seinni

This is the 430th most frequent Icelandic word.


seinni

"Seinni" means "later" or "the latter" in English.


In this sentence, 'seinni' indicates the order (the second in a sequence).

Seinni bíllinn er blár.

The second car is blue.


Here, 'seinni' is used to mean 'later' in terms of time.

Ég kem seinni, ekki bíða eftir mér.

I will come later, don't wait for me.


In this case, 'seinni' refers to the later part in a division (the latter half).

Við vorum ósammála um seinni helming bókarinnar.

We disagreed about the latter half of the book.