strengur
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse strengr, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz, from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstreiŋkʏr/
- Rhymes: -eiŋkʏr
Noun
strengur m (genitive singular strengs or strengjar, nominative plural strengir)
- a string
- (music) a string
- (countable, computing, programming) a string; (an ordered sequence of symbols or characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity)
- Synonym: stafastrengur
- (geometry) chord
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | strengur | strengurinn | strengir | strengirnir |
| accusative | streng | strenginn | strengi | strengina |
| dative | streng | strengnum | strengjum | strengjunum |
| genitive | strengs, strengjar | strengsins, strengjarins | strengja | strengjanna |
Derived terms
- bogastrengur
- strengjahljóðfæri
- tala í sama streng (“to voice a similar opinion”)
Further reading
- “strengur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)