flutningur

Flutningur is an Icelandic noun meaning the act of moving something from one place to another. In everyday Icelandic it refers most often to transportation of people or goods and to the services that enable that movement, such as shipping, trucking, rail and air transport, and other logistics activities.

In planning, policy, and industry contexts, the term covers the system of routes, infrastructure, and regulations that support movement, including networks for road, rail, sea, and air transport.

The word also extends to transfers of non-physical resources that depend on infrastructure, for example flutningur raforku (the transmission of electricity) and flutningur gagna (data transfer).

Etymology: flutningur is derived from the verb flutta or flutna, meaning to move or carry. It is cognate with related Germanic forms in other Scandinavian languages.

Usage notes: flutningur is used in discussions of transportation and logistics in business, government, and academic writing, and is often specified with context indicating mode or scope, such as passenger transport or goods transport.

See also: transport, logistics, infrastructure, transmission.