geitungur

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈceiːtuŋkʏr/

  Rhymes: -eiːtuŋkʏr

Noun

geitungur m (genitive singular geitungs, nominative plural geitungar)

1. wasp (Vespidae)
   • 1906, Zacharias Topelius, “Áróra Königsmark”, in Sögur herlæknisins‎^[1], volume 3:

     Eða get um við unað því í ró, að hann Óginskí er sífellt á sveimi umhverfis herbúðir vorar, eins og geitungur.

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Declension

declension of geitungur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	geitungur	geitungurinn	geitungar	geitungarnir
accusative	geitung	geitunginn	geitunga	geitungana
dative	geitungi	geitungnum	geitungum	geitungunum
genitive	geitungs	geitungsins	geitunga	geitunganna

Synonyms

• vespa

Further reading

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