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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse norðmaðr (“man from the North; Scandinavian; man from Norway”).
Equivalent to norður + maður.
Pronunciation
Noun
Norðmaður m (genitive singular Norðmanns, nominative plural Norðmenn)
- Norwegian (male or female)
Norðmenn eru bara íslendingar sem tala skringilega.- Norwegians are just Icelanders who talk funny.
- (historical) a Northman, a Norse, a Scandinavian (compare norrænn and norðrœnn)
Declension
Declension of
Norðmaður (
masculine irreg-stem, based on maður)