stúdent

See also: student, Student, stüdent, študent, and Študent

Icelandic

Etymology

From Danish student or Middle Low German student, from Latin.

Noun

stúdent m (genitive singular stúdents, nominative plural stúdentar)

1. a person who has graduated from a gymnasium (menntaskóli, a secondary school level for 16–19 year olds)
2. (less common) a student at a university

   Synonyms: háskólanemi, háskólastúdent

Declension

Declension of stúdent (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stúdent	stúdentinn	stúdentar	stúdentarnir
accusative	stúdent	stúdentinn	stúdenta	stúdentana
dative	stúdent	stúdentinum	stúdentum	stúdentunum
genitive	stúdents	stúdentsins	stúdenta	stúdentanna

Derived terms

• stúdentspróf (“a gymnasium diploma”)

Further reading

• “stúdent” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)