hjørne

From Old Norse hyrna f, *hyrni n (not attested in Classical Old Norse, but in Middle Norwegian), from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ f, *hurniją n.

• IPA^(key): /jœrnə/, [ˈjœ̞ɐ̯nə]

hjørne n (singular definite hjørnet, plural indefinite hjørner)

1. corner
2. nook
3. niche
4. (graph theory) node
   • 2005, Gyldendals Minilex. Matematik, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 104:

     Det ville svare til, at nedenstående graf har en ▻Eulertur, hvilket den ikke har, idet ikke hvert hjørne har lige valens...

     This would imply that the graph below has an Euler trail, which it does not, since not every node has an even degree...

• Norwegian Bokmål: hjørne
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: hjørne

From Danish hjørne.

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hjørne n (definite singular hjørnet, indefinite plural hjørner, definite plural hjørna or hjørnene)

1. a corner

• “hjørne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• hyrne

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål hjørne, in turn from Danish hjørne.

• IPA^(key): /²jœrnə/, /²jøːrnə/

hjørne n (definite singular hjørnet, indefinite plural hjørne, definite plural hjørna)

1. a corner

• “hjørne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.