eins og kunnugt er

Icelandic

Etymology

From eins og (“like”) + kunnugt, the neuter form of kunnugur (“well-known”) + er (“is”), the third person singular of vera (“to be”). Literally meaning "like is well-known".

Adverb

eins og kunnugt er

1. (simile) as everybody knows, as is common knowledge
   • Icelandic Web of Science: Vísindavefurinn: Hvað er karrí? (“What is curry?”)

     Eins og kunnugt er einkennist indversk matargerðarlist af bragðmiklum mat sem velt hefur verið upp úr ríkulegri kryddblöndu.

     Indian cuisine is characterized as everybody knows by food with a strong taste, rolled in an ample mixture of spices.

Synonyms

• (as everybody knows): eins og alþjóð veit, það er alkunna

See also

• hámæli
• þetta veit hvert mannsbarn