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Learn Icelandic: lögreglan - the police

Icelandic
/Genitive prepositions (án, milli, vegna)
/lögreglan

lögreglan

Word

lögreglan

Meaning

the police

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

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Genitive prepositions (án, milli, vegna)

Usages of lögreglan

Lögreglan stoppar hann af því að hann er án bílbeltis.

The police stop him because he is without a seatbelt.

Lögreglan er að hjálpa henni vegna slyssins.

The police are helping her because of the accident.

Lögreglan stendur milli bíla vegna slyssins.

The police stand between cars because of the accident.

Lögreglan er að stoppa umferðina.

The police are stopping the traffic.

Við bíðum hérna án lögreglunnar.

We wait here without the police.

Lögreglan bíður í stóra réttarsalnum.

The police wait in the big courtroom.

Lögreglan var að skoða sönnunina.

The police were examining the evidence.

Lögreglan var að handtaka þjófinn.

The police were arresting the thief.

Hún hringir á lögregluna strax.

She calls the police immediately.

Lögreglan keyrir að mörkunum.

The police drive to the boundary.

Lögreglan rannsakaði glæpinn fimmtánda og sextánda ágúst.

The police investigated the crime on the fifteenth and sixteenth of August.

Lögreglan handtók þjófinn þann nítjánda september.

The police arrested the thief on the nineteenth of September.

Lögreglan býst við því að það verði vindasamt í kvöld.

The police expect that it will be windy tonight.

Lögreglan fann byssuna í bílnum.

The police found the gun in the car.

Hún lýsti slysinu fyrir lögreglunni.

She described the accident to the police.

Lögreglan hlýtur að hafa ásakað saklausan mann.

The police must have accused an innocent man.

Lögreglan yfirheyrði hann í tvo tíma af því að hann hafði enga fjarvistarsönnun.

The police interrogated him for two hours because he had no alibi.

Við myndum annaðhvort hafa varað lögregluna við eða hlaupið í burtu.

We would either have warned the police or run away.

Lögreglan skal stýra rýmingunni.

The police shall direct the evacuation.

Lögreglan ætlar að afhjúpa hann.

The police are going to expose him.

Lögreglan sleppti fanganum í gær.

The police released the prisoner yesterday.

„Við ætlum ekki að sleppa fanganum,“ sagði lögreglan.

"We do not intend to release the prisoner," the police said.

Maðurinn sleppti gíslinum þegar hann sá lögregluna.

The man released the hostage when he saw the police.

Útkoman myndi hafa orðið ömurleg ef lögreglan hefði ekki komið tímanlega.

The outcome would have been miserable if the police had not arrived in time.

Lögreglan heimtar að maðurinn svari.

The police demand that the man answer.

Lögreglan áætlar að rúmlega tuttugu þúsund manns séu á svæðinu.

The police estimate that well over twenty thousand people are in the area.

Lögreglan vaktar hverfið vel.

The police monitor the neighborhood well.

Gæslumaðurinn vaktar hverfið og lögreglan gerir það líka.

The guard monitors the neighborhood, and the police do so too.

Lögreglan takmarkaði umferðina og afturkallaði leyfið. Gerði hún það?

The police limited the traffic and revoked the permit. Did they?

Samkvæmt lögreglunni átti morðið sér stað í gær.

According to the police, the murder took place yesterday.

Lögreglan rannsakar morðið.

The police are investigating the murder.

Lögreglan fjarlægði bílinn af götunni.

The police removed the car from the street.

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