fólksbíll

Icelandic

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Etymology

From fólk +‎ bíll, literally “car for the general populace”. Analogous to German Volkswagen.

Noun

fólksbíll m (genitive singular fólksbíls, nominative plural fólksbílar)

1. a small or medium-sized passenger car; a sedan

Declension

Declension of fólksbíll (masculine, based on bíll)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fólksbíll	fólksbíllinn	fólksbílar	fólksbílarnir
accusative	fólksbíl	fólksbílinn	fólksbíla	fólksbílana
dative	fólksbíl	fólksbílnum	fólksbílum	fólksbílunum
genitive	fólksbíls	fólksbílsins	fólksbíla	fólksbílanna

Further reading

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