hverfi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hverfi (“cluster of farms”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʰvɛrvɪ/
IPA^(key): /ˈxʷɛrvɪ/
Rhymes: -ɛrvɪ

Noun

hverfi n (genitive singular hverfis, nominative plural hverfi)

section of a town or city; a district, a neighbourhood; an arrondissement
a cluster of farms; a rural neighbourhood

Declension

declension of hverfi

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	hverfi	hverfið	hverfi	hverfin
accusative	hverfi	hverfið	hverfi	hverfin
dative	hverfi	hverfinu	hverfum	hverfunum
genitive	hverfis	hverfisins	hverfa	hverfanna

Derived terms

sýsluhverfi

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