fólksbíll

Icelandic

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Etymology

From fólk +‎ bíll, literally “car for the general populace”. Analogous to German Volkswagen.

Noun

fólksbíll m (genitive singular fólksbíls, nominative plural fólksbílar)

1. a small or medium-sized passenger car; a sedan

Declension

declension of fólksbíll

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fólksbíll	fólksbíllinn	fólksbílar	fólksbílarnir
accusative	fólksbíl	fólksbílinn	fólksbíla	fólksbílana
dative	fólksbíl	fólksbílnum	fólksbílum	fólksbílunum
genitive	fólksbíls	fólksbílsins	fólksbíla	fólksbílanna

Further reading

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