nyre

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish nyræ, niuræ, from Old Norse nýra, from Proto-Germanic *neurô.

Noun

nyre c (singular definite nyren, plural indefinite nyrer)

  1. (anatomy) kidney

Declension
Declension of nyre
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nyre nyren nyrer nyrerne
genitive nyres nyrens nyrers nyrernes

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse nýra.

Noun

nyre m or f or n (definite singular nyren or nyra or nyret, indefinite plural nyrer, definite plural nyrene or nyra)

  1. a kidney

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nýra n, from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²nyː.rə/

Noun

nyre f or n (definite singular nyra or nyret, indefinite plural nyrer or nyre, definite plural nyrene or nyra)

  1. kidney

Inflection
Historical inflection of nyre
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
19171 nyre n nyret nyre nyra, nyri
19382, 3 nyre f or n nyra; nyret nyrer [nyror]; nyre nyrene [nyrone]; nyra [nyri]
20123 (current) nyre f or n nyra; nyret nyrer; nyre nyrene; nyra

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. 1Form introduced as an alternative to nyra n. 2Alternative form nyra n was made non-standard. 3Alternative form [nyra] f was introduced in 1983, then later removed in 2012.

Historical inflection of nyra
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1, 2 Nyra n Nyra Nyro Nyro
19383 – – – –
1983 [nyra] f nyra nyrer [nyror] nyrene [nyrone]
20123 (current) – – – –

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2In 1917, an alternative form nyre n was introduced. 3Superseded by nyre f or n.

Derived terms

References
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