vinnukona

Icelandic

Etymology

From vinna (“work, labour”) +‎ kona (“woman”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪnːʏˌkʰɔːna/

Noun

vinnukona f (genitive singular vinnukonu, nominative plural vinnukonur)

  1. a female laborer on a farm
  2. a female servant, maidservant, help
  3. (colloquial) windshield wiper
    Synonym: rúðuþurrka
  4. (colloquial, figurative) a child’s tooth
    að taka vinnukonu ― to get a new tooth (literally, “to take on a maidservant”)

Declension
declension of vinnukona
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vinnukona vinnukonan vinnukonur vinnukonurnar
accusative vinnukonu vinnukonuna vinnukonur vinnukonurnar
dative vinnukonu vinnukonunni vinnukonum vinnukonunum
genitive vinnukonu vinnukonunnar vinnukona vinnukonanna

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