hnakki

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn̥ahcɪ/

  Rhymes: -ahcɪ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse [Term?] hnakki, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô. Origin of the slang sense is uncertain, but may be derived from the meat sense, in connection with skinka (“ham”), which is also used in a similar slang sense.

Noun

hnakki m (genitive singular hnakka, nominative plural hnakkar)

1. nape of the neck
2. shoulder (meat behind an animals head, e.g. on a pig or fish)
3. (slang, derogatory, neologism) a stereotypical grouping of superficial juveniles associated with sport, fitness and tanning, that often bleach their hair and dress fashionably, somewhat similar to a jock

Declension

declension of hnakki

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hnakki	hnakkinn	hnakkar	hnakkarnir
accusative	hnakka	hnakkann	hnakka	hnakkana
dative	hnakka	hnakkanum	hnökkum	hnökkunum
genitive	hnakka	hnakkans	hnakka	hnakkanna

See also

• emó, ímó (an emo)
• gothari, goþþari, gottari (a goth)
• nörd, nördi (a nerd, a geek)
• pönkari (a punk)
• skinka

Etymology 2

See hnakkur.

Noun

Template:is-noun form m

1. indefinite dative singular of hnakkur

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hnakkô. Compare Old English hnecca ( > Modern English neck), Dutch nek, German Nacken.

Noun

hnakki m

1. nape of the neck

Descendants

• Danish: nakke c
• Faroese: nakki m
• Icelandic: hnakki m

• Norwegian: nakke m
• Swedish: nacke c

References

• “hnakki”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press