No. 489 in Icelandic
stærð
Size; magnitude; scale.
In a sentence
Stærð landsins er ótrúlega mikil.
The size of the country is incredibly large.
The word "stærð" is used to denote the physical dimensions or scale of the country in this context.
Hún valdi stærð M fyrir jakkann sinn.
She chose size M for her jacket.
In this sentence, "stærð" refers to a clothing size measurement.
Þessi fullyrðing er af óljósri stærð hvað varðar mikilvægi.
This statement is of ambiguous magnitude in terms of importance.
Here, "stærð" is used abstractly to imply the magnitude or scale of importance in a conceptual sense.
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