glöggur

See also: gløggur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse glǫggr, gløggr, from Proto-Germanic *glawwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklœkːʏr/

  Rhymes: -œkːʏr

Adjective

glöggur (comparative gleggri or glöggari, superlative gleggstur or glöggastur)

1. perceptive, perspicacious, acute
2. clear

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glöggur	glögg	glöggt
accusative	glöggan	glögga	glöggt
dative	glöggum	glöggri	glöggu
genitive	glöggs	glöggrar	glöggs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glöggir	glöggar	glögg
accusative	glögga	glöggar	glögg
dative	glöggum	glöggum	glöggum
genitive	glöggra	glöggra	glöggra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glöggi	glögga	glögga
accusative	glögga	glöggu	glögga
dative	glögga	glöggu	glögga
genitive	glögga	glöggu	glögga
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glöggu	glöggu	glöggu
accusative	glöggu	glöggu	glöggu
dative	glöggu	glöggu	glöggu
genitive	glöggu	glöggu	glöggu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gleggri	gleggri	gleggra
accusative	gleggri	gleggri	gleggra
dative	gleggri	gleggri	gleggra
genitive	gleggri	gleggri	gleggra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gleggri	gleggri	gleggri
accusative	gleggri	gleggri	gleggri
dative	gleggri	gleggri	gleggri
genitive	gleggri	gleggri	gleggri

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gleggstur	gleggst	gleggstt
accusative	gleggstan	gleggsta	gleggstt
dative	gleggstum	gleggstri	gleggstu
genitive	gleggsts	gleggstrar	gleggsts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gleggstir	gleggstar	gleggst
accusative	gleggsta	gleggstar	gleggst
dative	gleggstum	gleggstum	gleggstum
genitive	gleggstra	gleggstra	gleggstra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gleggsti	gleggsta	gleggsta
accusative	gleggsta	gleggstu	gleggsta
dative	gleggsta	gleggstu	gleggsta
genitive	gleggsta	gleggstu	gleggsta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gleggstu	gleggstu	gleggstu
accusative	gleggstu	gleggstu	gleggstu
dative	gleggstu	gleggstu	gleggstu
genitive	gleggstu	gleggstu	gleggstu

or

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glöggur	glögg	glöggt
accusative	glöggan	glögga	glöggt
dative	glöggum	glöggri	glöggu
genitive	glöggs	glöggrar	glöggs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glöggir	glöggar	glögg
accusative	glögga	glöggar	glögg
dative	glöggum	glöggum	glöggum
genitive	glöggra	glöggra	glöggra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glöggi	glögga	glögga
accusative	glögga	glöggu	glögga
dative	glögga	glöggu	glögga
genitive	glögga	glöggu	glögga
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glöggu	glöggu	glöggu
accusative	glöggu	glöggu	glöggu
dative	glöggu	glöggu	glöggu
genitive	glöggu	glöggu	glöggu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glöggari	glöggari	glöggara
accusative	glöggari	glöggari	glöggara
dative	glöggari	glöggari	glöggara
genitive	glöggari	glöggari	glöggara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glöggari	glöggari	glöggari
accusative	glöggari	glöggari	glöggari
dative	glöggari	glöggari	glöggari
genitive	glöggari	glöggari	glöggari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glöggastur	glöggust	glöggast
accusative	glöggastan	glöggasta	glöggast
dative	glöggustum	glöggastri	glöggustu
genitive	glöggasts	glöggastrar	glöggasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glöggastir	glöggastar	glöggust
accusative	glöggasta	glöggastar	glöggust
dative	glöggustum	glöggustum	glöggustum
genitive	glöggastra	glöggastra	glöggastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glöggasti	glöggasta	glöggasta
accusative	glöggasta	glöggustu	glöggasta
dative	glöggasta	glöggustu	glöggasta
genitive	glöggasta	glöggustu	glöggasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glöggustu	glöggustu	glöggustu
accusative	glöggustu	glöggustu	glöggustu
dative	glöggustu	glöggustu	glöggustu
genitive	glöggustu	glöggustu	glöggustu

Synonyms

• (perceptive): skarpskyggn
• (clear): greinilegur, skýr

Derived terms

• glöggt er gestsaugað (“a guest may be perspicacious to things overlooked by locals”)
• mannglöggur (“good at recognizing people”)