tryggja

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɪdʒa]

Verb

tryggja (third person singular past indicative tryggjaði, third person plural past indicative tryggjað, supine tryggjað)

1. to secure
2. to insure

Conjugation

Conjugation of tryggja (group v-30)

infinitive	tryggja
supine	tryggjað
	present	past
first singular	tryggji	tryggjaði
second singular	tryggjar	tryggjaði
third singular	tryggjar	tryggjaði
plural	tryggja	tryggjaðu
participle (a6)1	tryggjandi	tryggjaður
	imperative
singular	tryggja!
plural	tryggjið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Related terms

• trygging (insurance)
• tryggur (save, secure)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tryggja, tryggva, from Proto-Germanic *triwwijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰrɪcːa/

  Rhymes: -ɪcːa

Verb

tryggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tryggði, supine tryggt)

1. to secure
2. to ensure, make sure (that a certain outcome is reached)
3. to insure (provide for compensation for potential loss according to an agreement)

Conjugation

tryggja – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að tryggja
supine sagnbót		tryggt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		tryggjandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	tryggi	tryggði		tryggi	tryggði
	þú	tryggir	tryggðir		tryggir	tryggðir
	hann, hún, það	tryggir	tryggði		tryggi	tryggði
plural	við	tryggjum	tryggðum		tryggjum	tryggðum
	þið	tryggið	tryggðuð		tryggið	tryggðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	tryggja	tryggðu		tryggi	tryggðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	trygg (þú), tryggðu
plural	þið	tryggið (þið), tryggiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

tryggjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að tryggjast
supine sagnbót		tryggst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		tryggjandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	tryggist	tryggðist		tryggist	tryggðist
	þú	tryggist	tryggðist		tryggist	tryggðist
	hann, hún, það	tryggist	tryggðist		tryggist	tryggðist
plural	við	tryggjumst	tryggðumst		tryggjumst	tryggðumst
	þið	tryggist	tryggðust		tryggist	tryggðust
	þeir, þær, þau	tryggjast	tryggðust		tryggist	tryggðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	tryggst (þú), tryggstu
plural	þið	tryggist (þið), tryggisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

tryggður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	tryggður	tryggð	tryggt	tryggðir	tryggðar	tryggð
accusative (þolfall)	tryggðan	tryggða	tryggt	tryggða	tryggðar	tryggð
dative (þágufall)	tryggðum	tryggðri	tryggðu	tryggðum	tryggðum	tryggðum
genitive (eignarfall)	tryggðs	tryggðrar	tryggðs	tryggðra	tryggðra	tryggðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	tryggði	tryggða	tryggða	tryggðu	tryggðu	tryggðu
accusative (þolfall)	tryggða	tryggðu	tryggða	tryggðu	tryggðu	tryggðu
dative (þágufall)	tryggða	tryggðu	tryggða	tryggðu	tryggðu	tryggðu
genitive (eignarfall)	tryggða	tryggðu	tryggða	tryggðu	tryggðu	tryggðu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (verb):
  • tryggje (e-infinitive)
  • trygga, trygge (without j-infix, either infinitive)
• (noun): tryggja (non-standard since 2012)

Etymology

From the Old Norse verb tryggja and tryggva, from Proto-Germanic *triwwijaną.

Verb

tryggja (present tense tryggjer or tryggjar, past tense trygde or tryggja, supine trygt or trygd or tryggja, past participle trygd or tryggja, present participle tryggjande, imperative trygg or tryggja)

1. to secure, deliver from danger

Noun

tryggja f (definite singular tryggja, indefinite plural tryggjer or tryggjor, definite plural tryggjene or tryggjone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of tryggje
2. definite singular of tryggje

References

• “tryggja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “tryggja” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• tryggva

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *triwwijaną.

Verb

tryggja

1. to make firm and trusty

Conjugation

Conjugation of tryggja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	tryggja
present participle	tryggjandi
past participle	trygðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	tryggi	trygða		tryggja	trygða
2nd person singular	tryggir	trygðir		tryggir	trygðir
3rd person singular	tryggir	trygði		tryggi	trygði
1st person plural	tryggjum	trygðum		tryggim	trygðim
2nd person plural	tryggið	trygðuð		tryggið	trygðið
3rd person plural	tryggja	trygðu		tryggi	trygði
imperative	present
2nd person singular	trygg, tryggi
1st person plural	tryggjum
2nd person plural	tryggið

Conjugation of tryggja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	tryggjask
present participle	tryggjandisk
past participle	tryggzk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	tryggjumk	trygðumk		tryggjumk	trygðumk
2nd person singular	tryggisk	trygðisk		tryggisk	trygðisk
3rd person singular	tryggisk	trygðisk		tryggisk	trygðisk
1st person plural	tryggjumsk	trygðumsk		tryggimsk	trygðimsk
2nd person plural	tryggizk	trygðuzk		tryggizk	trygðizk
3rd person plural	tryggjask	trygðusk		tryggisk	trygðisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	tryggsk, tryggisk
1st person plural	tryggjumsk
2nd person plural	tryggizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: tryggja
• Faroese: tryggja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tryggja
• Swedish: trygga
• Danish: trygge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trygge
• →? Old English: *tryccan
  • ⇒ Old English: ġetryccan, ġetryċċan

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “tryggja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive