menntaskóli

Icelandic

Etymology

mennta (“to educate”) +‎ skóli (“school”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn̥taˌskouːlɪ/

Noun

menntaskóli m (genitive singular menntaskóla, nominative plural menntaskólar)

1. gymnasium (a secondary school level for 16–19 year olds)

Declension

Declension of menntaskóli (masculine, based on skóli)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	menntaskóli	menntaskólinn	menntaskólar	menntaskólarnir
accusative	menntaskóla	menntaskólann	menntaskóla	menntaskólana
dative	menntaskóla	menntaskólanum	menntaskólum	menntaskólunum
genitive	menntaskóla	menntaskólans	menntaskóla	menntaskólanna

See also

• stúdent (“a person who has graduated from a gymnasium”)

Further reading

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