vinna

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪna]
• Rhymes: -ɪna
• Hyphenation: vin‧na
• Homophone: vina

vinna

1. inflection of vinen:
   1. feminine singular
   2. neuter plural

• nevinna

From Old Norse vinna.

vinna f (genitive singular vinnu, plural vinnur)

1. business, acquisition, work, profession
2. (archaic, agriculture) ploughing

• alivinna
• uppsjóvarvinna
• sjóvinna
• fiskivinna
• ferðavinna
• handilsvinna
• hjávinna
• høvuðsvinna
• námsvinna
• oljuvinna
• samvinna
• tænastuvinna
• vinnufelag
• vinnufrælsi
• vinnufólk
• vinnugrein
• vinnuloysi
• vinnuloyvi
• vinnulív
• vinnulívsmaður
• vinnumál
• vinnunevnd
• vinnuskúli

From Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Related to Swedish vinna, Icelandic vinna, Norwegian Bokmål vinne, English win, Dutch winnen, and German gewinnen.

vinna (third person singular past indicative vann, third person plural past indicative vunnu, supine vunnið)

1. to win
2. to earn
3. to get
4. to work

• arbeiði
• verk
• starv
• starvsemi

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪnːa

From Old Norse vinna.

vinna f (genitive singular vinnu, no plural)

1. a job, an occupation, an employment

   Að hafa vinnu.

   To be employed.

2. work, labour

• (employment): atvinna
• (labour): verk

• hafa vinnu
• heimavinna
• erfiðisvinna
• vinnuhlé

From Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Related to Faroese vinna, Swedish vinna, Norwegian Bokmål vinne, English win, Dutch winnen, and German gewinnen.

vinna (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative vann, third-person plural past indicative unnu, supine unnið)

1. (intransitive) to work, to labour

   Ég nenni ekki að vinna.

   I don't want to work.

   Ég vinn allan daginn.

   I work all day.

2. (transitive, with accusative) to do, to perform (e.g. a task)
3. (intransitive) to win, to achieve victory

   Ég vann!

   I won!

4. (transitive, with accusative) to win, to triumph in (e.g. a game)

   Við unnum keppnina.

   We won the tournament.

5. (transitive, with accusative) to conquer, to beat, to defeat

   Fjölnismenn unnu Val 2–1 í gær.

   Fjölnir beat Valur 2–1 yesterday.

6. (transitive, with accusative) to win, to obtain, to get

   Herinn vann borgina frá uppreisnarmönnunum.

   The army took the city from the rebels.

• (to work, to labour): starfa
• (to do, to perform): framkvæma
• (to win, to achieve victory): sigra
• (to conquer): sigra
• (to win, to obtain): fá

• vinne (e and split infinitives)

From Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną. Akin to English win.

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɪnːɑ/

vinna (present tense vinn, past tense vann, supine vunne, past participle vunnen, present participle vinnande, imperative vinn)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to win

• (in intransitive meaning): sigra

• “vinna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Compare Old English winnan, Old Saxon winnan, Old High German winnan, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (winnan).

vinna (singular past indicative vann, plural past indicative unnu, past participle unninn)

1. to accomplish

• fremja
• inna

• Icelandic: vinna
• Faroese: vinna
• Norwegian: vinne
• Old Swedish: vinna
  • Swedish: vinna; vinne (dialectal)
• Old Danish: winnæ
  • Danish: vinde

From Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną.

vinna

1. to perform, to accomplish
2. to undergo, to suffer
3. to struggle, to toil
4. to win, to gain

• Swedish: vinna; vinne (dialectal)

From Old Swedish vinna, from Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Related to Icelandic vinna, Norwegian vinne, English win, Dutch winnen, and German gewinnen.

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vinna (present vinner, preterite vann, supine vunnit, imperative vinn)

1. to win, to defeat, to beat
2. to gain, to make a net profit, to receive as a benefit

   Vad vinner jag på det?

   What's in it for me?

   (literally, “What do I gain for it?”)

• vinnare
• vinning
• vinst
• återvinna
• övervinna