Grundarfjarðarkaupstaður

Icelandic

Etymology

Literally, “municipality of Grundarfjörður”, created from Grundarfjarðar (genitive of Grundarfjörður) +‎ kaupstaður (“municipality”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrʏn̥tar̥ˌfjarðar̥ˌkʰøy̯ːpˌstaːðʏr̥/, [ˈkrʉ̞n̥t̪är̥ˌfjär̥ð̠˕är̥ˌkʰœy̯ːpˌs̺t̪äːð̠˕ʉ̞r̥]

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  Rhymes: -øyːpstaːðʏr, -aːðʏr, -ʏr

Proper noun

Grundarfjarðarkaupstaður m (proper noun, genitive singular Grundarfjarðarkaupstaðar)

1. The municipality of Grundarfjörður (a city in Vesturland, Iceland); a marketplace settlement which was given right to trade in 1786.

   Synonyms: Grundarfjörður, Grundarfjarðarbær

   Árið 1786 fengu hlutar Eyrarsveitar verslunarréttinn og varð Grundarfjarðarkaupstaður.

   In the year 1786, parts of Eyrarsveit were given trading privileges and became Grundarfjarðarkaupstaður.

Usage notes

Grundarfjarðarkaupstaður — although having the technical meaning of “municipality of Grundarfjörður” in modern Icelandic — is used nearly exclusively to refer to the sanctioned market settlement which existed from 1786-1807 and again from 1816-1836. The modern municipality is Grundarfjarðarbær (despite its name meaning “city of Grundarfjörður” in modern Icelandic).

Declension

Declension of Grundarfjarðarkaupstaður (sg-only masculine, based on staður)

indefinite singular
nominative	Grundarfjarðarkaupstaður
accusative	Grundarfjarðarkaupstað
dative	Grundarfjarðarkaupstað
genitive	Grundarfjarðarkaupstaðar

Further reading

• Afmæli gamla Grundarfjarðarkaupstaðar; the government of Grundarfjörður’s commemoration of the town becoming a market municipality (Icelandic)