tryggur
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
tryggur
Declension
| Declension of tryggur (a20) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | tryggur | trygg | trygt |
| Accusative | tryggan | trygga | trygt |
| Dative | tryggum | tryggari | tryggum |
| Genitive | trygs | tryggar/ trygrar |
trygs |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | tryggir | tryggar | trygg |
| Accusative | tryggar | tryggar | trygg |
| Dative | tryggum | tryggum | tryggum |
| Genitive | trygga trygra |
trygga trygra |
trygga trygra |
Etymology
From Old Norse tryggr (“true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz. Cognate with the Old English trīewe (English true), Old High German triuwi (German trau); Dutch trouw; Danish tryg, Faroese tryggur, Norwegian Bokmål trygg and Swedish trygg.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tryggur (comparative tryggari, superlative tryggastur)
- loyal, faithful
- Hundurinn hennar er mjög tryggur.
- Her dog is very loyal.
- (of things) which can be trusted, safe
Declension
| strong declension (indefinite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tryggur | trygg | tryggt | |
| accusative | tryggan | trygga | ||
| dative | tryggum | tryggri | tryggu | |
| genitive | tryggs | tryggrar | tryggs | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | tryggir | tryggar | trygg | |
| accusative | trygga | |||
| dative | tryggum | |||
| genitive | tryggra | |||
| weak declension (definite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | tryggi | trygga | trygga | |
| acc/dat/gen | trygga | tryggu | ||
| plural (all-case) | tryggu | |||
positive forms of tryggur
| weak declension (definite) |
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (all-case) | tryggari | tryggari | tryggara | |
| plural (all-case) | tryggari | |||
comparative forms of tryggur
| strong declension (indefinite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tryggastur | tryggust | tryggast | |
| accusative | tryggastan | tryggasta | ||
| dative | tryggustum | tryggastri | tryggustu | |
| genitive | tryggasts | tryggastrar | tryggasts | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | tryggastir | tryggastar | tryggust | |
| accusative | tryggasta | |||
| dative | tryggustum | |||
| genitive | tryggastra | |||
| weak declension (definite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | tryggasti | tryggasta | tryggasta | |
| acc/dat/gen | tryggasta | tryggustu | ||
| plural (all-case) | tryggustu | |||
superlative forms of tryggur
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