vinnukona

Icelandic

Etymology

From vinna (“work, labour”) +‎ kona (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪnːʏˌkʰɔːna/

Noun

vinnukona f (genitive singular vinnukonu, nominative plural vinnukonur)

1. a female laborer on a farm
2. a female servant, maidservant, help
3. (colloquial) windshield wiper

   Synonym: rúðuþurrka

4. (colloquial, figurative) a child’s tooth

   að taka vinnukonu ― to get a new tooth (literally, “to take on a maidservant”)

Declension

Declension of vinnukona (feminine, based on kona)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vinnukona	vinnukonan	vinnukonur	vinnukonurnar
accusative	vinnukonu	vinnukonuna	vinnukonur	vinnukonurnar
dative	vinnukonu	vinnukonunni	vinnukonum	vinnukonunum
genitive	vinnukonu	vinnukonunnar	vinnukvenna	vinnukvennanna

Coordinate terms

• vinnumaður