Reykjavík

See also: Reykjavik

English

Alternative forms

• Reykjavik

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Icelandic Reykjavík (literally “bay of smokes”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛk.jə.vɪk/, /ˈɹeɪk.jə.vɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Proper noun

Reykjavík

2. The capital city of Iceland.

Translations

capital of Iceland

• Afrikaans: Reykjavik
• Albanian: Reykjavík (sq) m
• Amharic: ሬይኪያቪክ (reykiyavik)
• Arabic: رِيكْيَافِيك f (rikyāfik), رِيكَافِيك f (rīkāfīk)
• Armenian: Ռեյկյավիկ (Ṙeykyavik)
• Azerbaijani: Reykyavik
• Belarusian: Рэйк'я́вік m (Rejkʺjávik)
• Bengali: রেইকিয়াভিক (reikiẏabhik)
• Bulgarian: Рейкя́вик m (Rejkjávik)
• Burmese: ရေဂျာဗစ်မြို့ (regyabacmrui.)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雷克雅維克 / 雷克雅维克 (leoi⁴ hak¹ ngaa⁵ wai⁴ hak¹)

  Mandarin: 雷克雅未克 (zh) (Léikèyǎwèikè), 雷克雅維克 / 雷克雅维克 (zh) (Léikèyǎwéikè)

• Corsican: Reykjavík f
• Czech: Reykjavík (cs) m
• Danish: Reykjavik (da)
• Dutch: Reykjavik (nl) n
• Esperanto: Rejkjaviko (eo)
• Estonian: Reykjavík (et)
• Faroese: Reykjavík f
• Finnish: Reykjavik (fi)
• French: Reykjavík (fr) m
• Galician: Reiquiavik (gl) m
• Georgian: რეიკიავიკი (ka) (reiḳiaviḳi)
• German: Reykjavík (de) n
• Greek: Ρέικιαβικ (el) n (Réikiavik), Ρέυκιαβικ (el) n (Réykiavik)
• Hawaiian: Leikawiʻika
• Hebrew: רייקיאוויק f (reikyavik)
• Hindi: रेक्याविक m (rekyāvik)
• Hungarian: Reykjavík (hu)
• Icelandic: Reykjavík (is) f
• Indonesian: Reykjavík
• Irish: Réicivíc f
• Italian: Reykjavik f
• Japanese: レイキャビク (ja) (Reikyabiku)
• Kazakh: Рейкьявик (Reikävik)
• Khmer: រ៉ៃក្យាវិក (km) (raykyaavɨk)
• Korean: 레이캬비크 (ko) (Reikyabikeu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Reykjavîk

• Kyrgyz: Рейкьявик (ky) (Reykyavik)
• Latin: Reykiavica f
• Latvian: Reikjavīka f
• Lithuanian: Reikjavikas m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Reykjavik n

• Macedonian: Рејкја́вик m (Rejkjávik)
• Malay: Reykjavík
• Maltese: Rejkjavik
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Рейкьявик (Rejkʹjavik)

• Navajo: Siil Nástłʼah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Reykjavík, Reykjavik (no)

  Nynorsk: Røykjavik f, Reykjavík f

• Pashto: ريکياويک m (rikyāwík)
• Pennsylvania German: Reykjavík
• Persian: ریکیاویک (reykyâvik)
• Polish: Reykjavík (pl) m
• Portuguese: Reiquiavique (pt)
• Russian: Рейкья́вик (ru) m (Rejkʹjávik)
• Samogitian: Rėikjavėks m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Рејкјавик m

