nys

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nys"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Nyunga with s as a placeholder.

Symbol

nys

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nyunga.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Nyunga terms

Danish

Etymology 1

From ny (“new”).

Adverb

nys

1. recently, just now

Etymology 2

Verbal noun to nyse (“to sneeze”), from Old Norse hnjósa.

Noun

nys n (singular definite nyset, plural indefinite nys)

1. sneeze

Inflection

Declension of nys

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nys	nyset	nys	nysene
genitive	nys'	nysets	nys'	nysenes

Related terms

• nyse (verb)

Verb

nys

1. imperative of nyse

Etymology 3

From Old Norse njósn, nýsa.

Noun

nys n (indeclinable)

1. få nys om: get wind of

Etymology 4

From kys (“kiss”).

Noun

nys n (singular definite nysset, plural indefinite nys or nysser)

1. (childish) kiss

Declension

Declension of nys

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nys	nysset	nys nysser	nyssene
genitive	nys'	nyssets	nys' nyssers	nyssenes

References

• “nys” in Den Danske Ordbog

Middle English

Adjective

nys

1. alternative form of nyce

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nyːs/, [nyʷːs]

Noun

nys n (definite singular nyset, indefinite plural nys, definite plural nysa or nysene)

1. sneeze

Verb

nys

1. imperative of nyse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

nys n (definite singular nyset, indefinite plural nys, definite plural nysa)

1. sneeze

Verb

nys

1. imperative of nyse
2. present of nyse

Old English

Verb

nys

1. alternative form of nis (“is not”)

Spanish

Noun

nys f pl

1. plural of ny

Swedish

Etymology

From nysa.

Noun

nys n

1. (colloquial, in some expressions) nonsense

   Det där är rena nyset

   That's just nonsense

Declension

Declension of nys

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nys	nys
	definite	nyset	nysets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

See also

• få nys om

Verb

nys

1. imperative of nysa

References

• “nys”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “nys”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “nys”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• syn