punktum

See also: Punktum

Danish

Etymology

From Latin pūnctum (“point, puncture”), the neuter of the participle pūnctus (“pointed”). Doublet of point, pointe, and punkt, and cognate with punktere (from Latin punctuo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰɔŋtˢɔm]

Noun

punktum n (singular definite punktummet, plural indefinite punktummer)

1. full stop (the punctuation mark “.”)

Inflection

Declension of punktum

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	punktum	punktummet	punktummer	punktummerne
genitive	punktums	punktummets	punktummers	punktummernes

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin pūnctum (“point, puncture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊŋktʊm/
• Rhymes: -ʊŋktʊm

Noun

punktum n (genitive singular punktums, plural punktum)

1. full stop (the punctuation mark “.”)

Inflection

n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	punktum	punktumið	punktum	punktumini
accusative	punktum	punktumið	punktum	punktumini
dative	punktumi	punktuminum	punktumum	punktumunum
genitive	punktums	punktumsins	punktuma	punktumanna

Icelandic

Noun

punktum

1. indefinite dative plural of punktur

Verb

punktum

1. first-person plural present of punkta

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin pūnctum (“point, puncture”). Doublet of punkt.

Noun

punktum n (definite singular punktumet, indefinite plural punktum or punktumer, definite plural punktuma or punktumene)

1. a period (US) or full stop (UK) (punctuation mark)

References

• “punktum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin pūnctum (“point, puncture”). Doublet of punkt.

Noun

punktum n (definite singular punktumet, indefinite plural punktum, definite plural punktuma)

1. a full stop (UK) or period (US) (punctuation mark)

References

• “punktum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.