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

Iceland

Declension

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

Derived terms

íslandsfiskur m
íslandsgás f
íslandslomvigi m
íslandsluft f
íslandsmaður m
íslandsmási m
íslandsrennari m
íslandsrúgva f
Íslandsryggur m
íslandstoskur m
íslandstroyggja f

Related terms

ísfjall

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈistlant/
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Proper noun

Ísland n

Iceland

Declension

declension of Ísland

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	Ísland	Íslandið	Íslönd	Íslöndin
accusative	Ísland	Íslandið	Íslönd	Íslöndin
dative	Íslandi	Íslandinu	Íslöndum	Íslöndunum
genitive	Íslands	Íslandsins	Íslanda	Íslandanna

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

From íss (“ice”) + land (“land, country”).

Proper noun

Ísland n (genitive Íslands)

Iceland

Descendants

Danish: Island n
Faroese: Ísland n
Finnish: Islanti
German: Island n
Icelandic: Ísland n

Northern Sami: Islánda
Norwegian Bokmål: Island n
Norwegian Nynorsk: Island n
Swedish: Island n

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