hlustuðuð

hlustuðuð is the second-person plural past tense form of the Icelandic verb hlusta, meaning “you listened” (to something). It is used when addressing more than one person and referring to a completed act of listening in the past.

The verb hlusta is regular in its past tense conjugation. The complete simple past forms are: ég hlustaði, þú hlustaðir, hann/hún/ það hlustaði, við hlustuðum, þið hlustuð, þeir/þær hlustuðu. Therefore, hlustuðuð specifically marks the second-person plural subject in the past tense.

In usage, hlustuðuð appears in spoken and written Icelandic to describe what a group listened to previously. For example: Hvað hlustuðuð þið á í útvarpinu? (“What did you (all) listen to on the radio?”) and Við hlustuðum á tónlistina í gær. The form is neutral and commonly found across registers.

Etymology: hlusta derives from Old Norse hlusta, with the modern Icelandic suffixes shaping finite verb forms. The ending -uð in this form is the standard 2nd person plural past tense ending for many verbs.

See also: hlusta, þátíð (past tense), Icelandic verb conjugation.