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Icelandic
Etymology
From niður (“down”) + skurður (“cutting”), from skera niður (“to cut down, to slice; to slaughter”).
Pronunciation
Noun
niðurskurður m (genitive singular niðurskurðar, no plural)
- cut, reduction
- slaughtering
Declension
Declension of
niðurskurður (
sg-only masculine, based on skurður)