þjóð

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þjóð (“people, nation”), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θjouːð/
    Rhymes: -ouːð

Noun

þjóð f (genitive singular þjóðar, nominative plural þjóðir)

  1. a people, a nation

Declension

Derived terms

  • alþjóð
  • Þjóðabandalagið (“League of Nations”)
  • þjóðarbrot (“ethnic group”)
  • þjóðartákngervingur (“national symbol”)
  • þjóðartekjur
  • þjóðbanki (“national bank”)
  • þjóðbúningur (“folk costume”)
  • þjóðerni (“nationality”)
  • þjóðhátið
  • þjóðhöfðingi (“head of state”)
  • þjóðrækinn (“patriotic”)
  • þjóðsöngur (“national anthem”)
  • þjóðtrú (“folk religion”)
  • þjóðvarðarlið

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • þióð, þioð — manuscript spelling
  • þeóð — First Grammarian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“tribe”), not to be confused with þjóð- (“very (good)”), from *þiudijaz. More at Middle English thede.

Noun

þjóð f

  1. a people

Declension

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Derived terms

  • Svíþjóð f (“Sweden, the Swedish people”)
  • þjóðhlið n (“public (man) gate”)
  • þjóðstefna f (“a meeting of the whole people, public meeting”)
  • þjóðsýniliga (“in the sight of all people, openly”)
  • þjóðsýniligr (“open, clear, vehement”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þjóð
  • Faroese: tjóð
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjod
  • Old Swedish: þiōþ
  • Old Gutnish: þiauþ

References

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