fjörður

See also: fjørður

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfjœrðʏr]
Rhymes: -œrðʏr

Noun

fjörður m (genitive singular fjarðar, nominative plural firðir) or
(regional) fjörður f pl (plural only, genitive plural (regional) fjarða)

fjord
(rare) geyser

Usage notes

For the regional feminine inflection, compare fótur, vetur, fingur, faðir, bróðir and to a lesser extent to nouns ending in -andi or -jandi.

Declension

Declension of *fjörður* (masculine)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjörður	fjörðurinn	firðir	firðirnir
accusative	fjörð	fjörðinn	firði, fjörðu¹	firðina, fjörðuna¹
dative	firði	firðinum	fjörðum	fjörðunum
genitive	fjarðar	fjarðarins	fjarða	fjarðanna

¹Archaic or literary.

Declension of *fjörður* (pl-only feminine)
	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjörður¹	fjörðurnar¹
accusative	fjörður¹	fjörðurnar¹
dative	fjörðum¹	fjörðunum¹
genitive	fjarða¹	fjarðanna¹

¹Regional.

References

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “fjörður”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
“fjörður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)