næs

See also: Appendix:Variations of "naes"

Danish

Noun

næs n (singular definite næsset, plural indefinite næs)

1. (geography) ness

Declension

Declension of næs

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	næs	næsset	næs	næssene
genitive	næs'	næssets	næs'	næssenes

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from English nice, from Old French nice, from Latin nescius (“unaware, ignorant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naiːs/
• Rhymes: -aiːs

Adjective

næs (indeclinable)

1. (slang) nice, cool

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /næs/

Etymology 1

From nals, nālæs, nāles, nālles (“not at all, by no means, absolutely not”), from a blend of nā (“never”) +‎ ealles (“completely”). Cognate with Old Frisian nās (“not, not at all”).

Adverb

næs

1. not, not at all

Conjunction

næs

1. not

Etymology 2

Verb

næs

1. first/third-person singular preterite of nesan

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *nasją (“promontory; ness”).

Noun

næs m

1. a ness, promontory

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	næs	næssas
accusative	næs	næssas
genitive	næsses	næssa
dative	næsse	næssum

Descendants

• English: ness

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “næss”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.