vinna

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

vinna

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

Antonyms

Faroese

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vinna.

Noun

vinna f (genitive singular vinnu, plural vinnur)

  1. business, acquisition, work, profession
  2. (archaic, agriculture) ploughing
Declension
Declension of vinna
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vinna vinnan vinnur vinnurnar
accusative vinnu vinnuna vinnur vinnurnar
dative vinnu vinnuni vinnum vinnunum
genitive vinnu vinnunnar vinna vinnanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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
Conjugation

See also

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪnːa/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnːa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vinna.

Noun

vinna f (genitive singular vinnu, no plural)

  1. a job, an occupation, an employment syn.
    Að hafa vinnu.
    To be employed.
  2. work, labour syn.
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to work, to labour syn.
    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) syn.
  3. (intransitive) to win, to achieve victory syn.
    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 syn.
    Fjölnismenn unnu Val 2–1 í gær.
    Fjölnir beat Valur 2–1 yesterday.
  6. (transitive, with accusative) to win, to obtain, to get syn.
    Herinn vann borgina frá uppreisnarmönnunum.
    The army took the city from the rebels.
Conjugation
vinnast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að vinnast
supine
(sagnbót)		 unnist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 vinnandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég vinnst við vinnumst present
(nútíð)		 ég vinnist við vinnumst
þú vinnst þið vinnist þú vinnist þið vinnist
hann, hún, það vinnst þeir, þær, þau vinnast hann, hún, það vinnist þeir, þær, þau vinnist
past
(þátíð)		 ég vannst við unnumst past
(þátíð)		 ég ynnist við ynnumst
þú vannst þið unnust þú ynnist þið ynnust
hann, hún, það vannst þeir, þær, þau unnust hann, hún, það ynnist þeir, þær, þau ynnust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 vinnst (þú) vinnist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
vinnstu vinnisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
unninn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)		 singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 unninn unnin unnið unnir unnar unnin
accusative
(þolfall)		 unninn unna unnið unna unnar unnin
dative
(þágufall)		 unnum unninni unnu unnum unnum unnum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 unnins unninnar unnins unninna unninna unninna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 unni unna unna unnu unnu unnu
accusative
(þolfall)		 unna unnu unna unnu unnu unnu
dative
(þágufall)		 unna unnu unna unnu unnu unnu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 unna unnu unna unnu unnu unnu
Synonyms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse vinna. Akin to English win.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʋɪnːɑ/

Verb

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

  1. to win

Synonyms

  • (in intransitive meaning) sigra

References

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to accomplish

Synonyms

Conjugation

Conjugation of vinna — mediopassive (strong class 3)
infinitive vinnask
present participle vinnandisk
past participle unnizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular vinnumk unnumk
2nd-person singular vinnsk vannzk
3rd-person singular vinnsk vannsk
1st-person plural vinnumsk unnumsk
2nd-person plural vinnizk unnuzk
3rd-person plural vinnask unnusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular vinnumk unnumk
2nd-person singular vinnisk unnisk
3rd-person singular vinnisk unnisk
1st-person plural vinnimsk unnimsk
2nd-person plural vinnizk unnizk
3rd-person plural vinnisk unnisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular vinnsk
1st-person plural vinnumsk
2nd-person plural vinnizk

Descendants

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

vinna

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

Conjugation

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

vinna

  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?

Conjugation

Derived terms

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