aumingi

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈøyːmiɲcɪ/

Noun

aumingi m (genitive singular aumingja, nominative plural aumingjar)

1. wimp

   Hann er algjör aumingi, getur ekki einusinni lyft borði.

   He's a total loser, can't even lift a table.

2. loser

   Þegiðu helvítis auminginn þinn!

   Shut up you fucking loser!

3. poor thing (used to express pity)

   Synonyms: grey, vesalingur

   Æ, aumingja strákurinn. ― Oh, poor boy.

Declension

Declension of aumingi (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	aumingi	auminginn	aumingjar	aumingjarnir
accusative	aumingja	aumingjann	aumingja	aumingjana
dative	aumingja	aumingjanum	aumingjum	aumingjunum
genitive	aumingja	aumingjans	aumingja	aumingjanna

Derived terms

• aumingjaskapur m

Old Norse

Etymology

From aumr (“poor, miserable, unhappy”) +‎ -ingi.

Noun

aumingi m (genitive aumingja)

1. miserable person, wretch

Declension

  Declension of aumingi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	aumingi	auminginn	aumingjar	aumingjarnir
accusative	aumingja	aumingjann	aumingja	aumingjana
dative	aumingja	aumingjanum	aumingjum	aumingjunum
genitive	aumingja	aumingjans	aumingja	aumingjanna

See also

• armingi

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “aumingi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive