowed from classical Latin penna (“feather, wing”). Cognate to English pin.

• IPA^(key): /²pɪnːə/

pinne m (definite singular pinnen, indefinite plural pinnar, definite plural pinnane)

1. a stick
2. (knitting) a needle

• pinnekjøt, pinnekjøtt
• strikkepinne

• “pinne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpin.ne/

pinne f

1. bottle, flask

• The exact gender is unknown. As pinne, it is assumed to be feminine. The form, glossed once in the accusative case, is pinnan (for flaxan, "flask"). Gender could also be masculine (nominative pinna).

From Old Norse pinni, from Middle Low German pinne, from Old Saxon pinn (“pin; peg”), from Proto-Germanic *pinn- (“pointed object; spike; peak”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge”). Cognate with English pin.

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pinne c

1. a stick; a short thin roughly cylindrical form of material
2. a perch; a bird's roost

   Som en fågel på en pinne, vill jag ständigt sitta i ditt minne.

   Like a bird on its perch, I want to sit forever in your memory.

3. (sports) a point valid in a sports league, given to a team for winning a league match

   I fotbollsligan får det vinnande laget tre pinnar medan det förlorande laget inte får någon.

• stav
• sticka

• pinne in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pinne in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)