árangur

Icelandic

Etymology

Old Norse árangr (“season; annual yield”), probably a compound of ár (“year”) + gangr (“walking, pace, course”). Old Norse árgangr (“year, period of a year, tax year”), in which contrarily the r is not part of the stem, could be newer formation. By surface analysis, ár +‎ -angur.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈauːrauŋkʏr/

Noun

árangur m (genitive singular árangurs, no plural)

success
Antonym: ófarir f pl

Þannig náum við mestum árangri í samkeppni við aðrar þjóðir.
This is how we achieve the greatest success in competition with other nations.
result(s), outcome
Synonym: niðurstaða

án árangurs ― without results

ná árangri ― to succeed (literally, “get results”)

skila árangri ― deliver results

Það tók nú tímann sinn og árangurinn liggur hér á borðum.
It took its time, and the result is on the table.
achievement
Þetta er framúrskarandi árangur, en enginn nemandi skólans hefur áður lokið stúdentsprófi á 3 árum með betri árangri.
This is an outstanding achievement, but no student from the school has ever passed their A-levels in 3 years with a better result.

Declension

Declension of *árangur* (sg-only masculine)
	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	árangur	árangurinn
accusative	árangur	árangurinn
dative	árangri	árangrinum
genitive	árangurs	árangursins

Derived terms

types of success, results

afburðaárangur (“outstanding success”)
ágætisárangur (“good result”)
hámarksárangur (“peak performance”), lágmarksárangur (“minimum performance”)
heildarárangur (“overall performance”)
innheimtuárangur (“debt-collection results”)
keppnisárangur (“competition results”)
langtímaárangur (“long-term success”)
meðferðarárangur (“treatment outcome”)
námsárangur (“academic outcome, academic achievement”)
rektrarárangur (“operational performance”)
toppárangur (“top result”)
varpárangur (“breeding success (of birds)”)

other

árangursdrifinn (“results-driven”)
árangurshlutfall n (“success rate”)
árangurslítill (“ineffective”)
árangursmat n (“performance assessment”)
árangursmiðaður (“results-oriented”)
árangursmælikvarði m (“performance indicator”)
árangursmæling f (“performance measurement”)
árangursríkur (“successful”), árangurslaus (“unsuccessful”)
árangurssaga f (“success story”)
árangursstjórnun f (“performance management”)
árangurstenging f (“performance-relatedness”), árangurstengja (“to tie to performance”)
árangursviðmið n (“performance benchmark”)

References

^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “árangur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 23 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)