hinsegin
Icelandic
Alternative forms
- hinseginn
- hins veginn
Etymology
A contamination of hins vegar (“on the other hand”, genitive, literally “of the other way”) and hinn veginn (“the other way”, accusative), from hinn (“the other”) + vegur (“way”).[1]
Adjective
hinsegin (indeclinable)
- different
- Synonyms: öðruvísi, annars konar
- svona ... eða hensegin ... ― this ... or the other ...
- Hvers vegna er einn svona, en annar hinsegin? ― Why is one person this way but someone else different?
- (dated) strange
- queer (non-heterosexual or non-cisgender)
- hinsegin fólk ― queer folk
- gay, homosexual
- Synonyms: samkynhneigður, öfugur, hýr
- Antonym: gagnkynhneigður
- 2022 January 12, Ingunn Lára Kristjánsdóttir, “Grikkir leyfa hinsegin karlmönnum að gefa blóð”, in Fréttablaðið:
- Samkvæmt núgildandi reglum á Íslandi mega hinsegin karlmenn, þ.e. karlmenn sem hafa haft samfarir við aðra karlmenn , ekki gefa blóð.
- According to current rules in Iceland, gay men, i.e. men who have had sex with other men, are not allowed to donate blood.
Derived terms
- hinseginn dagar (“Gay Pride”)
- hinseginleiki (“queerness”)
Adverb
hinsegin
- the other way round
- svona og hinsegin ― such-and-such
- Ég á svona kerru, en eini gallin er sá að barnið snýr fram. Ég væri til í að snúa henni hinsegin stundum.
- I have a stroller but the one downside is that the baby faces forward. I'd like to turn it the other way round sometimes.
References
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “hinseginn”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 329 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Further reading
- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “hinsegin”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- “hinsegin” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)