fjörður

See also: fjørður

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfjœrðʏr]
Rhymes: -œrðʏr

Noun

fjörður m (genitive singular fjarðar, nominative plural firðir)

fjord
(rare) geyser

Declension

declension of fjörður

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s3	singular		plural
nominative	fjörður	fjörðurinn	firðir	firðirnir
accusative	fjörð	fjörðinn	firði	firðina
dative	firði	firðinum	fjörðum	fjörðunum
genitive	fjarðar	fjarðarins	fjarða	fjarðanna

Further reading

“fjörður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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