djúp

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tjuːp/
• Rhymes: -uːp

Noun

djúp n (genitive singular djúps, nominative plural djúp)

1. depth

   Synonyms: dýpt, dýpi

Declension

Declension of djúp (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	djúp	djúpið	djúp	djúpin
accusative	djúp	djúpið	djúp	djúpin
dative	djúpi	djúpinu	djúpum	djúpunum
genitive	djúps	djúpsins	djúpa	djúpanna

Related terms

• djúpur (“deep”)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *deupaz.

Noun

djúp n

1. deep water, deep place
2. the deep sea, the deep
3. pit

Declension

Declension of djúp (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	djúp	djúpit	djúp	djúpin
accusative	djúp	djúpit	djúp	djúpin
dative	djúpi	djúpinu	djúpum	djúpunum
genitive	djúps	djúpsins	djúpa	djúpanna

Related terms

• djúpr (“deep”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: djúp
• Faroese: djúp
• Norwegian Nynorsk: djup
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: djup
• Swedish: djup
• Danish: dyb
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dyp

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “djúp”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 89; also available at the Internet Archive