prettur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse prettr (“trick, deceit”), from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“boastful talk, deceit”). Cognate with English prat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰrɛhtʏr/
• Rhymes: -ɛhtʏr

Noun

prettur m (genitive singular pretts, nominative plural prettir)

1. trick, swindle, deceit

Declension

declension of prettur

m-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	prettur	pretturinn	prettir	prettirnir
accusative	prett	prettinn	pretti	prettina
dative	pretti	prettinum	prettum	prettunum
genitive	pretts	prettsins	pretta	prettanna

Synonyms

• bragð

Related terms

• pretta
• prettóttur
• prettvís
• prettvísi