tryggja

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtrɪdʒa]

Verb

tryggja (third person singular past indicative tryggjaði, third person plural past indicative tryggjað, supine tryggjað)

  1. to secure
  2. to insure

Conjugation

Conjugation of tryggja (group v-30)
infinitive tryggja
supine tryggjað
participle (a6)1 tryggjandi tryggjaður
present past
first singular tryggji tryggjaði
second singular tryggjar tryggjaði
third singular tryggjar tryggjaði
plural tryggja tryggjaðu
imperative
singular tryggja!
plural tryggjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tryggva, tryggja, from Proto-Germanic *triwwijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰrɪcːa/
    Rhymes: -ɪcːa

Verb

tryggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tryggði, supine tryggt)

  1. to secure
  2. to ensure, make sure (that a certain outcome is reached)
  3. to insure (provide for compensation for potential loss according to an agreement)

Conjugation

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Old Norse verb tryggja and tryggva, from Proto-Germanic *triwwijaną.

Verb

tryggja (present tense tryggjer or tryggjar, past tense trygde or tryggja, supine trygt or trygd or tryggja, past participle trygd or tryggja, present participle tryggjande, imperative trygg or tryggja)

  1. to secure, deliver from danger

Noun

tryggja f (definite singular tryggja, indefinite plural tryggjer or tryggjor, definite plural tryggjene or tryggjone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of tryggje
  2. definite singular of tryggje

References

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *triwwijaną.

Verb

tryggja

  1. to make firm and trusty

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: tryggja
  • Faroese: tryggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tryggja
  • Medelpadian: trö
  • Swedish: trygga
  • Danish: trygge

References

  • tryggja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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