Icelandic

Noun

þankastrik n ‎(genitive singular þankastriks, nominative plural þankastrik)

1. (typography) an em dash, the symbol “—” (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis)

Declension

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)

Synonyms

• (em dash): ^def. m-strik^[1]

Usage notes

• Used to demarcate opposites, unexpected or sudden changed in narrative; an insertion, a comment or an addition that is to emphasized.^[2][3]
• They are to be separated from the text by one space (“ ”)^[2][3][4]—this is different from English where spaces normally neither follow nor precede an em dash.

References

1. ↑ Íslenskt mál og almenn málfræði
2. 1 2 18. gr. Auglýsing um greinarmerkjasetningu (“Article 18, Notice of Punctuation Formatting”)
3. 1 2 Leiðbeiningar fyrir höfunda greina, viðhorfa og sjónrýni í Sögu (“Guidelines for Authors of Articles, Opinion Pieces and Visual Analysis in Saga”)
4. ↑ Þankastrik, band strik og skiptistrik (“The Em Dash, En Dash and Hyphen”)