Word
Hornhlífin er á hurðarkarminum við beygluna.
Meaning
The corner protector is on the doorframe by the dent.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Hornhlífin er á hurðarkarminum við beygluna.
vera
to be
á
on
við
by
hornhlífin
the corner protector
Questions & Answers about Hornhlífin er á hurðarkarminum við beygluna.
Why does hornhlífin end in -in?
Because Icelandic usually puts the definite article on the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.
- hornhlíf = corner protector / corner guard
- hornhlífin = the corner protector
In this sentence, hornhlífin is the subject, so it is in the nominative singular definite form.
Why is it hurðar- in hurðarkarminum, not just hurðkarminum?
This is because hurðarkarmur is a compound noun:
- hurð = door
- karmur = frame
In many Icelandic compounds, the first noun appears in a form that comes from the genitive. So:
- hurð → hurðar-
- hurðarkarmur = door frame literally frame of a door
This is very common in Icelandic, and learners often just need to memorize the compound as a whole.
Why is hurðarkarminum in the dative case?