þankastrik

From þanki (“thought”) +‎ strik (“line, stroke”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈθauŋ̊kaˌstrɪːk/

  Rhymes: -ɪːk

þankastrik n (genitive singular þankastriks, nominative plural þankastrik)

1. (typography) an em dash, the symbol “—” (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis)

• Used to demarcate opposites, unexpected or sudden changed in narrative; an insertion, a comment or an addition that is to emphasized.^[1][2]
• They are to be separated from the text by one space (“ ”)^[1][2][3]—this is different from English where spaces normally neither follow nor precede an em dash.

• (em dash): m-strik^[4]

• stutt þankastrik (“an en dash”)

• brotinn, brota- (“dashed”)
• brotin lína (“a dashed line”)
• morsstrik (“a Morse dash”)
• strika- og punktalína (“dash and dotted line”)
• tilstrik, stutt þankastrik (“an en dash”)