gráða

See also: grada and gradá

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gráða

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrauːða/

  Rhymes: -auːða

Noun

gráða f (genitive singular gráðu, nominative plural gráður)

1. degree (unit of temperature)
2. degree (unit by which angles are measured)
3. degree (certificate given by a university)

Declension

declension of gráða

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gráða	gráðan	gráður	gráðurnar
accusative	gráðu	gráðuna	gráður	gráðurnar
dative	gráðu	gráðunni	gráðum	gráðunum
genitive	gráðu	gráðunnar	gráða/gráðna	gráðanna/gráðnanna

Synonyms

• (unit of temperature): stig

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin gradus (“step”).

Noun

gráða f (genitive gráðu)

1. step, degree

Declension

  Declension of gráða (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gráða	gráðan	gráður	gráðurnar
accusative	gráðu	gráðuna	gráður	gráðurnar
dative	gráðu	gráðunni	gráðum	gráðunum
genitive	gráðu	gráðunnar	gráðna	gráðnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: gráða

Etymology 2

Noun

gráða

1. inflection of gráði:
   1. oblique singular
   2. accusative plural
   3. genitive plural
2. inflection of gráði:
   1. oblique singular
   2. accusative plural
   3. genitive plural
3. inflection of gráði:
   1. oblique singular
   2. accusative plural
   3. genitive plural
4. inflection of gráðr:
   1. accusative plural
   2. genitive plural

References

• gráða in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.