tryggur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tryggr.

Adjective

tryggur

1. safe, secure

Declension

Declension of tryggur (a20)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggur	trygg	trygt
accusative	tryggan	trygga	trygt
dative	tryggum	tryggari	tryggum
genitive	trygs	tryggar/ trygrar	trygs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggir	tryggar	trygg
accusative	tryggar	tryggar	trygg
dative	tryggum	tryggum	tryggum
genitive	trygga trygra	trygga trygra	trygga trygra

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tryggr (“true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz. Cognate with the Old English trīewe (English true), Old High German triuwi (German trau); Dutch trouw; Danish tryg, Faroese tryggur, Norwegian Bokmål trygg and Swedish trygg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰrɪkːʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɪkːʏr

Adjective

tryggur (comparative tryggari or (poetic) tryggvari, superlative tryggastur or (poetic) tryggvastur)

1. loyal, faithful

   Hundurinn hennar er mjög tryggur.

   Her dog is very loyal.

2. (of things) which can be trusted, safe

Declension

positive forms of tryggur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tryggur	trygg	tryggt
	accusative	tryggan, tryggvan1	trygga, tryggva1
	dative	tryggum, tryggvum1	tryggri	tryggu, tryggvu1
	genitive	tryggs	tryggrar	tryggs
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tryggir, tryggvir1	tryggar, tryggvar1	trygg
	accusative	trygga, tryggva1
	dative	tryggum, tryggvum1
	genitive	tryggra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tryggi, tryggvi1	trygga, tryggva1	trygga, tryggva1
	acc/dat/gen	trygga, tryggva1	tryggu, tryggvu1
	plural (all-case)	tryggu, tryggvu1

¹Poetic.

comparative forms of tryggur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	tryggari, tryggvari1	tryggari, tryggvari1	tryggara, tryggvara1
	plural (all-case)	tryggari, tryggvari1

¹Poetic.

superlative forms of tryggur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tryggastur, tryggvastur1	tryggust, tryggvust1	tryggast, tryggvast1
	accusative	tryggastan, tryggvastan1	tryggasta, tryggvasta1
	dative	tryggustum, tryggvustum1	tryggastri, tryggvastri1	tryggustu, tryggvustu1
	genitive	tryggasts, tryggvasts1	tryggastrar, tryggvastrar1	tryggasts, tryggvasts1
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tryggastir, tryggvastir1	tryggastar, tryggvastar1	tryggust, tryggvust1
	accusative	tryggasta, tryggvasta1
	dative	tryggustum, tryggvustum1
	genitive	tryggastra, tryggvastra1
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tryggasti, tryggvasti1	tryggasta, tryggvasta1	tryggasta, tryggvasta1
	acc/dat/gen	tryggasta, tryggvasta1	tryggustu, tryggvustu1
	plural (all-case)	tryggustu, tryggvustu1

¹Poetic.

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “tryggur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “tryggur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• “tryggur”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)