Questions & Answers about Tekjuskatturinn er hár.
In Icelandic, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun instead of written as a separate word.
So:
- tekjuskattur = income tax
- tekjuskatturinn = the income tax
In this noun pattern, the definite nominative singular form ends in -urinn, so skattur becomes skatturinn. The same thing happens inside the compound tekjuskatturinn.
The base form is tekjuskattur.
This is a compound noun:
- tekju- = a combining form related to income/revenue
- skattur = tax
Then the definite ending is added:
- tekjuskattur → tekjuskatturinn
So the whole word is basically income-tax-the.