vinna

See also: vinná

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪna]
• Rhymes: -ɪna
• Hyphenation: vin‧na
• Homophone: vina

Adjective

vinna

1. inflection of vinen:
   1. feminine singular
   2. neuter plural

Antonyms

• nevinna

Faroese

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vinna.

Noun

vinna f (genitive singular vinnu, plural vinnur)

1. business, acquisition, work, profession
2. (archaic, agriculture) ploughing

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vinna	vinnan	vinnur	vinnurnar
accusative	vinnu	vinnuna	vinnur	vinnurnar
dative	vinnu	vinnuni	vinnum	vinnunum
genitive	vinnu	vinnunnar	vinna	vinnanna

Derived terms

• alivinna
• uppsjóvarvinna
• sjóvinna
• fiskivinna
• ferðavinna
• handilsvinna
• hjávinna
• høvuðsvinna
• námsvinna
• oljuvinna
• samvinna
• tænastuvinna
• vinnufelag
• vinnufrælsi
• vinnufólk
• vinnugrein
• vinnuloysi
• vinnuloyvi
• vinnulív
• vinnulívsmaður
• vinnumál
• vinnunevnd
• vinnuskúli

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Related to Swedish vinna, Icelandic vinna, Norwegian Bokmål vinne, English win, Dutch winnen, and German gewinnen.

Verb

vinna (third person singular past indicative vann, third person plural past indicative vunnu, supine vunnið)

1. to win
2. to earn
3. to get
4. to work

Conjugation

Conjugation of vinna (group v-44)
infinitive	vinna
supine	vunnið
participle (a34)1	vinnandi	vunnin
	present	past
first singular	vinni	vann
second singular	vinnur	vanst
third singular	vinnur	vann
plural	vinna	vunnu
	imperative
singular	vinn!
plural	vinnið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

See also

• arbeiði
• verk
• starv
• starvsemi

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪnːa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vinna.

Noun

vinna f (genitive singular vinnu, no plural)

1. a job, an occupation, an employment

   Að hafa vinnu.

   To be employed.

2. work, labour

Declension

Declension of vinna (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vinna	vinnan
accusative	vinnu	vinnuna
dative	vinnu	vinnunni
genitive	vinnu	vinnunnar

Synonyms

• (employment): atvinna
• (labour): verk

Derived terms

• hafa vinnu
• heimavinna
• erfiðisvinna
• vinnuhlé

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Related to Faroese vinna, Swedish vinna, Norwegian Bokmål vinne, English win, Dutch winnen, and German gewinnen.

Verb

vinna (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative vann, third-person plural past indicative unnu, supine unnið)

1. (intransitive) to work, to labour

   Ég nenni ekki að vinna.

   I don't want to work.

   Ég vinn allan daginn.

   I work all day.

2. (transitive, with accusative) to do, to perform (e.g. a task)
3. (intransitive) to win, to achieve victory

   Ég vann!

   I won!

4. (transitive, with accusative) to win, to triumph in (e.g. a game)

   Við unnum keppnina.

   We won the tournament.

5. (transitive, with accusative) to conquer, to beat, to defeat

   Fjölnismenn unnu Val 2–1 í gær.

   Fjölnir beat Valur 2–1 yesterday.

6. (transitive, with accusative) to win, to obtain, to get

   Herinn vann borgina frá uppreisnarmönnunum.

   The army took the city from the rebels.

Conjugation

vinna — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að vinna
supine (sagnbót)		unnið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		vinnandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég vinn	við vinnum	present (nútíð)	ég vinni	við vinnum
	þú vinnur	þið vinnið		þú vinnir	þið vinnið
	hann, hún, það vinnur	þeir, þær, þau vinna		hann, hún, það vinni	þeir, þær, þau vinni
past (þátíð)	ég vann	við unnum	past (þátíð)	ég ynni	við ynnum
	þú vannst	þið unnuð		þú ynnir	þið ynnuð
	hann, hún, það vann	þeir, þær, þau unnu		hann, hún, það ynni	þeir, þær, þau ynnu
imperative (boðháttur)	vinn (þú)	vinnið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	vinndu	vinniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vinnast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að vinnast
supine (sagnbót)		unnist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		vinnandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég vinnst	við vinnumst	present (nútíð)	ég vinnist	við vinnumst
	þú vinnst	þið vinnist		þú vinnist	þið vinnist
	hann, hún, það vinnst	þeir, þær, þau vinnast		hann, hún, það vinnist	þeir, þær, þau vinnist
past (þátíð)	ég vannst	við unnumst	past (þátíð)	ég ynnist	við ynnumst
	þú vannst	þið unnust		þú ynnist	þið ynnust
	hann, hún, það vannst	þeir, þær, þau unnust		hann, hún, það ynnist	þeir, þær, þau ynnust
imperative (boðháttur)	vinnst (þú)	vinnist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	vinnstu	vinnisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

unninn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	unninn	unnin	unnið		unnir	unnar	unnin
accusative (þolfall)	unninn	unna	unnið		unna	unnar	unnin
dative (þágufall)	unnum	unninni	unnu		unnum	unnum	unnum
genitive (eignarfall)	unnins	unninnar	unnins		unninna	unninna	unninna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	unni	unna	unna		unnu	unnu	unnu
accusative (þolfall)	unna	unnu	unna		unnu	unnu	unnu
dative (þágufall)	unna	unnu	unna		unnu	unnu	unnu
genitive (eignarfall)	unna	unnu	unna		unnu	unnu	unnu

