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Most Common Icelandic Words
Íslenska
Essential Icelandic vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| maður | person / man | MA-thur |
| kona | woman | KO-na |
| barn | child | BARN |
| hús | house | HUS |
| vatn | water | VATN |
| matur | food | MA-tur |
| land | land / country | LAND |
| haf | ocean / sea | HAF |
| fjall | mountain | FYATL |
| skógur | forest | SKOG-ur |
| sól | sun | SOL |
| nótt | night | NOT |
| dagur | day | DA-gur |
| fjölskylda | family | FYOL-skil-da |
| tungumál | language | TUNG-u-mawl |
| ást | love | AST |
| tónlist | music | TON-list |
| friður | peace | FRI-thur |
| hjarta | heart | HYARD-ta |
| ár | year | AWR |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| fara | to go | FA-ra |
| koma | to come | KO-ma |
| borða | to eat | BOR-tha |
| drekka | to drink | DREK-ka |
| sofa | to sleep | SO-va |
| sjá | to see | SYAW |
| heyra | to hear | HEY-ra |
| tala | to speak | TA-la |
| vera | to be | VE-ra |
| elska | to love | ELS-ka |
| vinna | to work | VIN-na |
| gefa | to give | GE-va |
| taka | to take | TA-ka |
| horfa | to look / watch | HOR-va |
| hugsa | to think | HUG-sa |
| skilja | to understand | SKIL-ya |
| standa | to stand | STAN-da |
| sitja | to sit | SIT-ya |
| hlaupa | to run | HLÖY-pa |
| leika | to play | LEY-ka |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| stór | big / great | STOR |
| lítill | small | LI-til |
| góður | good | GO-thur |
| slæmur | bad | SLAI-mur |
| nýr | new | NIR |
| gamall | old | GA-matl |
| hvítur | white | KWEE-tur |
| svartur | black | SVAR-tur |
| rauður | red | RÖY-thur |
| blár | blue | BLAWR |
| langur | long | LANG-ur |
| stuttur | short | STUT-ur |
| þungur | heavy | THUNG-ur |
| léttur | light / easy | LET-ur |
| fljótur | fast | FLYOT-ur |
| hægur | slow | HAI-gur |
| sterkur | strong | STER-kur |
| heitur | hot | HEY-tur |
| kaldur | cold | KAL-dur |
| fagur | beautiful | FA-gur |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| núna | now | NU-na |
| í gær | yesterday | i GAIR |
| á morgun | tomorrow | aw MOR-gun |
| hér | here | HYAIR |
| þar | there | THAR |
| já | yes | YAW |
| nei | no | NEY |
| líka | also / too | LI-ka |
| en | but | EN |
| og | and | OG |
| mjög | very | MYOG |
| aðeins | a little / only | A-theins |
| alltaf | always | ALT-av |
| aldrei | never | ALD-rey |
| oft | often | OFT |
| stundum | sometimes | STUN-dum |
| nú þegar | already | NU THEG-ar |
| enn | still / yet | EN |
| þess vegna | therefore / so | THES VEG-na |
| kannski | perhaps / maybe | KANN-ski |