strengur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse strengr, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz, from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈstreiŋkʏr/
    Rhymes: -eiŋkʏr

Noun

strengur m (genitive singular strengs or strengjar, nominative plural strengir)

  1. a string
  2. (music) a string
  3. (countable, computing, programming) a string; (an ordered sequence of symbols or characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity)
    Synonym: stafastrengur
  4. (geometry) chord

Declension
declension of strengur
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative strengur strengurinn strengir strengirnir
accusative streng strenginn strengi strengina
dative streng strengnum strengjum strengjunum
genitive strengs / strengjar strengsins / strengjarins strengja strengjanna

Derived terms
  • bogastrengur
  • strengjahljóðfæri
  • tala í sama streng (to voice a similar opinion)

Further reading
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