hnakki

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈn̥ahcɪ/
    Rhymes: -ahcɪ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse [Term?] hnakki, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô. Origin of the slang sense is uncertain, but may be derived from the meat sense, in connection with skinka (“ham”), which is also used in a similar slang sense.

Noun

hnakki m (genitive singular hnakka, nominative plural hnakkar)

  1. nape of the neck
  2. shoulder (meat behind an animals head, e.g. on a pig or fish)
  3. (slang, derogatory, neologism) a stereotypical grouping of superficial juveniles associated with sport, fitness and tanning, that often bleach their hair and dress fashionably, somewhat similar to a jock
Declension
declension of hnakki
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hnakki hnakkinn hnakkar hnakkarnir
accusative hnakka hnakkann hnakka hnakkana
dative hnakka hnakkanum hnökkum hnökkunum
genitive hnakka hnakkans hnakka hnakkanna
See also
  • emó, ímó (an emo)
  • gothari, goþþari, gottari (a goth)
  • nörd, nördi (a nerd, a geek)
  • pönkari (a punk)
  • skinka

Etymology 2

See hnakkur.

Noun

hnakki m

  1. indefinite dative singular of hnakkur

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hnakkô. Compare Old English hnecca ( > Modern English neck), Dutch nek, German Nacken.

Noun

hnakki m

  1. nape of the neck

Descendants

References
  • hnakki in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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