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Nisse

Nisse

See also: nisse and -nisse

English

Proper noun

Nisse

  1. town in the municipality of Borsele, Netherlands

Danish

Proper noun

Nisse

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Niels, recorded since the Middle Ages.

German

Etymology

From Old High German niz.

Noun

Nisse f (genitive Nisse, plural Nissen)

  1. nit

Declension

See also

  • Lausei n

Norwegian

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish and Swedish Nisse.

Proper noun

Nisse

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Nils.

Swedish

Proper noun

Nisse

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Nils, recorded since the Middle Ages.

nisse

nisse

See also: Nisse and -nisse

Danish

Noun

nisse c (singular definite nissen, plural indefinite nisser)

  1. A small mythological being living in farmsteads; in modern times associated with Christmas.

Inflection


Finnish

Noun

nisse

  1. Human-shaped gingerbread or other pastry.

Declension

Inflection of nisse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative nisse nisset
genitive nissen nissejen
partitive nisseä nissejä
illative nisseen nisseihin
singular plural
nominative nisse nisset
accusative nom. nisse nisset
gen. nissen
genitive nissen nissejen
nisseinrare
partitive nisseä nissejä
inessive nissessä nisseissä
elative nissestä nisseistä
illative nisseen nisseihin
adessive nissellä nisseillä
ablative nisseltä nisseiltä
allative nisselle nisseille
essive nissenä nisseinä
translative nisseksi nisseiksi
instructive nissein
abessive nissettä nisseittä
comitative nisseineen