  Roman: Reykjavík m

• Slovak: Reykjavík m
• Slovene: Reykjavik m
• Spanish: Reikiavik (es) m
• Swedish: Reykjavik (sv)
• Tagalog: Reikiavik
• Tajik: Рейкявик (Reykyavik)
• Tamil: ரெய்க்யவிக் (reykyavik)
• Thai: เรคยาวิก (th) (rék-yaa-wìk)
• Turkish: Reykjavík (tr)
• Turkmen: Reýkýawik
• Ukrainian: Рейк'я́вік (uk) m (Rejkʺjávik)
• Urdu: ریکیاوک m (rekyāvik)
• Uyghur: رېيكياۋىك (rëykyawik)
• Uzbek: Reykyavik
• Vietnamese: Rây-ki-a-vích, Rê-ki-a-vích
• West Frisian: Reykjavik n
• Yiddish: רייקיאַוויק n (reykyavik), רעקיאַוויק n (rekyavik)

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛjkjaviːk]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Reykjavík m inan (related adjective reykjavický)

1. Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)

Declension

Declension of Reykjavík (sg-only velar masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Reykjavík
genitive	Reykjavíku
dative	Reykjavíku
accusative	Reykjavík
vocative	Reykjavíku
locative	Reykjavíku
instrumental	Reykjavíkem

Further reading

• “Reykjavík”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Estonian

Etymology

From the Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).

Proper noun

Reykjavík

1. Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)

Faroese

Proper noun

Reykjavík f

1. Reykjavík (the capital and largest city of Iceland)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrei̯kjɑʋik/, [ˈre̞i̯kjɑ̝ʋik]
• Rhymes: -eikjɑʋik

Proper noun

Reykjavík

1. Alternative spelling of Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland

Declension

Inflection of Reykjavík (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Reykjavík	—
genitive		Reykjavíkin	—
partitive		Reykjavíkia	—
illative		Reykjavíkiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Reykjavík	—
accusative	nom.	Reykjavík	—
	gen.	Reykjavíkin
genitive		Reykjavíkin	—
partitive		Reykjavíkia	—
inessive		Reykjavíkissa	—
elative		Reykjavíkista	—
illative		Reykjavíkiin	—
adessive		Reykjavíkilla	—
ablative		Reykjavíkilta	—
allative		Reykjavíkille	—
essive		Reykjavíkina	—
translative		Reykjavíkiksi	—
abessive		Reykjavíkitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Reykjavík (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Reykjavíkini — accusative nom. Reykjavíkini — gen. Reykjavíkini genitive Reykjavíkini — partitive Reykjavíkiani — inessive Reykjavíkissani — elative Reykjavíkistani — illative Reykjavíkiini — adessive Reykjavíkillani — ablative Reykjavíkiltani — allative Reykjavíkilleni — essive Reykjavíkinani — translative Reykjavíkikseni — abessive Reykjavíkittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Reykjavíkisi — accusative nom. Reykjavíkisi — gen. Reykjavíkisi genitive Reykjavíkisi — partitive Reykjavíkiasi — inessive Reykjavíkissasi — elative Reykjavíkistasi — illative Reykjavíkiisi — adessive Reykjavíkillasi — ablative Reykjavíkiltasi — allative Reykjavíkillesi — essive Reykjavíkinasi — translative Reykjavíkiksesi — abessive Reykjavíkittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Reykjavíkimme — accusative nom. Reykjavíkimme — gen. Reykjavíkimme genitive Reykjavíkimme — partitive Reykjavíkiamme — inessive Reykjavíkissamme — elative Reykjavíkistamme — illative Reykjavíkiimme — adessive Reykjavíkillamme — ablative Reykjavíkiltamme — allative Reykjavíkillemme — essive Reykjavíkinamme — translative Reykjavíkiksemme — abessive Reykjavíkittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Reykjavíkinne — accusative nom. Reykjavíkinne — gen. Reykjavíkinne genitive Reykjavíkinne — partitive Reykjavíkianne — inessive Reykjavíkissanne — elative Reykjavíkistanne — illative Reykjavíkiinne — adessive Reykjavíkillanne — ablative Reykjavíkiltanne — allative Reykjavíkillenne — essive Reykjavíkinanne — translative Reykjavíkiksenne — abessive Reykjavíkittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Reykjavíkinsa — accusative nom. Reykjavíkinsa — gen. Reykjavíkinsa genitive Reykjavíkinsa — partitive Reykjavíkiaan Reykjavíkiansa — inessive Reykjavíkissaan Reykjavíkissansa — elative Reykjavíkistaan Reykjavíkistansa — illative Reykjavíkiinsa — adessive Reykjavíkillaan Reykjavíkillansa — ablative Reykjavíkiltaan Reykjavíkiltansa — allative Reykjavíkilleen Reykjavíkillensa — essive Reykjavíkinaan Reykjavíkinansa — translative Reykjavíkikseen Reykjavíkiksensa — abessive Reykjavíkittaan Reykjavíkittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

