Nuuk

English

Etymology

Danish Nuuk. From Greenlandic Nuuk, from Greenlandic nuuk (“cape”).

Proper noun

Nuuk

1. The capital city of Greenland.

Translations

capital of Greenland

• Arabic: نُوك‎ m (nūk), غُودْهُوب‎ m (ḡudhub)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 努克 (zh) (Nǔkè), 戈特霍布 (Gētèhuòbù)

• Danish: Nuuk, Godthåb
• Dutch: Nuuk
• Esperanto: Nuko
• Estonian: Nuuk (et)
• Finnish: Nuuk (fi)
• French: Nuuk (fr) m
• German: Nuuk (de) n, Godthåb n
• Greenlandic: Nuuk (kl)
• Icelandic: Nuuk, Góðvon f
• Inuktitut: ᓅᒃ (nook)
• Japanese: ヌーク (Nūku), ゴットホープ (Gottohōpu)
• Korean: 누크 (Nukeu), 고트호프 (Goteuhopeu)
• Latin: Bona Spes
• Navajo: Nóók
• Norwegian: Godthåb
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Nuuk
• Polish: Nuuk (pl) n
• Portuguese: Nuuk f, Godthaab f
• Russian: Нуук (ru) m (Nuuk), Нук m (Nuk), Го́тхоб m (Gótxob)
• Swedish: Nuuk (sv), Godthåb
• Thai: นุก (núk)

Anagrams

• Unuk

Danish

Etymology

Greenlandic Nuuk.

Proper noun

Nuuk

1. Nuuk (the capital city of Greenland)

Synonyms

• Godthåb (less frequently)

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuːk/

Proper noun

Nuuk

1. Nuuk (the capital city of Greenland)

Finnish

Etymology

From Greenlandic Nuuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuːk/, [ˈnuːk]
• Rhymes: -uːk
• Syllabification^(key): Nuuk

Proper noun

Nuuk

1. Nuuk (the capital city of Greenland)

Declension

Inflection of Nuuk (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Nuuk	—
genitive		Nuukin	—
partitive		Nuukia	—
illative		Nuukiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Nuuk	—
accusative	nom.	Nuuk	—
	gen.	Nuukin
genitive		Nuukin	—
partitive		Nuukia	—
inessive		Nuukissa	—
elative		Nuukista	—
illative		Nuukiin	—
adessive		Nuukilla	—
ablative		Nuukilta	—
allative		Nuukille	—
essive		Nuukina	—
translative		Nuukiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Nuukitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Nuuk (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Nuukini	Nuukimme
2nd person	Nuukisi	Nuukinne
3rd person	Nuukinsa

Anagrams

• kuun, nuku

French

Etymology

Danish Nuuk, from Greenlandic Nuuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuk/

Proper noun

Nuuk m

1. Nuuk (the capital city of Greenland)

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

• Nûk

Etymology

Capitalization of nuuk (“cape”).

Proper noun

Nuuk

1. Nuuk (the capital city of Greenland)

Descendants

• Danish: Nuuk
• English: Nuuk
• French: Nuuk

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Nuuk, from Greenlandic Nuuk, from nuuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnu.uk/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -uuk
• Syllabification: Nu‧uk

Proper noun

Nuuk n (indeclinable)

1. Nuuk (the capital city of Greenland)

Derived terms

adjective

• nukijski

 

nouns

• nukijczyk
• nukijka

 

Further reading

• Nuuk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Nuuk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Nuuk

1. Nuuk (the capital city of Greenland)

   Synonym: Godthaab

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuˈuk/ [nuˈuk]
• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: Nu‧uk

Proper noun

Nuuk ?

1. Nuuk (the capital city of Greenland)