Sigurvegarinn er heppinn.

The winner is lucky.

Breakdown of Sigurvegarinn er heppinn.

• vera: to be
• sigurvegarinn: the winner
• heppinn: lucky

Questions & Answers about Sigurvegarinn er heppinn.

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

In Icelandic, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun as a suffix.

• sigurvegari = winner
• sigurvegarinn = the winner

So the -inn ending here is the definite article. English uses a separate word, but Icelandic very often attaches it directly to the noun.

What is the dictionary form of sigurvegarinn?

The dictionary form is sigurvegari, meaning winner.

In this sentence, that noun appears as sigurvegarinn, which is the nominative singular definite form: the winner.

A learner will usually look up sigurvegari in a dictionary, not sigurvegarinn.

What does er mean here?

Er is the present-tense form of að vera, which means to be.

So here:

• er = is

It is the third-person singular form, used with he/she/it and singular nouns.

Why is the adjective heppinn and not something like heppni?