"er" meaning in Icelandic

See er in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ɛːr/
Etymology: Old Norse er, from Proto-Germanic *iz (“he”), from Proto-Indo-European *ís (“he, that”). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|er}} Old Norse er, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*iz||he}} Proto-Germanic *iz (“he”), {{inh|is|ine-pro|*ís||he, that}} Proto-Indo-European *ís (“he, that”) Head templates: {{head|is|conjunction}} er
  1. (with an "indexical"; ábendingarorð) of a place, of a time Derived forms: þá er þegar
    Sense id: en-er-is-conj-1eYbq4rC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /ɛːr/
Etymology: Old Norse er, from Proto-Germanic *iz (“he”), from Proto-Indo-European *ís (“he, that”). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|er}} Old Norse er, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*iz||he}} Proto-Germanic *iz (“he”), {{inh|is|ine-pro|*ís||he, that}} Proto-Indo-European *ís (“he, that”) Head templates: {{head|is|pronoun|cat2=relative pronouns}} er
  1. (relative) which Tags: relative
    Sense id: en-er-is-pron-d7wGxV0p
  2. (archaic) in relations with a demonstrative pronoun (this, that, these) or personal pronoun (I, we, they), which represents the genitive of a relative pronoun. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-er-is-pron-ztrXWh-C Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Icelandic pronouns, Icelandic relative pronouns Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 60 25 10 Disambiguation of Icelandic pronouns: 0 0 61 29 10 Disambiguation of Icelandic relative pronouns: 1 1 74 19 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ɛːr/
Etymology: Old Norse er (“is”, 3rd person singular), analogical leveling of earlier es, from Proto-Germanic *isti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Use with the 1st person singular is also by analogy with other forms in er-; the Old Norse 1st person singular form was em. Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|er||is|pos=3rd person singular}} Old Norse er (“is”, 3rd person singular), {{m|non|es}} es, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*isti}} Proto-Germanic *isti, {{inh|is|ine-pro|*h₁ésti}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti, {{m|non|em}} em Head templates: {{head|is|verb form}} er
  1. first-person singular indicative present of vera Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: vera
    Sense id: en-er-is-verb-8zzKAZMv
  2. third-person singular indicative present of vera Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: vera
    Sense id: en-er-is-verb-YcOpdZfU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for er meaning in Icelandic (6.4kB)

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "er",
        "4": "",
        "5": "is",
        "pos": "3rd person singular"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse er (“is”, 3rd person singular)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "es",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*isti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *isti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁ésti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "em"
      },
      "expansion": "em",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Old Norse er (“is”, 3rd person singular), analogical leveling of earlier es, from Proto-Germanic *isti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.\nUse with the 1st person singular is also by analogy with other forms in er-; the Old Norse 1st person singular form was em.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "er",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I am fun (masculine)",
          "text": "Ég er skemmtilegur.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Who am I?",
          "text": "Hver er ég?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "vera"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first-person singular indicative present of vera"
      ],
      "id": "en-er-is-verb-8zzKAZMv",
      "links": [
        [
          "vera",
          "vera#Icelandic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Does anybody know where my dad is?",
          "text": "Veit einhver hvar pabbi minn er?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Who is he?",
          "text": "Hver er hann?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "vera"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular indicative present of vera"
      ],
      "id": "en-er-is-verb-YcOpdZfU",
      "links": [
        [
          "vera",
          "vera#Icelandic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "er"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse er",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*iz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "he"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *iz (“he”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ís",
        "4": "",
        "5": "he, that"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ís (“he, that”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Old Norse er, from Proto-Germanic *iz (“he”), from Proto-Indo-European *ís (“he, that”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "relative pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "er",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There is a man who is named John.",
          "text": "Maður er sá, er Jón heitir.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The woman to whom he was talking.",
          "text": "Konan, er hann var að tala við.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This is the city from which he originated.",
          "text": "Þetta er borgin, er hann kom frá.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The town to which she's heading.",
          "text": "Bærinn, er hún ætlar til.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "which"
      ],
      "id": "en-er-is-pron-d7wGxV0p",
      "links": [
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(relative) which"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 60 25 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 61 29 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 74 19 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic relative pronouns",
          "parents": [
            "Relative pronouns",
            "Pronouns",
            "Relative pro-forms",
            "Lemmas",
            "Pro-forms",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There is a book whose author people don't know.",
          "text": "Það er sú bók, er menn þekkja eigi höfund hennar.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in relations with a demonstrative pronoun (this, that, these) or personal pronoun (I, we, they), which represents the genitive of a relative pronoun."