Synonyms

• (to work, to labour): starfa
• (to do, to perform): framkvæma
• (to win, to achieve victory): sigra
• (to conquer): sigra
• (to win, to obtain): fá

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vinne (e and split infinitives)

Etymology

From Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną. Akin to English win.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɪnːɑ/

Verb

vinna (present tense vinn, past tense vann, supine vunne, past participle vunnen, present participle vinnande, imperative vinn)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to win

Synonyms

• (in intransitive meaning): sigra

References

• “vinna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Compare Old English winnan, Old Saxon winnan, Old High German winnan, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (winnan).

Verb

vinna (singular past indicative vann, plural past indicative unnu, past participle unninn)

1. to accomplish

Conjugation

Conjugation of vinna — active (strong class 3)

infinitive	vinna
present participle	vinnandi
past participle	unninn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	vinn	vann
2nd-person singular	vinnr, viðr	vannt
3rd-person singular	vinnr, viðr	vann
1st-person plural	vinnum	unnum
2nd-person plural	vinnið	unnuð
3rd-person plural	vinna	unnu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	vinna	ynna
2nd-person singular	vinnir	ynnir
3rd-person singular	vinni	ynni
1st-person plural	vinnim	ynnim
2nd-person plural	vinnið	ynnið
3rd-person plural	vinni	ynni
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	vinn
1st-person plural	vinnum
2nd-person plural	vinnið

Conjugation of vinna — mediopassive (strong class 3)

infinitive	vinnask
present participle	vinnandisk
past participle	unnizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	vinnumk	unnumk
2nd-person singular	vinnsk	vannzk
3rd-person singular	vinnsk	vannsk
1st-person plural	vinnumsk	unnumsk
2nd-person plural	vinnizk	unnuzk
3rd-person plural	vinnask	unnusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	vinnumk	ynnumk
2nd-person singular	vinnisk	ynnisk
3rd-person singular	vinnisk	ynnisk
1st-person plural	vinnimsk	ynnimsk
2nd-person plural	vinnizk	ynnizk
3rd-person plural	vinnisk	ynnisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	vinnsk
1st-person plural	vinnumsk
2nd-person plural	vinnizk

Synonyms

• fremja
• inna

Descendants

• Icelandic: vinna
• Faroese: vinna
• Norwegian: vinne
• Old Swedish: vinna
  • Swedish: vinna; vinne (dialectal)
• Old Danish: winnæ
  • Danish: vinde

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną.

Verb

vinna

1. to perform, to accomplish
2. to undergo, to suffer
3. to struggle, to toil
4. to win, to gain

Conjugation

Conjugation of vinna (strong)

	present			past
infinitive	vinna			—
participle	vinnandi, vinnande			unnin
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vinder	vinni, vinne	—	van	unni, unne
þū	vinder	vinni, vinne	vin	vant	unni, unne
han	vinder	vinni, vinne	—	van	unni, unne
vīr	vinnum, vinnom	vinnum, vinnom	vinnum, vinnom	unnum, unnom	unnum, unnom
īr	vinnin	vinnin	vinnin	unnin	unnin
þēr	vinna	vinnin	—	unnu, unno	unnin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vints	vinnis, vinnes	—	vans	unnis, unnes
þū	vints	vinnis, vinnes	—	vants	unnis, unnes
han	vints	vinnis, vinnes	—	vans	unnis, unnes
vīr	vinnums, -oms	vinnums, vinnoms	—	unnums, unnoms	unnums, unnoms
īr	vinnins	vinnins	—	unnins	unnins
þēr	vinnas	vinnins	—	unnus, unnos	unnins

Descendants

• Swedish: vinna; vinne (dialectal)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vinna, from Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Related to Icelandic vinna, Norwegian vinne, English win, Dutch winnen, and German gewinnen.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

vinna (present vinner, preterite vann, supine vunnit, imperative vinn)

1. to win, to defeat, to beat
2. to gain, to make a net profit, to receive as a benefit

   Vad vinner jag på det?

   What's in it for me?

   (literally, “What do I gain for it?”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vinna (class 3 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	vinna		vinnas
Supine	vunnit		vunnits
Imperative	vinn		—
Imper. plural1	vinnen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	vinner	vann	vinns, vinnes	vanns
Ind. plural1	vinna	vunno	vinnas	vunnos
Subjunctive2	vinne	vunne	vinnes	vunnes
	Participles
Present participle	vinnande
Past participle	vunnen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• vinnare
• vinning
• vinst
• återvinna
• övervinna