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pinne

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of pinnen

From Proto-Finnic [Term?], possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pintä- (“to close, cover”). In that case, it is cognate with Hungarian fed and Udmurt поди (poďi).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinːeˣ/, [ˈpinːe̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -inːe
• Syllabification^(key): pin‧ne
• Hyphenation^(key): pin‧ne

pinne

1. (rare, dialectal) Any device or part that keeps something in its place through tension (as contrasted with e.g. weight or friction), such as a clamp or clip.
2. (pathology) A condition in which a nerve is pressed by other body parts causing pain, cramps or other symptoms.
3. (idiomatic, in the locative cases) A difficult situation, jam, bind.

   Synonyms: kiipeli, liemi

   olla pinteessä ― to be in a difficult situation

   joutua pinteeseen ― to get into a difficult situation

   päästä pinteestä ― to get out of a difficult situation

• pinnistää

• “pinne”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• nepin, penin, penni

pinne f

1. plural of pinna

From Old Saxon *pinna (compare pinn, pin m), from Proto-West Germanic *pinnā.

pinne f^[1]

1. peg, nail

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• German Low German: Pinne f, Pinn m
  • → German: Pinn, Pinne
• → Old Norse: pinni, pinnr
  • Icelandic: pinni
  • Norwegian: pinne
  • Swedish: pinn
  • Danish: pind

From Old Norse pinni, from Middle Low German pin, pinne.

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pinne m (definite singular pinnen, indefinite plural pinner, definite plural pinnene)

1. a stick
2. (knitting) a needle
3. a drink

   ta seg en pinne

   take yourself a drink

• pinnekjøtt
• strikkepinne
• tollepinne

• “pinne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “pinne_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• pinn

From Old Norse pinni, from Proto-Germanic *penn-, borrowed from classical Latin penna (“feather, wing”). Cognate to English pin.

• IPA^(key): /²pɪnːə/

pinne m (definite singular pinnen, indefinite plural pinnar, definite plural pinnane)

1. a stick
2. (knitting) a needle

• brøytepinne
• pinnekjøt, pinnekjøtt
• strikkepinne

• “pinne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpin.ne/

pinne f

1. bottle, flask

• The exact gender is unknown. As pinne, it is assumed to be feminine. The form, glossed once in the accusative case, is pinnan (for flaxan, "flask"). Gender could also be masculine (nominative pinna).

Weak feminine (n-stem):

From Old Norse pinni, from Middle Low German pinne, from Old Saxon pinn (“pin; peg”), from Proto-Germanic *pinn- (“pointed object; spike; peak”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge”). Cognate with English pin.

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pinne c

1. a stick (elongated piece of wood (or other material), like a (severed) branch, or processed)
   1. a chopstick

      Synonym: ätpinne

      äta med pinnar

      eat with chopsticks

   2. a perch (bird's roost)

      Som en fågel på en pinne, vill jag ständigt sitta i ditt minne

      Like a bird on its perch, I want to sit forever in your memory

   3. a peg (of tent pegs)

      tältpinne

      tent peg

   4. a pin, a peg (small stick, generically)
2. (sports) a point valid in a sports league, given to a team for winning a league match

   I fotbollsligan får det vinnande laget tre pinnar medan det förlorande laget inte får någon

   In the football league, the winning team gets three points while the losing team gets none

• nål
• plugg (“plug, peg”)
• stav
• sticka
• stift

• pinne in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pinne in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pinne in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)