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pinne

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of pinnen

From Proto-Finnic [Term?], possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pintä- (“to close, cover”). In that case, it is cognate with Hungarian fed and Udmurt поди (podi).[1]

pinne

1. (rare, dialectal) Any device or part that keeps something in its place through tension (as contrasted with e.g. weight or friction), such as a clamp or clip.
2. (pathology) A condition in which a nerve is pressed by other body parts causing pain, cramps or other symptoms.
3. (idiomatic) A difficult situation, jam, bind. In this sense only used in inessive, elative and illative cases in set expressions.

   olla pinteessä = to be in a difficult situation

   joutua pinteeseen = to get into a difficult situation

   päästä pinteestä = to get out of a difficult situation

• kiipeli
• liemi (olla liemessä = in trouble)

• pinnistää

• nepin, penin, penni

pinne f

1. plural of pinna

From Old Norse pinni, from Middle Low German pin, pinne, from Proto-Indo-European

pinne m (definite singular pinnen, indefinite plural pinner, definite plural pinnene)

1. a stick
2. (knitting) a needle
3. a drink

   ta seg en pinne

   take yourself a drink

• pinnekjøtt
• strikkepinne

• “pinne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “pinne_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• pinn

From Old Norse pinni, from Proto-Germanic *penn-, borrowed from classical Latin penna (“feather, wing”). Cognate to English pin.

• IPA^(key): /²pɪnːə/

pinne m (definite singular pinnen, indefinite plural pinnar, definite plural pinnane)

1. a stick
2. (knitting) a needle

• pinnekjøt, pinnekjøtt
• strikkepinne

• “pinne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

pinne f

1. bottle, flask

• The exact gender is unknown. As pinne, it is assumed to be feminine. The form, glossed once in the accusative case, is pinnan (for flaxan, "flask"). Gender could also be masculine (nominative pinna).

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From Old Norse pinni, from Old Swedish pinne, cognate with English pin.

pinne c

1. a stick; a short thin roughly cylindrical form of material
2. a perch; a bird's roost

   Som en fågel på en pinne, vill jag ständigt sitta i ditt minne.

   Like a bird on its perch, I want to sit forever in your memory.

3. (sports) a point valid in a sports league, given to a team for winning a league match

   I fotbollsligan får det vinnande laget tre pinnar medan det förlorande laget inte får någon.

• lägga på en pinne
• trilla av pinnen

• stav
• sticka

• pinne in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• pinne in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.