tilrauninni

Tilrauninni is an Icelandic term that translates roughly to “the experiment” in English. It is the definite singular inflected form of the noun tilraun, which means experiment or trial. In Icelandic grammar, tilraun is used for a general or unspecified experiment, while tilrauninni marks a specific, contextually identified experiment within a sentence. The form appears in contexts where the experiment is the topic of discussion or when distinguishing a particular trial from others.

Linguistic notes and usage

Tilrauninni appears with prepositions and in clauses where a definite reference to a single experiment is required, for example after the preposition í meaning “in” (as in í tilrauninni, “in the experiment”). It is one of several inflected forms of tilraun and is discussed in Icelandic grammars as part of the noun’s definite singular paradigm. The base word tilraun is widely used across scientific, educational, and literary registers in Icelandic, while tilrauninni specifically signals a definite reference.

See also

Tilraun (the base noun meaning experiment)

Tilraunir (the plural form, experiments)

Icelandic grammar (morphology and inflection of definite nouns)

Notes

Tilrauninni functions primarily as a grammatical form indicating definiteness and case within a sentence. Its exact usage depends on syntactic context and the surrounding prepositions, much like other definite noun forms in Icelandic.