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

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