kærasta

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcʰaiːrasta/
    Rhymes: -aiːrasta

Etymology 1

Calque of Danish kæreste (“boyfriend, girlfriend”): built from the superlative of the adjective kær (“dear”).[1]

Noun

kærasta f (genitive singular kærustu, nominative plural kærustur)

  1. girlfriend
    Hefurðu hitt nýju kærustuna hans Hauks? Hún er afar indæl stelpa.
    Have you met Haukur's new girlfriend? She's a lovely girl.
    Þetta er kærastan mín.
    This is my girlfriend.
    Kærastan mín biður að heilsa.
    My girlfriend sends her love.
  2. (dated, uncommon) fiancée
Declension
Declension of kærasta (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kærasta kærastan kærustur kærusturnar
accusative kærustu kærustuna kærustur kærusturnar
dative kærustu kærustunni kærustum kærustunum
genitive kærustu kærustunnar kærasta, kærastna kærastanna, kærastnanna
See also

Etymology 2

Noun

kærasta

  1. inflection of kærasti (“boyfriend”):
    1. indefinite accusative singular
    2. indefinite dative singular
    3. indefinite genitive singular

References

  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “kær”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 536 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
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