flottur

See also: fløttur

Icelandic

Etymology

Akin to Danish flot (“nice, pleasant, cool”), both borrowed from Low German vlot. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną (“to stream, float”). See also German flott (“stylish, charming”).

Adjective

flottur (comparative flottari, superlative flottastur)

1. flashy, stylish, smart, good-looking

Declension

positive forms of flottur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	flottur	flott	flott
	accusative	flottan	flotta
	dative	flottum	flottri	flottu
	genitive	flotts	flottrar	flotts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	flottir	flottar	flott
	accusative	flotta
	dative	flottum
	genitive	flottra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	flotti	flotta	flotta
	acc/dat/gen	flotta	flottu
	plural (all-case)	flottu

comparative forms of flottur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	flottari	flottari	flottara
	plural (all-case)	flottari

superlative forms of flottur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	flottastur	flottust	flottast
	accusative	flottastan	flottasta
	dative	flottustum	flottastri	flottustu
	genitive	flottasts	flottastrar	flottasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	flottastir	flottastar	flottust
	accusative	flottasta
	dative	flottustum
	genitive	flottastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	flottasti	flottasta	flottasta
	acc/dat/gen	flottasta	flottustu
	plural (all-case)	flottustu

Further reading

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