púðursykur

Icelandic

Etymology

Composed of púður (“powder”) +‎ sykur (“sugar”). Calque of Danish puddersukker (which today refers to brown sugar, but originally referred to finely ground (therefore, presumably, called “powdered”) raw sugar), itself from German Puderzucker.

False friend of English powdered sugar and German Puderzucker, which are instead called flórsykur in Icelandic.

Noun

púðursykur m (genitive singular púðursykurs, no plural)

1. brown sugar

Declension

Declension of púðursykur (sg-only masculine, based on sykur)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	púðursykur	púðursykurinn
accusative	púðursykur	púðursykurinn
dative	púðursykri	púðursykrinum
genitive	púðursykurs	púðursykursins

Further reading

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