hópur
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse hópr, an early borrowing from Middle Low German hôp, from Old Saxon hōp, from Proto-West Germanic *haup.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɔuːwpʊɹ/
Noun
hópur m (genitive singular hóps, plural hópar)
Declension
| m6 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hópur | hópurin | hópar | hóparnir |
| accusative | hóp | hópin | hópar | hóparnar |
| dative | hópi | hópinum | hópum | hópunum |
| genitive | hóps | hópsins | hópa | hópanna |
Related terms
References
- Lívfrøðilig frøðinevni (Jens-Kjeld Jensen & Marjun A. Simonsen) (nomenclature)
- Øktur føroyskur frøðinevnalisti (Jens-Kjeld Jensen) (Extended List of Nomenclature)
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hópr, an early borrowing from Middle Low German hôp, from Old Saxon hōp, from Proto-West Germanic *haup.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhouːpʏr/
- Rhymes: -ouːpʏr
Noun
hópur m (genitive singular hóps, nominative plural hópar)
- a group, a crowd
- Hópur fólks.
- A crowd of people.
- Mislitur hópur.
- A motley crowd.
- (statistics) population, universe; (group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hópur | hópurinn | hópar | hóparnir |
| accusative | hóp | hópinn | hópa | hópana |
| dative | hóp, hópi | hópnum | hópum | hópunum |
| genitive | hóps | hópsins | hópa | hópanna |
See also
- úrtak (“sample (statistics)”)