sprengja

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Icelandic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

sprengja f (genitive singular sprengju, nominative plural sprengjur)

  1. a bomb
    Leggðu sprengjuna frá þér!
    Put the bomb down!
    Passaðu þig á sprengjunni.
    Look out for the bomb.
Declension
    Declension of sprengja
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sprengja sprengjan sprengjur sprengjurnar
accusative sprengju sprengjuna sprengjur sprengjurnar
dative sprengju sprengjunni sprengjum sprengjunum
genitive sprengju sprengjunnar sprengja/sprengna sprengjanna/sprengnanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sprengja, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną.

Verb

sprengja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sprengdi, supine sprengt)

  1. (transitive) to blow up (cause to explode)
  2. (transitive) to detonate (a bomb)
  3. (transitive) to burst, to pop
  4. to backfire (of a car etc.)
Conjugation
sprengja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að sprengja
supine
(sagnbót) 		sprengt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		sprengjandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég sprengi við sprengjum present
(nútíð) 		ég sprengi við sprengjum
þú sprengir þið sprengið þú sprengir þið sprengið
hann, hún, það sprengir þeir, þær, þau sprengja hann, hún, það sprengi þeir, þær, þau sprengi
past
(þátíð) 		ég sprengdi við sprengdum past
(þátíð) 		ég sprengdi við sprengdum
þú sprengdir þið sprengduð þú sprengdir þið sprengduð
hann, hún, það sprengdi þeir, þær, þau sprengdu hann, hún, það sprengdi þeir, þær, þau sprengdu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		spreng (þú) sprengið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
sprengdu sprengiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
sprengdur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		sprengdur sprengd sprengt sprengdir sprengdar sprengd
accusative
(þolfall) 		sprengdan sprengda sprengt sprengda sprengdar sprengd
dative
(þágufall) 		sprengdum sprengdri sprengdu sprengdum sprengdum sprengdum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		sprengds sprengdrar sprengds sprengdra sprengdra sprengdra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		sprengdi sprengda sprengda sprengdu sprengdu sprengdu
accusative
(þolfall) 		sprengda sprengdu sprengda sprengdu sprengdu sprengdu
dative
(þágufall) 		sprengda sprengdu sprengda sprengdu sprengdu sprengdu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		sprengda sprengdu sprengda sprengdu sprengdu sprengdu
Synonyms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse sprengja, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

sprengja (present tense sprengjer, past tense sprengde, past participle sprengt, present participle sprengjande, imperative spreng)

  1. to blow up (cause to explode)
  2. to break (cause to rupture)
  3. to wear out an animal
    Han reid så lenge at han sprengde hesten.
    He rode for so long that he wore out his horse.
  4. to use more than planned or anticipated
    Budsjettet er sprengt for lengst.
    We are way over budget.

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