nypon
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish hiupon (possibly nominative plural), from Proto-Germanic *heupą, *heupōn.[1] Compare Danish hyben, Norwegian nype, hjupa, Old Saxon hiopo, Old High German hiufo, dialectal German hiefen, hüfen, Old English héope and English hip. The beginning in n- has come to be through a misconception with a first element in a compound word ending in n. For example in stennypon (Norwegian steinhjupa, originally sten + hjupon) the misconception is that the ending n in sten is a part of hjupon which it is not.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nypon n
- rosehip (the fruit of a rose)
Declension
[edit]Declension of nypon
Related terms
[edit]Trivia
[edit]- Swedish train ticket collectors enter the wagon calling out for nypåstigna (new passengers), which is sometimes jokingly misheard for Nyponstigen (rosehip path, supposedly a street name).