þankastrik

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From þanki (“thought”) +‎ strik (“line, stroke”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθauŋ̊kaˌstrɪːk/ Rhymes: -ɪːk === Noun === þankastrik n (genitive singular þankastriks, nominative plural þankastrik) (typography) an em dash, the symbol “—” (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis) ==== Usage notes ==== Used to demarcate opposites, unexpected or sudden changed in narrative; an insertion, a comment or an addition that is to emphasized. They are to be separated from the text by one space (“ ”)—this is different from English where spaces normally neither follow nor precede an em dash. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (em dash): m-strik ==== Derived terms ==== stutt þankastrik (“an en dash”) ==== See also ==== brotinn, brota- (“dashed”) brotin lína (“a dashed line”) morsstrik (“a Morse dash”) strika- og punktalína (“dash and dotted line”) tilstrik, stutt þankastrik (“an en dash”) === References ===