fjörður

See also: fjørður

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfjœrðʏr]
    Rhymes: -œrðʏr

Noun

fjörður m (genitive singular fjarðar, nominative plural firðir)

  1. fjord, although occasionally a geyser.

Declension
declension of fjörður
m-s3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fjörður fjörðurinn firðir firðirnir
accusative fjörð fjörðinn firði firðina
dative firði firðinum fjörðum fjörðunum
genitive fjarðar fjarðarins fjarða fjarðanna
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