verðhjöðnun

Icelandic

Etymology

From verð (“price”) +‎ hjöðnun (“decrease”).

Noun

verðhjöðnun f (genitive singular verðhjöðnunar, no plural)

1. (economics) deflation

   Antonym: verðbólga f (“inflation”)

Declension

Declension of verðhjöðnun (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	verðhjöðnun	verðhjöðnunin
accusative	verðhjöðnun	verðhjöðnunina
dative	verðhjöðnun	verðhjöðnuninni
genitive	verðhjöðnunar	verðhjöðnunarinnar

Further reading

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