nypon

Swedish

Alternative forms

• njupon (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Swedish hiupon (possibly nominative plural), from Proto-Germanic *heupą, *heupōn. Compare Danish hyben, Norwegian nype, hjupa, Old Saxon hiopo, Old High German hiufo, dialectal German hiefen, hüfen, Old English héope and English hip. The beginning in n- has come to be through a misconception with a first element in a compound word ending in n. For example in stennypon (Norwegian steinhjupa, originally sten + hjupon) the misconception is that the ending n in sten is a part of hjupon which it is not.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnyːˌpɔn/

Noun

nypon n

1. rosehip (the fruit of a rose)

Declension

Declension of nypon

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nypon	nypons
	definite	nyponet	nyponets
plural	indefinite	nypon	nypons
	definite	nyponen	nyponens

Related terms

• nyponblom
• nyponbuske
• nyponros
• nyponröd
• nyponsnår
• nyponsoppa
• nyponte

Trivia

• Swedish train ticket collectors enter the wagon calling out for nypåstigna (new passengers), which is sometimes jokingly misheard for Nyponstigen (rosehip path, supposedly a street name).

References

• nypon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nypon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)