French

Alternative forms

• Reykjavik

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ.kja.vik/ ~ /ʁe.kja.vik/

Proper noun

Reykjavík m

1. Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (literally “bay of smokes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛjkjɒviːk]
• Hyphenation: Reyk‧ja‧vík
• Rhymes: -iːk

Proper noun

Reykjavík

1. Reykjavík (the capital city of Iceland)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Reykjavík	—
accusative	Reykjavíkot	—
dative	Reykjavíknak	—
instrumental	Reykjavíkkal	—
causal-final	Reykjavíkért	—
translative	Reykjavíkká	—
terminative	Reykjavíkig	—
essive-formal	Reykjavíkként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Reykjavíkban	—
superessive	Reykjavíkon	—
adessive	Reykjavíknál	—
illative	Reykjavíkba	—
sublative	Reykjavíkra	—
allative	Reykjavíkhoz	—
elative	Reykjavíkból	—
delative	Reykjavíkról	—
ablative	Reykjavíktól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Reykjavíké	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Reykjavíkéi	—

Possessive forms of Reykjavík
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Reykjavíkom	—
2nd person sing.	Reykjavíkod	—
3rd person sing.	Reykjavíkja	—
1st person plural	Reykjavíkunk	—
2nd person plural	Reykjavíkotok	—
3rd person plural	Reykjavíkjuk	—

Derived terms

• reykjavíki

 

Icelandic

Etymology

Literally, “bay of smokes”, from Old Norse Reykjavík, from reykja (genitive plural of reykr (“smoke”)) +‎ vík (“bay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈreiːcaˌviːk]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Reykjavík f (proper noun, genitive singular Reykjavíkur)

1. Reykjavík (a city in Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Iceland; capital city of Iceland)

Declension

Declension of Reykjavík (sg-only feminine, based on vík)

indefinite singular
nominative	Reykjavík
accusative	Reykjavík
dative	Reykjavík
genitive	Reykjavíkur

Old Norse

Etymology

From reykir (plural of reykr (“smoke”)) +‎ vík (“bay”).

Proper noun

Reykjavík f (genitive Reykjavíkar)

1. Reykjavík (bay between Seltjarnarnes and the mouth of the Elliðaár and the farm nearby where Ingólfr Arnarson lived)

Descendants

• Icelandic: Reykjavík
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: Røykjavik (learned)

Polish

Reykjavík

Alternative forms

• Rejkiawik, Reykjavik

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Icelandic Reykjavík.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛjˈkja.vik/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -avik
• Syllabification: Rey‧kja‧vík

Proper noun

Reykjavík m inan (related adjective reykjavícki)

1. Reykjavík (the capital and largest city of Iceland)

Declension

Declension of Reykjavík

	singular
nominative	Reykjavík
genitive	Reykjavíku
dative	Reykjavíkowi
accusative	Reykjavík
instrumental	Reykjavíkiem
locative	Reykjavíku
vocative	Reykjavíku

Further reading

• Reykjavík in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Reykjavík in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Reykjavík

1. Alternative spelling of Reiquejavique

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrejkjaviːk]

Proper noun

Reykjavík m inan (genitive singular Reykjavíku, declension pattern of dub)

1. Reykjavík (the capital of Iceland)

References

• “Reykjavík”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024