vantrú

See also: vantru

Icelandic

Etymology

From van- (“too little, lacking in, short of”) +‎ trú (“religion, believe; faith”), from Old Norse vantrú. Cognates with Danish vantro.

Noun

vantrú f (genitive singular vantrúar, no plural)

1. disbelief, a lack of faith

   Antonym: trúgirni

2. no confidence, a lack of confidence

   Ég hef vantrú á þessu.

   I have no confidence in this.

Declension

Declension of vantrú (sg-only feminine, based on trú)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vantrú	vantrúin
accusative	vantrú	vantrúna
dative	vantrú	vantrúnni
genitive	vantrúar	vantrúarinnar

Synonyms

• (lack of fatih): trúleysi

Derived terms

Derived terms

• meðferðarvantrú (“nihilism, therapeutic nihilism”)
• vantrúa
• vantrúaralda
• vantrúarauga
• vantrúarblandinn
• vantrúarbros
• vantrúarfullur
• vantrúarglott
• vantrúarhreimur
• vantrúarmaður
• vantrúarseggur
• vantrúarsvipur
• vantrúaður
• vantrúnaður

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “vantrú”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies