strætisvagn

Icelandic

Etymology

From strætis (“genitive singular of stræti (“street”)”) +‎ vagn (“cart, wagon”), literally “street-wagon”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstraiːtɪsˌvakn/

  Rhymes: -akn

Noun

strætisvagn m (genitive singular strætisvagns, nominative plural strætisvagnar)

1. bus (generally one driving within a city or nearby, not long-distance)

   Synonym: strætó

Declension

Declension of strætisvagn (masculine, based on vagn)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	strætisvagn	strætisvagninn	strætisvagnar	strætisvagnarnir
accusative	strætisvagn	strætisvagninn	strætisvagna	strætisvagnana
dative	strætisvagni	strætisvagninum	strætisvögnum	strætisvögnunum
genitive	strætisvagns	strætisvagnsins	strætisvagna	strætisvagnanna

Derived terms

• strætó

See also

• áætlunarbifreið
• áætlunarbíll
• langferðabifreið
• langferðabíll
• rúta
• rútubíll

Further reading

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