gráða

See also: grada and gradá

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gráða.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrauːða/
    Rhymes: -auːða

Noun

gráða f (genitive singular gráðu, nominative plural gráður)

  1. degree (unit of temperature)
    Synonym: stig
  2. degree (unit by which angles are measured)
  3. degree (certificate given by a university)

Declension

Declension of gráða (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gráða gráðan gráður gráðurnar
accusative gráðu gráðuna gráður gráðurnar
dative gráðu gráðunni gráðum gráðunum
genitive gráðu gráðunnar gráða, gráðna gráðanna, gráðnanna

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin gradus (“step”).

Noun

gráða f (genitive gráðu)

  1. step, degree
Declension
Declension of gráða (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gráða gráðan gráður gráðurnar
accusative gráðu gráðuna gráður gráðurnar
dative gráðu gráðunni gráðum gráðunum
genitive gráðu gráðunnar gráðna gráðnanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: gráða

Etymology 2

Noun

gráða

  1. inflection of gráði:
    1. oblique singular
    2. accusative plural
    3. genitive plural
  2. inflection of gráði:
    1. oblique singular
    2. accusative plural
    3. genitive plural
  3. inflection of gráði:
    1. oblique singular
    2. accusative plural
    3. genitive plural
  4. inflection of gráðr:
    1. accusative plural
    2. genitive plural

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gráða”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 170; also available at the Internet Archive
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