Noun: jökull
Gender: m
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | jökull |
| Sg. Def. | jökullinn |
| Pl. Indef. | jöklar |
| Pl. Def. | jöklarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | jökuls |
| Sg. Def. | jökulsins |
| Pl. Indef. | jökla |
| Pl. Def. | jöklanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | jökli |
| Sg. Def. | jöklinum |
| Pl. Indef. | jöklum |
| Pl. Def. | jöklunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | jökul |
| Sg. Def. | jökulinn |
| Pl. Indef. | jökla |
| Pl. Def. | jöklana |
Sample Sentences
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Þar er klofsnjór á sumrum, en jökull á vetrum. (There is hip-deep snow in summer, but glacier in winter.) [1886, Benedikt Gröndal, Sagan af Heljarslóðarorrustu:]
Nouns inflected like jökull
segull,
maurígull,
blóraböggull,
djöfull,
dingull,
drösull,
skutull,
dröngull,
göndull,
öxull,
köngull,
köggull,
frumkvöðull,
heigull,
vöndull,
stöngull,
stökkull,
greniköngull,
blávingull,
vingull, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse jǫkull, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz. Diminutive of jaki (“a piece of ice, broken ice”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
jǫkull'.
Verbs referencing "jökull"
English Nouns
ickle, Danish Nouns
jøkel, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
jøkul, Swedish Nouns
jökel, English Nouns
jokul.
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