hópur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hópr, an early borrowing from Middle Low German hôp, from Old Saxon hōp, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɔuːwpʊɹ/

Noun

hópur m (genitive singular hóps, plural hópar)

Declension

Declension of hópur
m6	singular		plural
m6	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hópur	hópurin	hópar	hóparnir
accusative	hóp	hópin	hópar	hóparnar
dative	hópi	hópinum	hópum	hópunum
genitive	hóps	hópsins	hópa	hópanna

Related terms

slag (species)
slekt (genus)
ætt (family)
flokkur (class)
fylki (phylum)
ríki (kingdom/regnum)

References

Lívfrøðilig frøðinevni (Jens-Kjeld Jensen & Marjun A. Simonsen) (nomenclature)
Øktur føroyskur frøðinevnalisti (Jens-Kjeld Jensen) (Extended List of Nomenclature)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hópr, an early borrowing from Middle Low German hôp, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhouːpʏr/
Rhymes: -ouːpʏr

Noun

hópur m (genitive singular hóps, nominative plural hópar)

a group, a crowd
Hópur fólks.
A crowd of people.

Mislitur hópur.
A motley crowd.
(statistics) population, universe; (group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn)

Declension

declension of hópur

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	hópur	hópurinn	hópar	hóparnir
accusative	hóp	hópinn	hópa	hópana
dative	hópi / hóp	hópnum	hópum	hópunum
genitive	hóps	hópsins	hópa	hópanna

Synonyms

(statistics: population): þýði, stofn, (uncommon) lýður

See also

úrtak (statistics: sample)

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