öruggur

Öruggur is an Icelandic adjective meaning safe, secure, reliable, or certain. The word is related to the noun öryggi, which means safety or security, and it is used to express that something or someone can be trusted or is not at risk. In Icelandic, as with most adjectives, öruggur inflects for gender, number, and case, so its form changes in sentences.

Usage and senses

Öruggur can describe physical safety, such as a place or a product: a place that is safe for children or a device that is reliable. It can also describe the trustworthiness of people, plans, institutions, or processes, indicating that they inspire confidence. In addition, öruggt or öruggur can be used to express certainty about a statement or forecast, for example in subordinate clauses where it signals that something is definitely the case.

Forms and related terms

The basic, masculine nominative singular form is öruggur; the word has corresponding inflected forms for other genders and cases. The comparative form is typically öruggari and the superlative öruggastur. The negative counterpart is óöruggur or óörugg, depending on context. Related Icelandic terms include öryggi (safety, security) and tryggur (secure, sure).

Examples

Það er öruggur staður fyrir börnin. (That is a safe place for the children.)

Það gerir örugga ákvörðun. (That is a reliable/solid decision.)

Það er öruggt að hann kemur. (It is certain that he will come.)

See also

öryggi, tryggur, óöruggur.

Öruggur is a common, neutral term in everyday Icelandic, used to convey safety, reliability, and certainty across contexts from everyday objects to formal assessments.