Noun: dýr
Gender: n
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | dýr |
| Sg. Def. | dýrið |
| Pl. Indef. | dýr |
| Pl. Def. | dýrin |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | dýrs |
| Sg. Def. | dýrsins |
| Pl. Indef. | dýra |
| Pl. Def. | dýranna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | dýri |
| Sg. Def. | dýrinu |
| Pl. Indef. | dýrum |
| Pl. Def. | dýrunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | dýr |
| Sg. Def. | dýrið |
| Pl. Indef. | dýr |
| Pl. Def. | dýrin |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like dýr
hænsnabú,
sjampó,
smyrsl,
höfrungahlaup,
smáorð,
brennivín,
skraut,
rauðaldin,
þarfaþing,
aðgangskort,
skapahár,
villidýr,
fingurbjargarblóm,
krampaflog,
uppgjör,
tvíhljóð,
aðgangsorð,
gufustraujárn,
prakkarastrik,
baksvið, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse dýr, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą. Cognate with Faroese dýr, Danish dyr, Swedish djur, Old English dēor (> English deer), Old High German tior (> German Tier). See: Old Norse Nouns '
dýr', Faroese Nouns '
dýr', Danish Nouns '
dyr', Swedish Nouns '
djur', Old English Nouns '
dēor', English Nouns '
deer', German Nouns '
Tier'.
Verbs referencing "dýr"
English Nouns
dear, English Nouns
deer, Faroese Nouns
dýr.
Translations
muzzle, to apply a muzzle