hinsegin

== Icelandic == === Alternative forms === hinseginn hins veginn === Etymology === A contamination of hins vegar (“on the other hand”, genitive, literally “of the other way”) and hinn veginn (“the other way”, accusative), from hinn (“the other”) + vegur (“way”). === Adjective === hinsegin (indeclinable) different Synonyms: öðruvísi, annars konar svona ... eða hensegin ... ― this ... or the other ... Hvers vegna er einn svona, en annar hinsegin? ― Why is one person this way but someone else different? (dated) strange queer (non-heterosexual or non-cisgender) hinsegin fólk ― queer folk gay, homosexual Synonyms: samkynhneigður, öfugur, hýr Antonym: gagnkynhneigður ==== Derived terms ==== hinseginn dagar (“Gay Pride”) hinseginleiki (“queerness”) === Adverb === hinsegin the other way round svona og hinsegin ― such-and-such === References === === Further reading === Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “hinsegin”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies “hinsegin” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)