prettur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse prettr (“trick, deceit”), from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“boastful talk, deceit”). Cognate with English prat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰrɛhtʏr/
• Rhymes: -ɛhtʏr

Noun

prettur m (genitive singular pretts, nominative plural prettir)

1. trick, swindle, deceit

Declension

Declension of prettur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	prettur	pretturinn	prettir	prettirnir
accusative	prett	prettinn	pretti	prettina
dative	pretti	prettinum	prettum	prettunum
genitive	pretts	prettsins	pretta	prettanna

Synonyms

• bragð

Related terms

• pretta
• prettóttur
• prettvís
• prettvísi