hannaðir

Hannaðir is the masculine plural past participle of the Icelandic verb hanna, which means to design or conceive. In Icelandic, participles function as adjectives and agree with the noun they modify in gender and number. The form hannaðir marks masculine plural, while other gender-number forms exist for different nouns. The participle is commonly used to describe objects or products that have been designed.

In usage, hannaðir describes items or things that have undergone a design process. It appears frequently in design, architecture, product development, and technical documentation to indicate that something has been designed rather than created by other means. For example, hlutar voru hannaðir af arkitektum fyrir nýja byggingu means “the items were designed by architects for the new building.” Such constructions often appear in press releases, catalogs, and technical specifications.

Etymologically, hanna is the verb meaning to design, and hannaðir is its past participle form used adjectivally. The same verb yields other participle forms that agree with different nouns, including feminine and neuter forms, as well as singular equivalents. Related Icelandic terms include hönnun (design) and hönnuður (designer), which are frequently used in discussions of design work.

See also: hanna, hönnun, hönnuður.