nokkur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nǫkkurr, from earlier nakkvarr, from Proto-Norse *ᚾᛁ ᚹᚨᛁᛏ ᛖᚲ ᚺᚹᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (*ni wait ek hwarjaʀ, literally “not-know-I-who”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɔhkʏr]
  • Rhymes: -ɔhkʏr

Pronoun

nokkur (feminine nokkur, neuter (used with a noun) nokkurt or (used alone) nokkuð)

1. some

Declension

Positive forms of nokkur (strong-only)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nokkur	nokkur	nokkurt1, nokkuð2
accusative	nokkurn	nokkra
dative	nokkrum	nokkurri	nokkru
genitive	nokkurs	nokkurrar	nokkurs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nokkrir	nokkrar	nokkur
accusative	nokkra
dative	nokkrum
genitive	nokkurra

¹Used with a noun.
²Used alone.

Derived terms

• þónokkur (“some considerable amount”)