nypon
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Swedish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish hiupon (possibly nominative plural), from Proto-Germanic *heupą, *heupōn.[1] Compare Danish hyben, Norwegian nype, hjupa, Old Saxon hiopo, Old High German hiufo, dialectal German hiefen, hüfen, Old English héope and English hip. The beginning in n- has come to be through a misconception with a first element in a compound word ending in n. For example in stennypon (Norwegian steinhjupa, originally sten + hjupon) the misconception is that the ending n in sten is a part of hjupon which it is not.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nypon n
- rosehip (the fruit of a rose)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of nypon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | nypon | nyponet | nypon | nyponen |
| Genitive | nypons | nyponets | nypons | nyponens |
Related terms[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- Swedish train ticket collectors enter the wagon calling out for nypåstigna (new passengers), which is sometimes jokingly misheard for Nyponstigen (rosehip path, supposedly a street name).