bákn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bákn, a borrowing from Old Frisian bāken, from Proto-Germanic *baukną. Cognate with English beacon, Dutch baken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pauhkn/
• Rhymes: -auhkn

Noun

bákn n (genitive singular bákns, nominative plural bákn)

1. (archaic) beacon, signal
2. huge thing, colossus
3. cumbersome system, red tape, bureaucracy

Declension

declension of bákn

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bákn	báknið	bákn	báknin
accusative	bákn	báknið	bákn	báknin
dative	bákni	bákninu	báknum	báknunum
genitive	bákns	báknsins	bákna	báknanna