flakkari

Icelandic

Etymology

From flakka (“to wander”) +‎ -ari (“-er”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflahka(ː)rɪ]

Noun

flakkari m (genitive singular flakkara, nominative plural flakkarar)

1. wanderer, vagrant

   Synonyms: flækingur, umrenningur, (collective) förufólk

2. a portable hard drive, an external hard drive

Declension

Declension of flakkari (masculine, based on -ari)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flakkari	flakkarinn	flakkarar	flakkararnir
accusative	flakkara	flakkarann	flakkara	flakkarana
dative	flakkara	flakkaranum	flökkurum	flökkurunum
genitive	flakkara	flakkarans	flakkara	flakkaranna

Derived terms

• tímaflakkari (“time traveler”)

Further reading

• “flakkari” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)