Helsingjaeyri

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Helsingør, perhaps a derivation of hals (“narrow strait”, literally “throat; neck”), from Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛlsɪɲcaˌeiːrɪ/

Proper noun

Helsingjaeyri f (proper noun, genitive singular Helsingjaeyrar)

  1. Elsinore (a city in northern Zealand, Denmark)

Declension

Declension of Helsingjaeyri (sg-only feminine, based on eyri)
indefinite singular
nominative Helsingjaeyri
accusative Helsingjaeyri
dative Helsingjaeyri
genitive Helsingjaeyrar
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