      ],
      "id": "en-er-is-pron-ztrXWh-C",
      "links": [
        [
          "demonstrative pronoun",
          "demonstrative pronoun"
        ],
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ],
        [
          "that",
          "that"
        ],
        [
          "these",
          "these"
        ],
        [
          "personal pronoun",
          "personal pronoun"
        ],
        [
          "I",
          "I"
        ],
        [
          "we",
          "we"
        ],
        [
          "they",
          "they"
        ],
        [
          "relative pronoun",
          "relative pronoun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) in relations with a demonstrative pronoun (this, that, these) or personal pronoun (I, we, they), which represents the genitive of a relative pronoun."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "er"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse er",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*iz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "he"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *iz (“he”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ís",
        "4": "",
        "5": "he, that"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ís (“he, that”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Old Norse er, from Proto-Germanic *iz (“he”), from Proto-Indo-European *ís (“he, that”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "er",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "þá er þegar"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods and serving and worshiping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.",
          "roman": "En er dómarinn andaðist, breyttu þeir að nýju verr en feður þeirra, með því að elta aðra guði til þess að þjóna þeim og falla fram fyrir þeim. Þeir létu eigi af gjörðum sínum né þrjóskubreytni sinni.",
          "text": "Judges 2:19",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "There whence I came.",
          "text": "Þar er ég kom.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "When the movie was finished.",
          "text": "Þá er myndin var búin.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of a place, of a time"
      ],
      "id": "en-er-is-conj-1eYbq4rC",
      "links": [
        [
          "indexical",
          "indexical"
        ],
        [
          "ábendingarorð",
          "ábendingarorð"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with an \"indexical\"; ábendingarorð) of a place, of a time"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an \"indexical\""
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "er"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Icelandic 1-syllable words",
    "Icelandic conjunctions",
    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic non-lemma forms",
    "Icelandic pronouns",
    "Icelandic relative pronouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Icelandic verb forms"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "er",
        "4": "",
        "5": "is",
        "pos": "3rd person singular"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse er (“is”, 3rd person singular)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "es",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*isti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *isti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁ésti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "em"
      },
      "expansion": "em",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Old Norse er (“is”, 3rd person singular), analogical leveling of earlier es, from Proto-Germanic *isti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.\nUse with the 1st person singular is also by analogy with other forms in er-; the Old Norse 1st person singular form was em.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "er",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I am fun (masculine)",
          "text": "Ég er skemmtilegur.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Who am I?",
          "text": "Hver er ég?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "vera"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first-person singular indicative present of vera"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vera",
          "vera#Icelandic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Does anybody know where my dad is?",
          "text": "Veit einhver hvar pabbi minn er?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Who is he?",
          "text": "Hver er hann?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "vera"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular indicative present of vera"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vera",
          "vera#Icelandic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "er"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Icelandic 1-syllable words",
    "Icelandic conjunctions",
    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic pronouns",
    "Icelandic relative pronouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse er",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*iz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "he"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *iz (“he”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ís",
        "4": "",
        "5": "he, that"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ís (“he, that”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Old Norse er, from Proto-Germanic *iz (“he”), from Proto-Indo-European *ís (“he, that”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "cat2": "relative pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "er",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There is a man who is named John.",
          "text": "Maður er sá, er Jón heitir.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The woman to whom he was talking.",
          "text": "Konan, er hann var að tala við.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This is the city from which he originated.",
          "text": "Þetta er borgin, er hann kom frá.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The town to which she's heading.",
          "text": "Bærinn, er hún ætlar til.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "which"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(relative) which"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic terms with archaic senses",
        "Icelandic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There is a book whose author people don't know.",
          "text": "Það er sú bók, er menn þekkja eigi höfund hennar.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in relations with a demonstrative pronoun (this, that, these) or personal pronoun (I, we, they), which represents the genitive of a relative pronoun."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demonstrative pronoun",
          "demonstrative pronoun"
        ],
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ],
        [
          "that",
          "that"
        ],
        [
          "these",
          "these"
        ],
        [
          "personal pronoun",
          "personal pronoun"
        ],
        [
          "I",
          "I"
        ],
        [
          "we",
          "we"
        ],
        [
          "they",
          "they"
        ],
        [
          "relative pronoun",
          "relative pronoun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) in relations with a demonstrative pronoun (this, that, these) or personal pronoun (I, we, they), which represents the genitive of a relative pronoun."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "er"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Icelandic 1-syllable words",
    "Icelandic conjunctions",
    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic pronouns",
    "Icelandic relative pronouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "þá er þegar"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse er",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*iz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "he"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *iz (“he”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ís",
        "4": "",
        "5": "he, that"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ís (“he, that”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Old Norse er, from Proto-Germanic *iz (“he”), from Proto-Indo-European *ís (“he, that”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "er",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic terms with quotations",
        "Icelandic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods and serving and worshiping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.",
          "roman": "En er dómarinn andaðist, breyttu þeir að nýju verr en feður þeirra, með því að elta aðra guði til þess að þjóna þeim og falla fram fyrir þeim. Þeir létu eigi af gjörðum sínum né þrjóskubreytni sinni.",
          "text": "Judges 2:19",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "There whence I came.",
          "text": "Þar er ég kom.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "When the movie was finished.",
          "text": "Þá er myndin var búin.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of a place, of a time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "indexical",
          "indexical"
        ],
        [
          "ábendingarorð",
          "ábendingarorð"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with an \"indexical\"; ábendingarorð) of a place, of a time"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an \"indexical\""
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "er"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: with an \"indexical\"; ábendingarorð",
  "path": [
    "er"
  ],
  "section": "Icelandic",
  "subsection": "conjunction",
  "title": "er",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: with an \"indexical\"; ábendingarorð",
  "path": [
    "er"
  ],
  "section": "Icelandic",
  "subsection": "conjunction",
  "title": "er",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Icelandic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.