nypon
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Alternative forms
Etymology
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
Noun
nypon n
- rosehip (the fruit of a rose)
Declension
Declension of nypon
Related terms
- nyponblom
- nyponbuske
- nyponros
- nyponröd
- nyponsnår
- nyponsoppa
- nyponte
Trivia
- 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).
References
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