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njóta

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse njóta, from Proto-Germanic *neutaną.

Verb

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njóta (third person singular past indicative neyt, third person plural past indicative nutu, supine notið)

  1. to enjoy

Conjugation

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Conjugation of njóta (group v-39)
infinitive njóta
supine notið
present past
first singular njóti neyt
second singular nýtur neytst
third singular nýtur neyt
plural njóta nutu
participle (a27)1 njótandi notin
imperative
singular njót!
plural njótið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse njóta, from Proto-Germanic *neutaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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njóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative naut, third-person plural past indicative nutu, supine notið)

  1. (with genitive) to enjoy, to relish
  2. (with genitive) to benefit from

Conjugation

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njóta — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að njóta
supine
(sagnbót) 		notið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		njótandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég nýt við njótum present
(nútíð) 		ég njóti við njótum
þú nýtur þið njótið þú njótir þið njótið
hann, hún, það nýtur þeir, þær, þau njóta hann, hún, það njóti þeir, þær, þau njóti
past
(þátíð) 		ég naut við nutum past
(þátíð) 		ég nyti við nytum
þú naust þið nutuð þú nytir þið nytuð
hann, hún, það naut þeir, þær, þau nutu hann, hún, það nyti þeir, þær, þau nytu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		njót (þú) njótið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
njóttu njótiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
njótast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að njótast
supine
(sagnbót) 		notist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		njótandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég nýst við njótumst present
(nútíð) 		ég njótist við njótumst
þú nýst þið njótist þú njótist þið njótist
hann, hún, það nýst þeir, þær, þau njótast hann, hún, það njótist þeir, þær, þau njótist
past
(þátíð) 		ég naust við nutumst past
(þátíð) 		ég nytist við nytumst
þú naust þið nutust þú nytist þið nytust
hann, hún, það naust þeir, þær, þau nutust hann, hún, það nytist þeir, þær, þau nytust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		njóst (þú) njótist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
njóstu njótisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
notinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		notinn notin notið notnir notnar notin
accusative
(þolfall) 		notinn notna notið notna notnar notin
dative
(þágufall) 		notnum notinni notnu notnum notnum notnum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		notins notinnar notins notinna notinna notinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		notni notna notna notnu notnu notnu
accusative
(þolfall) 		notna notnu notna notnu notnu notnu
dative
(þágufall) 		notna notnu notna notnu notnu notnu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		notna notnu notna notnu notnu notnu

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *neutaną (“to use, make use of; to enjoy”), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to seize; grasp; use”).

Verb

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njóta (singular past indicative naut, plural past indicative nutu, past participle notinn)

  1. to enjoy; to have the use or benefit of [with genitive]
    skal hann njóta draums síns
    he shall have his dream out
  2. to derive benefit from, profit by [with genitive]
    Egils nauztu at því, fǫður þíns
    you had your father Egill to thank for that
  3. (impersonal) to cause to be available, to cause to be at hand, to cause to be present [with genitive ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "be at hand, be present" with the genitive object as the subject)
    ekki nýtr sólar
    there is no sun
  4. (impersonal) to be due to, to result from [with at (+ dative) ‘some cause’ and at (+ clause) ‘that ...’]
  5. (impersonal) to cause to be of help [with genitive ‘something’ and at (+ clause) ‘that ...’] (idiomatically translated as "help, be of help" with the genitive object as the subject)
    þess naut mjǫk at ... ― it helped greatly that ...
  6. (reciprocal) to enjoy each other

Conjugation

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Conjugation of njóta — active (strong class 2)
infinitive njóta
present participle njótandi
past participle notinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular nýt naut
2nd-person singular nýtr nauzt
3rd-person singular nýtr naut
1st-person plural njótum nutum
2nd-person plural njótið nutuð
3rd-person plural njóta nutu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular njóta nyta
2nd-person singular njótir nytir
3rd-person singular njóti nyti
1st-person plural njótim nytim
2nd-person plural njótið nytið
3rd-person plural njóti nyti
imperative present
2nd-person singular njót
1st-person plural njótum
2nd-person plural njótið
Conjugation of njóta — mediopassive (strong class 2)
infinitive njótask
present participle njótandisk
past participle notizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular njótumk nutumk
2nd-person singular nýzk nauzk
3rd-person singular nýzk nauzk
1st-person plural njótumsk nutumsk
2nd-person plural njótizk nutuzk
3rd-person plural njótask nutusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular njótumk nytumk
2nd-person singular njótisk nytisk
3rd-person singular njótisk nytisk
1st-person plural njótimsk nytimsk
2nd-person plural njótizk nytizk
3rd-person plural njótisk nytisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular njózk
1st-person plural njótumsk
2nd-person plural njótizk

Derived terms

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  • nýtr (“useful, usable”)

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: njóta
  • Faroese: njóta
  • Old Swedish: niūta
  • Old Danish: *niute

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “njóta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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