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Learn Icelandic: ábyrgðin - the responsibility

Icelandic
/Dative and genitive intensifiers (sjálfum, sjálfs)
/ábyrgðin

ábyrgðin

Word

ábyrgðin

Meaning

the responsibility

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Dative and genitive intensifiers (sjálfum, sjálfs)

Usages of ábyrgðin

Hún ætlar að bera ábyrgð á sjálfri sér.

She intends to take responsibility for herself.

Ábyrgðin liggur hjá sjálfum mér.

The responsibility lies with me myself.

Er ábyrgð hvers liðsmanns skýr núna?

Is the responsibility of each team member clear now?

Uppljóstrarinn bar ábyrgð á lekanum.

The whistleblower was responsible for the leak.

Við vitum ekki hvort gerandinn axlar ábyrgðina eða réttlætir sjálfan sig.

We do not know whether the perpetrator shoulders the responsibility or justifies himself.

Hún axlar ábyrgðina og fyrirgefur sjálfri sér eftir slysið.

She shoulders the responsibility and forgives herself after the accident.

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