Questions & Answers about Hvað þýðir þetta orð á íslensku?
Rough word‑for‑word:
- Hvað – what
- þýðir – means (3rd person singular present of að þýða “to mean / to translate”)
- þetta – this (neuter demonstrative pronoun)
- orð – word (neuter noun)
- á – on / in (here: in a language)
- íslensku – Icelandic (literally “in Icelandic [language]”, dative form)
So the structure is very close to English: What means this word in Icelandic?, which in good English is What does this word mean in Icelandic?
Icelandic has two common prepositions that can both translate as in:
- í – usually “in, inside”
- á – usually “on, at”, but also used with languages
When talking about languages, Icelandic idiomatically uses á + [language in dative]:
- á íslensku – in Icelandic
- á ensku – in English
- á frönsku – in French
So:
- Hvað þýðir þetta orð á íslensku?