tryggur

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse tryggr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tryggur

  1. safe, secure

Declension

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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

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Etymology

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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

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Adjective

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tryggur (comparative tryggari, superlative tryggastur)

  1. loyal, faithful
    Hundurinn hennar er mjög tryggur.
    Her dog is very loyal.
  2. (of things) which can be trusted, safe

Inflection

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