sporvagn

Icelandic

Etymology

Addapted from Danish sporvogn. Compound of spor (“rail”) +‎ vagn (“cart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔr.vakn/

Noun

sporvagn m (genitive singular sporvagns, nominative plural sporvagnar)

1. a tram, a streetcar; (a passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road)

   Synonym: (North America, colloquial) strítkar

Declension

Declension of sporvagn (masculine, based on vagn)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sporvagn	sporvagninn	sporvagnar	sporvagnarnir
accusative	sporvagn	sporvagninn	sporvagna	sporvagnana
dative	sporvagni	sporvagninum	sporvögnum	sporvögnunum
genitive	sporvagns	sporvagnsins	sporvagna	sporvagnanna

Further reading

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