sveit

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sveit, from Proto-Germanic *swajutą (“company, host”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sveiːt/
• Rhymes: -eiːt

Noun

sveit f (genitive singular sveitar, nominative plural sveitir)

1. group, band, team
2. district, area (in the country)
3. countryside, the country

Declension

Declension of sveit (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sveit	sveitin	sveitir	sveitirnar
accusative	sveit	sveitina	sveitir	sveitirnar
dative	sveit	sveitinni	sveitum	sveitunum
genitive	sveitar	sveitarinnar	sveita	sveitanna

See also

• hersveit
• hljómsveit
• sveitarfélag

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• vesti