afreksmaður

Icelandic

Etymology

From afrek +‎ maður.

Noun

afreksmaður m (genitive singular afreksmanns, nominative plural afreksmenn)

1. someone who has made great achievements (often in sports, i.e. elite athlete)

Declension

declension of afreksmaður

maður	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	afreksmaður	afreksmaðurinn	afreksmenn	afreksmennirnir
accusative	afreksmann	afreksmanninn	afreksmenn	afreksmennina
dative	afreksmanni	afreksmanninum	afreksmönnum	afreksmönnunum
genitive	afreksmanns	afreksmannsins	afreksmanna	afreksmannanna

Coordinate terms

• afrekskona

Further reading

• “afreksmaður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)