nøkke

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish nøken, from Old Norse nykr, Derived from Proto-Germanic *nikwiz-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *nigʷ-. Cognate include Old English nicor (“water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus”) (English nicker), Norwegian Nynorsk nykk, Swedish Näcken, German Nix, Dutch nikker and Ancient Greek νίζω (nízō)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnøɡə]

Noun

nøkke c (singular definite nøkken, plural indefinite nøkker)

  1. (folklore, mythology) a water-demon, the nixie, the nick; (mostly appearing as a grey horse-like creature with inverted hoofs and forward fetlocks that emerges from lakes)

Declension

Declension of nøkke
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nøkke nøkken nøkker nøkkerne
genitive nøkkes nøkkens nøkkers nøkkernes

See also

References

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