UrsprungFrom Old Norse pinni, from Middle Low German pinne, from Old Saxon pinn (“pin; peg”), from Proto-Germanic *pinn- (“pointed object; spike; peak”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge”). Cognate with English pin.
- common-gendera chopstick
“äta med pinnar” — eat with chopsticks
- common-gendera perch (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
- common-gendera peg (of tent pegs)
- common-gendera pin, a peg (small stick, generically)
- common-gendera 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” — In the football league, the winning team gets three points while the losing team gets none
Formerpinne(indefinite, nominative, singular) · pinnes(genitive, indefinite, singular) · pinnen(definite, nominative, singular) · pinnens(definite, genitive, singular) · pinnar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · pinnars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · pinnarna(definite, nominative, plural) · pinnarnas(definite, genitive, plural)