punktum

See also: Punktum

Danish

Etymology

From Latin pūnctum (point, puncture), the neuter of the participle pūnctus (pointed). Doublet of point, pointe, and punkt, and cognate with punktere (from Latin punctuo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʰɔŋtˢɔm]

Noun

punktum n (singular definite punktummet, plural indefinite punktummer)

  1. full stop (the punctuation mark “.”)

Inflection

Declension of punktum
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative punktum punktummet punktummer punktummerne
genitive punktums punktummets punktummers punktummernes

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin pūnctum (point, puncture).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʊŋktʊm/
  • Rhymes: -ʊŋktʊm

Noun

punktum n (genitive singular punktums, plural punktum)

  1. full stop (the punctuation mark “.”)

Inflection

n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative punktum punktumið punktum punktumini
accusative punktum punktumið punktum punktumini
dative punktumi punktuminum punktumum punktumunum
genitive punktums punktumsins punktuma punktumanna

Icelandic

Noun

punktum

  1. indefinite dative plural of punktur

Verb

punktum

  1. first-person plural present of punkta

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin pūnctum (point, puncture). Doublet of punkt.

Noun

punktum n (definite singular punktumet, indefinite plural punktum or punktumer, definite plural punktuma or punktumene)

  1. a period (US) or full stop (UK) (punctuation mark)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin pūnctum (point, puncture). Doublet of punkt.

Noun

punktum n (definite singular punktumet, indefinite plural punktum, definite plural punktuma)

  1. a full stop (UK) or period (US) (punctuation mark)

References