níu

See also: niu, Niu, niū, niú, niǔ, and niù

Asturian

Noun

níu m (plural níos)

Alternative form of nieru

Icelandic

**Icelandic cardinal numbers**
< 8	9	10 >
Cardinal : níu Ordinal : níundi

Etymology

From Old Norse níu (“nine”), from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate with Danish ni, Faroese níggju, Norwegian ni, Swedish nio.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈniːjʏ]
Rhymes: -iːjʏ

Homophone: nýju

Numeral

níu

nine; the cardinal number after átta (“eight”) and before tíu (“ten”).

Derived terms

klukkan níu
nía noun

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *newun (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”). Cognate with Old English niġon, Old Frisian nigun, Old Saxon nigun, Old High German niun, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun).

Numeral

níu

nine

Descendants

Danish: ni
Elfdalian: niu
Faroese: níggju

Icelandic: níu
Norwegian: ni (Bokmål), ni (Nynorsk) (dialectal nio, nie)
Swedish: nio, nie

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