framboð

Icelandic

Etymology

From bjóða (“to offer”) + fram (“forward”), together making bjóða fram (“to offer”).

Noun

framboð n (genitive singular framboðs, nominative plural framboð)

1. (politics) candidacy
2. (economics) supply, items being offered for sale

   framboð og eftirspurn

   supply and demand

Declension

Declension of framboð (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	framboð	framboðið	framboð	framboðin
accusative	framboð	framboðið	framboð	framboðin
dative	framboði	framboðinu	framboðum	framboðunum
genitive	framboðs	framboðsins	framboða	framboðanna

Related terms

• frambjóðandi (“political candidate”)

Further reading

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