Borrowed from Danish professor, from Latin professor (“one who declares”).
prófessor m (genitive singular prófessors, nominative plural prófessorar)
Refers only strictly to the most senior academic rank, and is not used more broadly for university teachers, which are referred to instead by their respective titles (dósent, lektor, aðjunkt) or a generic term such as háskólakennari (“university teacher”).
Declension of prófessor | ||||
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m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | prófessor | prófessorinn | prófessorar | prófessorarnir |
accusative | prófessor | prófessorinn | prófessora | prófessorana |
dative | prófessor | prófessornum | prófessorum | prófessorunum |
genitive | prófessors | prófessorsins | prófessora | prófessoranna |