Áburðurinn er hér.

to be

Breakdown of Áburðurinn er hér.

• hér: here
• áburðurinn: the fertilizer

Questions & Answers about Áburðurinn er hér.

Why is the attached to áburður instead of being a separate word?

In Icelandic, the definite article is very often a suffix, not a separate word like English the.

So:

• áburður = fertilizer / manure
• áburðurinn = the fertilizer / the manure

The ending -inn is the masculine singular nominative definite article here. This is one of the first big differences English speakers notice in Icelandic.

What is the basic dictionary form of áburðurinn?

The dictionary form is áburður.

That is the indefinite singular form, meaning fertilizer or manure, depending on context.

When you add the definite article, it becomes:

• áburður = fertilizer
• áburðurinn = the fertilizer

If you look the word up in a dictionary, you would usually search for áburður, not áburðurinn.

Why is it áburðurinn and not just áburður in this sentence?

Because the sentence is talking about a specific, known thing: the fertilizer.

Compare:

• Áburður er hér. = Fertilizer is here / There is fertilizer here
• Áburðurinn er hér. = The fertilizer is here

So the version with -inn is more specific and definite.