opinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse opinn, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz. Compare Faroese opin, Norwegian open, åpen, Danish åben, Swedish öppen, Dutch open, Low German apen, open, German offen, West Frisian iepen, English open.

Adjective

opinn (comparative opnari, superlative opnastur)

1. open

Declension

positive forms of opinn

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	opinn	opin	opið
	accusative	opinn	opna
	dative	opnum	opinni	opnu
	genitive	opins	opinnar	opins
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	opnir	opnar	opin
	accusative	opna
	dative	opnum
	genitive	opinna
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	opni	opna	opna
	acc/dat/gen	opna	opnu
	plural (all-case)	opnu

comparative forms of opinn

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	opnari	opnari	opnara
	plural (all-case)	opnari

superlative forms of opinn

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	opnastur	opnust	opnast
	accusative	opnastan	opnasta
	dative	opnustum	opnastri	opnustu
	genitive	opnasts	opnastrar	opnasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	opnastir	opnastar	opnust
	accusative	opnasta
	dative	opnustum
	genitive	opnastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	opnasti	opnasta	opnasta
	acc/dat/gen	opnasta	opnustu
	plural (all-case)	opnustu

Derived terms

• galopinn

Related terms

• opna