stúdent
Icelandic
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish student or Middle Low German student, from Latin.
Noun
stúdent m (genitive singular stúdents, nominative plural stúdentar)
- a person who has graduated from a gymnasium (menntaskóli, a secondary school level for 16–19 year olds)
- (less common) a student at a university
- Synonyms: háskólanemi, háskólastúdent
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | stúdent | stúdentinn | stúdentar | stúdentarnir |
| accusative | stúdent | stúdentinn | stúdenta | stúdentana |
| dative | stúdent | stúdentinum | stúdentum | stúdentunum |
| genitive | stúdents | stúdentsins | stúdenta | stúdentanna |
Derived terms
- stúdentspróf (“a gymnasium diploma”)
Further reading
- “stúdent” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)