hindra

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hindra, from Proto-Germanic *hinderōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪntra/

Verb

hindra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hindraði, supine hindrað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to hinder, to obstruct, to block

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to hinder, to block): teppa

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

hindra n

  1. definite plural of hinder

Verb

hindra

  1. past tense of hindre
  2. supine of hindre

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hindra, from Proto-Germanic *hinderōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²hɪn.drɑ/

Verb

hindra (present tense hindrar, past tense hindra, past participle hindra, passive infinitive hindrast, present participle hindrande, imperative hindra/hindr)

  1. a-infinitive form of hindre

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪn.drɑ/

Noun

hindra n

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of hinder

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hinderōną.

Verb

hindra

  1. (transitive) to hinder, to keep behind
  2. (intransitive) to loiter, linger
    hindra eptir e-u
    to loiter about a thing
  3. (impersonal) to want, lack
    e-n hindrar e-t
    someone lacks something
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic: hindra
  • Faroese: hindra
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hindra, hindre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hindre
  • Old Swedish: hindra
  • Danish: hindre
  • Gutnish: hindre

Adjective

hindra

  1. masculine oblique cases singular of hindri
  2. neuter all cases singular of hindri

Noun

hindra n

  1. genitive plural of hindr

References

  • hindra”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Anagrams

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hindra, from Old Norse hindra (hinder, stay, delay), probably from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną (to put back), from Proto-Indo-European *k(')enta (down, below, with, far, along, against), from *ḱen- (to set oneself in motion, arise).

Pronunciation

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Verb

hindra (present hindrar, preterite hindrade, supine hindrat, imperative hindra)

  1. to prevent, restrain, hinder, impede, constrain

Conjugation

Further reading

Anagrams

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