Less common words • -ó endings • Ylhýra

This is an appendix to the article on -ó endings and is a semi-exhaustive list of less common -ó words.

Occasionally seen

menntaskóli → menntó (a junior college)
- Informal.
samferða → samfó (to travel together; to share a ride)
- Informal but extremely common for younger speakers.
sveitalegt → sveitó (looks like something from the countryside or a farm)
- Informal.
til hamingju með afmælið → til hammó með ammó (happy birthday)
- Extremely informal, said as a joke.
afbrýðisamur → abbó (jealous)
- Highly informal, somewhat common among younger speakers.
sumarbústaður → sumó (a summer house)
- Informal.
lummulegt → lummó (kitsch)
- Informal, sounds a bit antiquated like you’re from the 1980s.
saumaklúbbur → saumó (a sewing circle, or more generally a group of (female) friends that meet regularly)
- Informal.
hallærislegur → halló^[a] (un-cool, lame)
- Informal, uncommon.
rómantískt → rómó (romantic)
- Informal.

You should not make any effort to learn these words, they are only listed here for completeness.

tíkarspenar → tíkó (pigtails in hair)
- Informal.
brennubolti → brennó (a ball-game played by children)
- Informal, common among children.
dónalegur → dónó (vulgar, sexually suggestive)
- Informal.
glæsilegt → glæsó (elegant)
- Informal, associated with women over the age of 40.
ógeðslega → ógó (very, a lot)
- Extremely informal, was common among teenagers around 2010 but is rarely seen today.
púkalegur → púkó (tacky)
- Informal, no longer common.
frímínútur → frímó (recess)
- Informal, childish.
mömmuleikur → mömmó (playing mom)
- Informal, childish.
nemendafélag → nemó (student union)
- Uncommon.
vísindaferð → vísó (a university trip for ostensibly scientific purposes)
- A term only used by university students.
tónlistarskólinn → tónó (music school)
- Informal.
spennandi → spennó (exciting)
- Informal, uncommon.
skrípilegur; skrípiteikning → skrípó (ridiculous, laughable; a comic book)
- Informal, uncommon.
gagnfræðiskóli → gaggó (high school, the term is no longer in use)
- Informal, almost never seen today because gagnfræðiskólar were merged into grunnskólar and no longer exist.

You should not make an effort to learn these proper names, but they are also listed for completeness.

Hafrannsóknarstofnun → Hafró (National Marine Research Institution)
- Extremely common, even in formal speech.
Þjóðarbókhlaðan → Þjóbó (Main Building of the National University Library)
- Informal, extremely common.
Rúmfatalagerinn → Rúmfó (a household goods retail chain)
Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands → sinfó (The National Orchestra)
- Extremely common, even in formal speech.
Iðnaðarmannahúsið → Iðnó (a house in Reykjavík)
- Extremely common, even in formal speech.
Góðtemplarahús Reykjavíkur → Gúttó (a house in Reykjavík)
Hressingarskálinn → Hressó (a bar in Reykjavík)
- Extremely common, even in formal speech.
Junior colleges
- Verzlunarskólinn → Verzló
  - Extremely common, even in formal speech.
- Kvennaskólinn → Kvennó
  - Extremely common, even in formal speech.
- Borgarholtsskóli → Borgó
  - Very common.
Elementary schools
- Hagaskóli → Hagó
- Laugalækjarskóli → Laugó
- Lækjarskóli → Lækjó
- Mýrarhúsaskóli → Mýró
- Réttarholtsskóli → Réttó
- Valhúsaskóli → Való