gynge

Danish

En pige gynger på en gynge (A girl rocks on a swing)

Etymology

From older gunge, from an unattested Old Danish *gunga, from Old Norse *gunga (found in the Old Norse proper noun Gungnir). Ablaut of Old Norse ganga, Danish gange, gænge, to the same root as going.

Cognate to Swedish gunga.

Noun

gynge c (singular definite gyngen, plural indefinite gynger)

1. swing

Inflection

Declension of gynge

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gynge	gyngen	gynger	gyngerne
genitive	gynges	gyngens	gyngers	gyngernes

Verb

gynge (imperative gyng, infinitive at gynge, present tense gynger, past tense gyngede, perfect tense har gynget)

1. to rock, to swing

Conjugation

Conjugation of gynge

active passive present gynger gynges past gyngede gyngedes infinitive gynge gynges imperative gyng — participle present gyngende past gynget (auxiliary verb have) gerund gyngen

References

• “gynge” in Den Danske Ordbog

Middle English

Noun

gynge

1. alternative form of genge (“band”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gynge f or m (definite singular gynga or gyngen, indefinite plural gynger, definite plural gyngene)

1. a swing (suspended seat on which one can swing back and forth)

Synonyms

• huske

Verb

gynge (imperative gyng, present tense gynger, passive gynges, simple past and past participle gynga or gynget, present participle gyngende)

1. to rock (move back and forth)
2. to swing, sway

Derived terms

• gyngehest
• gyngestol

References

• “gynge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Same root as the verb gynga. Compare Danish gynge and Swedish gunga.

Noun

gynge f (definite singular gynga, indefinite plural gynger, definite plural gyngene)

1. a swing (suspended seat on which one can swing back and forth)

Synonyms

• huske
• disse (mostly in coastal dialects)
• ronse (in some southern dialects)

References

• “gynge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.