sprengja

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspreiɲca/

  Rhymes: -eiɲca

Noun

sprengja f (genitive singular sprengju, nominative plural sprengjur)

1. a bomb

   Leggðu sprengjuna frá þér!

   Put the bomb down!

   Passaðu þig á sprengjunni.

   Look out for the bomb.

Declension

Declension of sprengja (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sprengja	sprengjan	sprengjur	sprengjurnar
accusative	sprengju	sprengjuna	sprengjur	sprengjurnar
dative	sprengju	sprengjunni	sprengjum	sprengjunum
genitive	sprengju	sprengjunnar	sprengna, sprengja	sprengnanna, sprengjanna

Derived terms

• atómsprengja
• kjarnasprengja
• varpa sprengjum á

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sprengja, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną.

Verb

sprengja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sprengdi, supine sprengt)

1. (transitive) to blow up (cause to explode)

   Synonym: sprengja í loft upp

2. (transitive) to detonate (a bomb)

   Þetta tæki á að sprengja sprengjuna.

   This machine is supposed to detonate the bomb.

3. (transitive) to burst, to pop

   Hann sprengdi blöðruna.

   He popped the balloon.

4. to backfire (of a car etc.)

   Synonym: miskveikja

Conjugation

sprengja – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að sprengja
supine sagnbót		sprengt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sprengjandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	sprengi	sprengdi		sprengi	sprengdi
	þú	sprengir	sprengdir		sprengir	sprengdir
	hann, hún, það	sprengir	sprengdi		sprengi	sprengdi
plural	við	sprengjum	sprengdum		sprengjum	sprengdum
	þið	sprengið	sprengduð		sprengið	sprengduð
	þeir, þær, þau	sprengja	sprengdu		sprengi	sprengdu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	spreng (þú), sprengdu
plural	þið	sprengið (þið), sprengiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sprengdur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sprengdur	sprengd	sprengt	sprengdir	sprengdar	sprengd
accusative (þolfall)	sprengdan	sprengda	sprengt	sprengda	sprengdar	sprengd
dative (þágufall)	sprengdum	sprengdri	sprengdu	sprengdum	sprengdum	sprengdum
genitive (eignarfall)	sprengds	sprengdrar	sprengds	sprengdra	sprengdra	sprengdra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sprengdi	sprengda	sprengda	sprengdu	sprengdu	sprengdu
accusative (þolfall)	sprengda	sprengdu	sprengda	sprengdu	sprengdu	sprengdu
dative (þágufall)	sprengda	sprengdu	sprengda	sprengdu	sprengdu	sprengdu
genitive (eignarfall)	sprengda	sprengdu	sprengda	sprengdu	sprengdu	sprengdu

Related terms

• springa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sprengje
• sprenga
• sprenge

Etymology

From Old Norse sprengja, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sprɛnjɑ/

Verb

sprengja (present tense sprengjer, past tense sprengde, past participle sprengt, present participle sprengjande, imperative spreng)

1. to blow up (cause to explode)
2. to break (cause to rupture)
3. to wear out an animal

   Han reid så lenge at han sprengde hesten.

   He rode for so long that he wore out his horse.

4. to use more than planned or anticipated

   Budsjettet er sprengt for lengst.

   We are way over budget.

References

• “sprengja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.