Borrowed fromIcelandicÍsland, fromOld Norseíss(“ice”) +land(“land, country”).
Islande f
Īslande
Borrowed fromIcelandicÍsland(“Iceland”), probably via other European languages. The more recent spelling (Īslande, with a longī) apparently reflects the original Icelandic pronunciation better.
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Islande f (5th declension)
The forms with a longī (Īslande and derived terms, likeīslandietis,īslandisks, etc.) have been recently (in 2007) proposed as correct, but the forms with a shorti (Islande,islandietis,islandisks, etc.) are still more frequently used.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Islande | — |
| genitive | Islandes | — |
| dative | Islandei | — |
| accusative | Islandi | — |
| instrumental | Islandi | — |
| locative | Islandē | — |
| vocative | Islande | — |
FromOld NorseÍsland, fromíss(“ice”) +land(“land, country”).
Islande f
Islande