nokon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (former reform[s] only): noe
• nåkån (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse nǫkkurr, from Proto-Norse ne-wait-ek-hwarjaʀ (literally, "not-know-I-who"). Cognate with Swedish någon, Danish nogen, Faroese nakar, Icelandic nokkur, Norwegian Bokmål noen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²nuːkɔn/, /²noːkʊn/

Pronoun

nokon (feminine noka, neuter noko, plural nokre or nokon)

1. someone

   Nokon var her.

   Someone was here.

2. one

Determiner

nokon

1. enough

   Synonym: nok

References

• “nokon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.