vinna
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See also: vinná
Pronunciation
Adjective
vinna
Antonyms
Etymology 1
Noun
vinna f (genitive singular vinnu, plural vinnur)
Declension
Derived terms
- alivinna
- uppsjóvarvinna
- sjóvinna
- fiskivinna
- ferðavinna
- handilsvinna
- hjávinna
- høvuðsvinna
- námsvinna
- oljuvinna
- samvinna
- tænastuvinna
- vinnufelag
- vinnufrælsi
- vinnufólk
- vinnugrein
- vinnuloysi
- vinnuloyvi
- vinnulív
- vinnulívsmaður
- vinnumál
- vinnunevnd
- vinnuskúli
Etymology 2
From Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Related to Swedish vinna, Icelandic vinna, Norwegian Bokmål vinne, English win, Dutch winnen, and German gewinnen.
Verb
vinna (third person singular past indicative vann, third person plural past indicative vunnu, supine vunnið)
Conjugation
See also
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
vinna f (genitive singular vinnu, no plural)
- a job, an occupation, an employment
- Synonym: atvinna
- Að hafa vinnu.
- To be employed.
- work, labour
- Synonym: verk
Declension
Declension of vinna (sg-only feminine)
Derived terms
- hafa vinnu
- heimavinna
- erfiðisvinna
- vinnuhlé
Etymology 2
From Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Related to Faroese vinna, Swedish vinna, Norwegian Bokmål vinne, English win, Dutch winnen, and German gewinnen.
Verb
vinna (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative vann, third-person plural past indicative unnu, supine unnið)
- (intransitive) to work, to labour
- Synonym: starfa
- Ég nenni ekki að vinna.
- I don't want to work.
- Ég vinn allan daginn.
- I work all day.
- to do, to perform (e.g. a task) [with accusative]
- Synonym: framkvæma
- (intransitive) to win, to achieve victory
- Synonym: sigra
- Ég vann!
- I won!
- to win, to triumph in (e.g. a game) [with accusative]
- Við unnum keppnina.
- We won the tournament.
- to conquer, to beat, to defeat [with accusative]
- Synonym: sigra
- to win, to obtain, to get [with accusative]
- Synonym: fá
- Herinn vann borgina frá uppreisnarmönnunum.
- The army took the city from the rebels.
Conjugation
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að vinna | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
unnið | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
vinnandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég vinn | við vinnum | present (nútíð) |
ég vinni | við vinnum |
| þú vinnur | þið vinnið | þú vinnir | þið vinnið | ||
| hann, hún, það vinnur | þeir, þær, þau vinna | hann, hún, það vinni | þeir, þær, þau vinni | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég vann | við unnum | past (þátíð) |
ég ynni | við ynnum |
| þú vannst | þið unnuð | þú ynnir | þið ynnuð | ||
| hann, hún, það vann | þeir, þær, þau unnu | hann, hún, það ynni | þeir, þær, þau ynnu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
vinn (þú) | vinnið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| vinndu | vinniði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
vinna — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að vinnast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
unnist | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
vinnandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég vinnst | við vinnumst | present (nútíð) |
ég vinnist | við vinnumst |
| þú vinnst | þið vinnist | þú vinnist | þið vinnist | ||
| hann, hún, það vinnst | þeir, þær, þau vinnast | hann, hún, það vinnist | þeir, þær, þau vinnist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég vannst | við unnumst | past (þátíð) |
ég ynnist | við ynnumst |
| þú vannst | þið unnust | þú ynnist | þið ynnust | ||
| hann, hún, það vannst | þeir, þær, þau unnust | hann, hún, það ynnist | þeir, þær, þau ynnust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
vinnst (þú) | vinnist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| vinnstu | vinnisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
vinnast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
unninn | unnin | unnið | unnir | unnar | unnin | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
unninn | unna | unnið | unna | unnar | unnin | |
| dative (þágufall) |
unnum | unninni | unnu | unnum | unnum | unnum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
unnins | unninnar | unnins | unninna | unninna | unninna | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
unni | unna | unna | unnu | unnu | unnu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
unna | unnu | unna | unnu | unnu | unnu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
unna | unnu | unna | unnu | unnu | unnu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
unna | unnu | unna | unnu | unnu | unnu | |
unninn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
Alternative forms
- vinne (e and split infinitives)
Etymology
From Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną. Akin to English win.
