bákn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bákn, a borrowing from Old Frisian bāken, from Proto-Germanic *baukną. Cognate with English beacon, Dutch baken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pauhkn/
  • Rhymes: -auhkn

Noun

bákn n (genitive singular bákns, nominative plural bákn)

  1. (archaic) beacon, signal
  2. huge thing, colossus
  3. cumbersome system, red tape, bureaucracy

Declension

Declension of bákn (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bákn báknið bákn báknin
accusative bákn báknið bákn báknin
dative bákni bákninu báknum báknunum
genitive bákns báknsins bákna báknanna
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