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nisse

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See also: Nisse and -nisse

Afrikaans

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Noun

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nisse

  1. plural of nis

Danish

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Etymology

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From Nisse, pet form of the common male given name Niels. Compare Swedish nisse.

Noun

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nisse c (singular definite nissen, plural indefinite nisser)

  1. A small mythological being living in farmsteads; in modern times associated with Christmas.

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Swedish nisse.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnisːe/, [ˈnis̠ːe̞]
  • Rhymes: -isːe
  • Hyphenation(key): nis‧se

Noun

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nisse

  1. Human-shaped gingerbread or other pastry.

Declension

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Inflection of nisse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative nisse nisset
genitive nissen nissejen
partitive nisseä nissejä
illative nisseen nisseihin
singular plural
nominative nisse nisset
accusative nom. nisse nisset
gen. nissen
genitive nissen nissejen
nissein rare
partitive nisseä nissejä
inessive nissessä nisseissä
elative nissestä nisseistä
illative nisseen nisseihin
adessive nissellä nisseillä
ablative nisseltä nisseiltä
allative nisselle nisseille
essive nissenä nisseinä
translative nisseksi nisseiksi
abessive nissettä nisseittä
instructive nissein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of nisse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nisseni nisseni
accusative nom. nisseni nisseni
gen. nisseni
genitive nisseni nissejeni
nisseini rare
partitive nisseäni nissejäni
inessive nissessäni nisseissäni
elative nissestäni nisseistäni
illative nisseeni nisseihini
adessive nisselläni nisseilläni
ablative nisseltäni nisseiltäni
allative nisselleni nisseilleni
essive nissenäni nisseinäni
translative nissekseni nisseikseni
abessive nissettäni nisseittäni
instructive
comitative nisseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nissesi nissesi
accusative nom. nissesi nissesi
gen. nissesi
genitive nissesi nissejesi
nisseisi rare
partitive nisseäsi nissejäsi
inessive nissessäsi nisseissäsi
elative nissestäsi nisseistäsi
illative nisseesi nisseihisi
adessive nisselläsi nisseilläsi
ablative nisseltäsi nisseiltäsi
allative nissellesi nisseillesi
essive nissenäsi nisseinäsi
translative nisseksesi nisseiksesi
abessive nissettäsi nisseittäsi
instructive
comitative nisseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nissemme nissemme
accusative nom. nissemme nissemme
gen. nissemme
genitive nissemme nissejemme
nisseimme rare
partitive nisseämme nissejämme
inessive nissessämme nisseissämme
elative nissestämme nisseistämme
illative nisseemme nisseihimme
adessive nissellämme nisseillämme
ablative nisseltämme nisseiltämme
allative nissellemme nisseillemme
essive nissenämme nisseinämme
translative nisseksemme nisseiksemme
abessive nissettämme nisseittämme
instructive
comitative nisseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nissenne nissenne
accusative nom. nissenne nissenne
gen. nissenne
genitive nissenne nissejenne
nisseinne rare
partitive nisseänne nissejänne
inessive nissessänne nisseissänne
elative nissestänne nisseistänne
illative nisseenne nisseihinne
adessive nissellänne nisseillänne
ablative nisseltänne nisseiltänne
allative nissellenne nisseillenne
essive nissenänne nisseinänne
translative nisseksenne nisseiksenne
abessive nissettänne nisseittänne
instructive
comitative nisseinenne

Further reading

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Danish nisse, from Nisse, a pet form of the common male given name Niels (cf. Norwegian Nils), which itself is a short form of Latin Nicolaus. As the name of a being possibly derived from St. Nicholas (St. Nils), compare Santa Claus and the Dutch Sinterklaas. Has to some degree replaced more traditional Norwegian names such as tufte(kall) and gardvord, which do not have religious connotations.

Noun

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nisse m (definite singular nissen, indefinite plural nissar, definite plural nissane)

  1. (folklore) a (small) being that lives in farmsteads; in modern times associated with Christmas.
    Synonyms: husvette (house spirit), gardvord (farm ward), tufte, tunvord, tunkall, tomte, tomtegubbe, tøltebonde
    • 1883, Arne Garborg, Bondestudentar [Farmer students]:
      Elder den, som kunde faa fat i Bergkongen. Elder i Nissen, elder i ein Dverg, elder i nokot annat slikt.
      He who could only catch the Mountain King. Or the nisse, or a dwarf, or something else of that sort.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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nisse (present tense nissar, past tense nissa, past participle nissa, passive infinitive nissast, present participle nissande, imperative nisse/niss)

  1. e-infinitive form of nissa

References

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

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From Nisse, pet form of the male given name Nils. Compare Danish nisse.

Noun

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nisse c

  1. (folklore) a small tomte
  2. (in compounds) a trainee, an apprentice
    Synonym: lärling
  3. (in compounds) a (male) person who works with something or the like
    datanisse
    computer guy

Declension

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Declension of nisse
nominative genitive
singular indefinite nisse nisses
definite nissen nissens
plural indefinite nissar nissars
definite nissarna nissarnas

Derived terms

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