Ísland

See also: island, Island, Īsland, and Island'

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Ísland, from ísur (“ice”) +‎ land (“land, country”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʊiʃland]

Proper noun

Ísland n

  1. Iceland (a country in Europe)

Declension
n8 -land Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Ísland
Accusative
Dative Íslandi
Genitive Íslands

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Ísland, from íss (“ice”) ( > Icelandic ís) + land (“land, country”) ( > Icelandic land).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈistlant/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Ísland n

  1. Iceland (a country in northern Europe)

Declension
declension of Ísland
n-s singular
indefinite
nominative Ísland
accusative Ísland
dative Íslandi
genitive Íslands

Synonyms
  • (Iceland): (historical or poetic) Snæland, (poetic) Frón, (informal) klaki(nn), (poetic) Ísafold, (poetic) Ísaland, (poetic) Ísaláð, (poetic) Hrímgrund, (poetic) Hrímland, (historical) Garðarshólmi

Old Norse

Etymology

íss (“ice”) +‎ land (“land, country”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈiːsˌland/

Proper noun

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Ísland n (genitive Íslands)

  1. Iceland

Declension
  Declension of Ísland (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)
neuter singular
indefinite
nominative Ísland
accusative Ísland
dative Íslandi
genitive Íslands

Descendants
  • Icelandic: Ísland n
  • Faroese: Ísland n
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Island n
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Island n
  • Swedish: Island n
  • Danish: Island n
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