vitlaus

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vitlauss, from Proto-Germanic *witjalausaz, whence also English witless. Composed of vit (“wits, intellect”) +‎ -laus (“-less”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪht.løyːs/

Adjective

vitlaus (comparative vitlausari, superlative vitlausastur)

1. stupid, foolish

   Mikið eru dúfur vitlaus dýr.

   Pigeons are such stupid animals.

2. (informal) insane, crazy

   Er allt orðið vitlaust hérna?

   Has everything gone mad here?

3. (colloquial) wrong, incorrect

   Þetta svar er vitlaust.

   This answer is wrong.

Inflection

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vitlaus	vitlaus	vitlaust
accusative	vitlausan	vitlausa	vitlaust
dative	vitlausum	vitlausri	vitlausu
genitive	vitlauss	vitlausrar	vitlauss
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vitlausir	vitlausar	vitlaus
accusative	vitlausa	vitlausar	vitlaus
dative	vitlausum	vitlausum	vitlausum
genitive	vitlausra	vitlausra	vitlausra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vitlausi	vitlausa	vitlausa
accusative	vitlausa	vitlausu	vitlausa
dative	vitlausa	vitlausu	vitlausa
genitive	vitlausa	vitlausu	vitlausa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vitlausu	vitlausu	vitlausu
accusative	vitlausu	vitlausu	vitlausu
dative	vitlausu	vitlausu	vitlausu
genitive	vitlausu	vitlausu	vitlausu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vitlausari	vitlausari	vitlausara
accusative	vitlausari	vitlausari	vitlausara
dative	vitlausari	vitlausari	vitlausara
genitive	vitlausari	vitlausari	vitlausara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vitlausari	vitlausari	vitlausari
accusative	vitlausari	vitlausari	vitlausari
dative	vitlausari	vitlausari	vitlausari
genitive	vitlausari	vitlausari	vitlausari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vitlausastur	vitlausust	vitlausast
accusative	vitlausastan	vitlausasta	vitlausast
dative	vitlausustum	vitlausastri	vitlausustu
genitive	vitlausasts	vitlausastrar	vitlausasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vitlausastir	vitlausastar	vitlausust
accusative	vitlausasta	vitlausastar	vitlausust
dative	vitlausustum	vitlausustum	vitlausustum
genitive	vitlausastra	vitlausastra	vitlausastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vitlausasti	vitlausasta	vitlausasta
accusative	vitlausasta	vitlausustu	vitlausasta
dative	vitlausasta	vitlausustu	vitlausasta
genitive	vitlausasta	vitlausustu	vitlausasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vitlausustu	vitlausustu	vitlausustu
accusative	vitlausustu	vitlausustu	vitlausustu
dative	vitlausustu	vitlausustu	vitlausustu
genitive	vitlausustu	vitlausustu	vitlausustu

Synonyms

• (stupid): heimskur
• (crazy): brjálaður, klikkaður, ruglaður, vitskertur
• (wrong): rangur, skakkur

Derived terms

• bandvitlaus
• vera vitlaus í
• vitleysa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

vitlaus

1. stupid, foolish