Þýskaland

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• Þýzkaland (former standard spelling)

Etymology

From þýzkr (“German”) + land. Cognate with German Deutschland and Danish Tyskland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiskaˌlant/

Proper noun

Þýskaland n (proper noun, genitive singular Þýskalands)

1. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)

Declension

Declension of Þýskaland (sg-only neuter)

indefinite singular
nominative	Þýskaland
accusative	Þýskaland
dative	Þýskalandi
genitive	Þýskalands

Derived terms

• Austur-Þýskaland
• Vestur-Þýskaland