sporvagn

Icelandic

Etymology

From spor (“a trail”) +‎ vagn (“cart, wagon, carriage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔr.vakn/

Noun

sporvagn m (genitive singular sporvagns, nominative plural sporvagnar)

1. a tram, a streetcar; (a passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road)

   Synonym: (North America, colloquial) strítkar

Declension

declension of sporvagn

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sporvagn	sporvagninn	sporvagnar	sporvagnarnir
accusative	sporvagn	sporvagninn	sporvagna	sporvagnana
dative	sporvagni	sporvagninum	sporvögnum	sporvögnunum
genitive	sporvagns	sporvagnsins	sporvagna	sporvagnanna

Further reading

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