aumingi

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈøyːmiɲcɪ/

Noun

aumingi m (genitive singular aumingja, nominative plural aumingjar)

1. wimp

   Hann er algjör aumingi, getur ekki einusinni lyft borði.

   He's a total loser, can't even lift a table.

2. loser

   Þegiðu helvítis auminginn þinn!

   Shut up you fucking loser!

3. poor thing (used to express pity)

   Synonyms: grey, vesalingur

   Æ, aumingja strákurinn. ― Oh, poor boy.

Derived terms

• aumingjaskapur m

Old Norse

Etymology

From aumr (“poor, miserable, unhappy”) +‎ -ingi.

Noun

aumingi m (genitive aumingja)

1. miserable person, wretch

Declension

  Declension of aumingi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	aumingi	auminginn	aumingjar	aumingjarnir
accusative	aumingja	aumingjann	aumingja	aumingjana
dative	aumingja	aumingjanum	aumingjum	aumingjunum
genitive	aumingja	aumingjans	aumingja	aumingjanna

See also

• armingi

References

• “aumingi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press