martröð

Icelandic

Etymology

From mara +‎ tröð.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar̥.tʰrœːð/

Noun

martröð f (genitive singular martraðar, nominative plural martraðir)

1. nightmare

   Fjögurra ára sonur minn fékk martröð um jólaköttinn.

   My four-year-old son had a nightmare about the jólaköttur (“Yule cat”).

2. (figuratively) any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses severe anxiety, terror or agony

Declension

Declension of martröð (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	martröð	martröðin	martraðir	martraðirnar
accusative	martröð	martröðina	martraðir	martraðirnar
dative	martröð	martröðinni	martröðum	martröðunum
genitive	martraðar	martraðarinnar	martraða	martraðanna

Further reading

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