óöruggri

öruggri is an Icelandic adjective used to express a higher degree of safety or security relative to something else. It is the comparative form of the basic adjective öruggr/öruggur, which means safe or secure. In sentences of comparison, Icelandic commonly uses the construction X er öruggri en Y, meaning “X is safer than Y.” Because Icelandic adjectives decline for gender, number, and case, the ending of öruggri changes to agree with the noun it modifies; the base pattern, however, is recognizable as the comparative form.

In usage, öruggri appears across domains such as safety policies, risk assessments, technological or cybersecurity descriptions, and consumer guidance. It can describe physical safety (a more secure workplace), data or system security (a more secure network), or procedural safety (a more secure protocol). The term is neutral and descriptive, conveying a relative improvement rather than absolute safety.

Etymology: öruggri derives from the adjective öruggur, with the common comparative suffix -ri used in Icelandic. Like other comparatives, its exact spelling adapts to the gender, number, and case of the noun it accompanies.

See also: öruggur, öryggi, security terminology in Icelandic, Icelandic grammar references.