nyre

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish nyræ, niuræ, from Old Norse nýra, from Proto-Germanic *neurô.

Noun

nyre c (singular definite nyren, plural indefinite nyrer)

(anatomy) kidney

Declension

Declension of *nyre*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nyre	nyren	nyrer	nyrerne
genitive	nyres	nyrens	nyrers	nyrernes

References

“nyre” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nýra.

Noun

nyre m or f or n (definite singular nyren or nyra or nyret, indefinite plural nyrer, definite plural nyrene or nyra)

a kidney

Derived terms

nyrestein

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nýra n, from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²nyː.rə/

Noun

nyre f or n (definite singular nyra or nyret, indefinite plural nyrer or nyre, definite plural nyrene or nyra)

kidney

Inflection

Historical inflection of *nyre*
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
1917¹	nyre n	nyret	nyre	nyra, nyri
1938^{2, 3}	nyre f or n	nyra; nyret	nyrer [nyror]; nyre	nyrene [nyrone]; nyra [nyri]
2012³ (current)	nyre f or n	nyra; nyret	nyrer; nyre	nyrene; nyra

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. ¹Form introduced as an alternative to nyra n. ²Alternative form nyra n was made non-standard. ³Alternative form [nyra] f was introduced in 1983, then later removed in 2012.

Historical inflection of *nyra*
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
Aasen^{1, 2}	Nyra n	Nyra	Nyro	Nyro
1938³	–	–	–	–
1983	[nyra] f	nyra	nyrer [nyror]	nyrene [nyrone]
2012³ (current)	–	–	–	–

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
¹Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. ²In 1917, an alternative form nyre n was introduced. ³Superseded by nyre f or n.

Derived terms

nyrestein

References

“nyre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.