strengur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse strengr, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz, from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstreiŋkʏr/

  Rhymes: -eiŋkʏr

Noun

strengur m (genitive singular strengs or strengjar, nominative plural strengir)

1. a string
2. (music) a string
3. (countable, computing, programming) a string; (an ordered sequence of symbols or characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity)

   Synonym: stafastrengur

4. (geometry) chord

Declension

Declension of strengur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	strengur	strengurinn	strengir	strengirnir
accusative	streng	strenginn	strengi	strengina
dative	streng	strengnum	strengjum	strengjunum
genitive	strengs, strengjar	strengsins, strengjarins	strengja	strengjanna

Derived terms

• bogastrengur
• strengjahljóðfæri
• tala í sama streng (“to voice a similar opinion”)

Further reading

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