Ísland

See also: Island, Island', Īsland, and island

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Ísland, from ísur (“ice”) +‎ land (“land, country”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʊiʃland]

Proper noun

Ísland n

1. Iceland (a country in Europe)

Declension

n8 -land	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Ísland
Accusative
Dative	Íslandi
Genitive	Íslands

Derived terms

• íslandsfiskur m
• íslandsgás f
• íslandslomvigi m
• íslandsluft f
• íslandsmaður m
• íslandsmási m
• íslandsrennari m
• íslandsrúgva f
• Íslandsryggur m
• íslandstoskur m
• íslandstroyggja f

Related terms

• ísfjall

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Ísland, from íss (“ice”) ( > Icelandic ís) + land (“land, country”) ( > Icelandic land).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈistlant/

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Proper noun

Ísland n

1. Iceland (a country in northern Europe)

Declension

Declension of Ísland
n-s	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Ísland
accusative	Ísland
dative	Íslandi
genitive	Íslands

Synonyms

• (Iceland): (historical or poetic) Snæland, (poetic) Frón, (informal) klaki(nn), (poetic) Ísafold, (poetic) Ísaland, (poetic) Ísaláð, (poetic) Hrímgrund, (poetic) Hrímland, (historical) Garðarshólmi

Old Norse

Etymology

íss (“ice”) +‎ land (“land, country”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːsˌland/

Proper noun

Ísland n (genitive Íslands)

1. Iceland

Declension

  Declension of Ísland (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)

neuter	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Ísland
accusative	Ísland
dative	Íslandi
genitive	Íslands

Descendants

• Danish: Island n
• Faroese: Ísland n
• Icelandic: Ísland n
• → Middle English: Iseland, Yslonde, Yslond, Islond, Island (calque)
  • > English: Iceland (inherited)
    • → Japanese: アイスランド (Aisurando)
• Norwegian Bokmål: Island n
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Island n
• Swedish: Island n