gnist

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse gneisti, from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), from *ga- + *hnaistô (“spark”), perhaps from the ultimate source of German knistern (“to crackle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡnist/, [ɡ̊nisd̥]

Noun

gnist c (singular definite gnisten, plural indefinite gnister)

1. spark

Inflection

Declension of gnist

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gnist	gnisten	gnister	gnisterne
genitive	gnists	gnistens	gnisters	gnisternes

See also

• gnist on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gneisti.

Noun

gnist m (definite singular gnisten, indefinite plural gnister, definite plural gnistene)

1. a spark

See also

• gneiste (Nynorsk)

References

• “gnist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.