Pronunciation
Verb
vinna (present tense vinn, past tense vann, supine vunne, past participle vunnen, present participle vinnande, imperative vinn)
- (transitive, intransitive) to win
Synonyms
- (in intransitive meaning): sigra
References
- “vinna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Compare Old English winnan, Old Saxon winnan, Old High German winnan, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (winnan).
Verb
vinna (singular past indicative vann, plural past indicative unnu, past participle unninn)
- to accomplish
Conjugation
| infinitive | vinna | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | vinnandi | |
| past participle | unninn | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | vinn | vann |
| 2nd-person singular | vinnr, viðr | vannt |
| 3rd-person singular | vinnr, viðr | vann |
| 1st-person plural | vinnum | unnum |
| 2nd-person plural | vinnið | unnuð |
| 3rd-person plural | vinna | unnu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | vinna | ynna |
| 2nd-person singular | vinnir | ynnir |
| 3rd-person singular | vinni | ynni |
| 1st-person plural | vinnim | ynnim |
| 2nd-person plural | vinnið | ynnið |
| 3rd-person plural | vinni | ynni |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | vinn | |
| 1st-person plural | vinnum | |
| 2nd-person plural | vinnið | |
Conjugation of vinna — active (strong class 3)
| infinitive | vinnask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | vinnandisk | |
| past participle | unnizk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | vinnumk | unnumk |
| 2nd-person singular | vinnsk | vannzk |
| 3rd-person singular | vinnsk | vannsk |
| 1st-person plural | vinnumsk | unnumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | vinnizk | unnuzk |
| 3rd-person plural | vinnask | unnusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | vinnumk | ynnumk |
| 2nd-person singular | vinnisk | ynnisk |
| 3rd-person singular | vinnisk | ynnisk |
| 1st-person plural | vinnimsk | ynnimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | vinnizk | ynnizk |
| 3rd-person plural | vinnisk | ynnisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | vinnsk | |
| 1st-person plural | vinnumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | vinnizk | |
Conjugation of vinna — mediopassive (strong class 3)
Descendants
Etymology
From Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną.
Verb
vinna
Conjugation
| present | past | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vinna | — | |||
| participle | vinnandi, vinnande | unnin | |||
| active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | vinder | vinni, vinne | — | van | unni, unne |
| þū | vinder | vinni, vinne | vin | vant | unni, unne |
| han | vinder | vinni, vinne | — | van | unni, unne |
| vīr | vinnum, vinnom | vinnum, vinnom | vinnum, vinnom | unnum, unnom | unnum, unnom |
| īr | vinnin | vinnin | vinnin | unnin | unnin |
| þēr | vinna | vinnin | — | unnu, unno | unnin |
| mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | vints | vinnis, vinnes | — | vans | unnis, unnes |
| þū | vints | vinnis, vinnes | — | vants | unnis, unnes |
| han | vints | vinnis, vinnes | — | vans | unnis, unnes |
| vīr | vinnums, -oms | vinnums, vinnoms | — | unnums, unnoms | unnums, unnoms |
| īr | vinnins | vinnins | — | unnins | unnins |
| þēr | vinnas | vinnins | — | unnus, unnos | unnins |
Conjugation of vinna (strong)
Descendants
Etymology
From Old Swedish vinna, from Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Related to Icelandic vinna, Norwegian vinne, English win, Dutch winnen, and German gewinnen.
Pronunciation
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Verb
vinna (present vinner, preterite vann, supine vunnit, imperative vinn)
- to win, to defeat, to beat
- to gain, to make a net profit, to receive as a benefit
- Vad vinner jag på det?
- What's in it for me?
- (literally, “What do I gain for it?”)
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | vinna | vinnas | ||
| Supine | vunnit | vunnits | ||
| Imperative | vinn | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | vinnen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | vinner | vann | vinns, vinnes | vanns |
| Ind. plural1 | vinna | vunno | vinnas | vunnos |
| Subjunctive2 | vinne | vunne | vinnes | vunnes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | vinnande | |||
| Past participle | vunnen | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of vinna (class 3 strong)
Derived terms
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