hnjúkur

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• hnúkur

Etymology

Likely related to hnakki (“nape of the neck”), of a group of *hn- words ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn̥juːkʏr/
• Rhymes: -uːkʏr

Noun

hnjúkur m (genitive singular hnjúks, nominative plural hnjúkar)

1. mountain peak

Declension

Declension of hnjúkur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hnjúkur	hnjúkurinn	hnjúkar	hnjúkarnir
accusative	hnjúk	hnjúkinn	hnjúka	hnjúkana
dative	hnjúk, hnjúki	hnjúknum, hnjúkinum	hnjúkum	hnjúkunum
genitive	hnjúks	hnjúksins	hnjúka	hnjúkanna

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 558-59