Noun: hverfi
Gender: n
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | hverfi |
| Sg. Def. | hverfið |
| Pl. Indef. | hverfi |
| Pl. Def. | hverfin |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | hverfis |
| Sg. Def. | hverfisins |
| Pl. Indef. | hverfa |
| Pl. Def. | hverfanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | hverfi |
| Sg. Def. | hverfinu |
| Pl. Indef. | hverfum |
| Pl. Def. | hverfunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | hverfi |
| Sg. Def. | hverfið |
| Pl. Indef. | hverfi |
| Pl. Def. | hverfin |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like hverfi
tjaldstæði,
snifsi,
smetti,
aðalminni,
skrípi,
skipti,
skeyti,
dulargervi,
gerviefni,
fáveldi,
ökuleyfi,
mjúkfísi,
barefli,
mötuneyti,
fylgsni,
bílastæði,
einglyrni,
jarðepli,
samheiti,
samkvæmi, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse hverfi (“cluster of farms”), from Old Norse hvarf (“circle, enclosure”) + -i n (nominal suffix). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk kverve (“built-up area”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
hverfi'.
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