bekkur

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛhkʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɛhkʏr

Etymology 1

From Old West Norse bekkr, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

Noun

bekkur m (genitive singular bekks or bekkjar, nominative plural bekkir)

1. a bench
2. a class (in school)

   Við erum saman í bekk. ― We are classmates.

3. a grade, form (in school)

   Hann er í fjórða bekk. ― He's in fourth grade.

4. (informal) short for bekkpressa (“bench press”).

   Ég tek 200 í bekk. ― I am able to bench press 200 kg.

Derived terms

• bekkjarsystkini (“classmates”)
• bekkjarbróðir (“male classmate”)
• bekkjarsystir (“female classmate”)
• bekkjakerfi (“a school system where students are split into groups”)
• bekkjarlalli (“the worst student of the class”) (rare)
• bekkpressa (“bench press”)
• ljósabekkur (“tanning bed”)
• rennibekkur

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bekkr, from Proto-Germanic *bakjaz. A by-form of Proto-Germanic *bakiz. Related to German Bach.

Noun

bekkur m (genitive singular bekks or bekkjar, nominative plural bekkir)

1. (archaic or poetic) creek, spring, stream

   Synonym: lækur

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)