strengur
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse strengr, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz, from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
strengur m (genitive singular strengs or strengjar, nominative plural strengir)
- a string
- (music) a string
- (countable, computing, programming) a string; (an ordered sequence of symbols or characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity)
- Synonym: stafastrengur
- (geometry) chord
Declension edit
declension of strengur
m-s2 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | strengur | strengurinn | strengir | strengirnir |
accusative | streng | strenginn | strengi | strengina |
dative | streng | strengnum | strengjum | strengjunum |
genitive | strengs / strengjar | strengsins / strengjarins | strengja | strengjanna |
Derived terms edit
- bogastrengur
- strengjahljóðfæri
- tala í sama streng (to voice a similar opinion)
Further reading edit
- “strengur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)