Icelandic Vocabulary
Welcome to the 9th lesson about the Icelandic vocabulary. We're dedicating this page to the most important and most used words in Icelandic. For example: clothes, languages, countries, travel, survival words, class, and house components.
shirt  skyrta | sweater peysa | jacket jakki | coat frakki |
socks sokkar | shoes skór | trousers buxur | pajamas náttföt |
belt belti | underwear nærföt | hat hattur | skirt pils |
The following words are related to languages and countries.
| Language | Icelandic | Country | Icelandic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | arabíska | Morocco | marokkó |
| Chinese | kínverska | China | kína |
| English | enska | England | england |
| French | franska | France | frakkland |
| German | þýska | Germany | þýskaland |
| Greek | gríska | Greece | grikkland |
| Portuguese | portúgalska | Portugal | portúgal |
| Hindi | hindú | India | indland |
| Italian | ítalska | Italy | ítalía |
| Japanese | japanska | Japan | japan |
| Russian | rússneska | Russia | rússland |
| Spanish | spænska | Spain | spánn |
| Swedish | sænska | Sweden | svíþjóð |
The following vocabulary is related to travel and survival.
| Travel | Icelandic | Survival | Icelandic |
|---|---|---|---|
| airport | flugvöllur | doctor | læknir |
| airplane | flugvél | medicines | lyf |
| train | lest | pharmacy | apótek |
| taxi | leigubíll | hospital | sjúkrahús |
| bus | strætó | ambulance | sjúkrabíll |
| car | bíll | poison | eitur |
| ticket | miði | help me | hjálpaðu mér |
| hotel | hótel | danger | hætta |
| reservation | pöntun | accident | slys |
| passport | vegabréf | police | lögregla |
| luggage | farangur | headache | höfuðverkur |
| tourism | ferðaþjónusta | stomach ache | magaverkur |
The following list of words is related to a class environment and the components of a house.
| Class | Icelandic | House | Icelandic |
|---|---|---|---|
| books | bækur | toilet | salerni |
| pen | penni | bed | rúm |
| dictionary | orðabók | bedroom | svefnherbergi |
| library | bókasafn | furniture | húsgögn |
| desk | skrifborð | house | hús |
| student | nemandi | kitchen | eldhús |
| teacher | kennari | plate | diskur |
| chair | stóll | refrigerator | ísskápur |
| paper | pappír | room | herbergi |
| page | síða | table | borð |
| pencil | blýantur | window | gluggi |
| question | spurning | television | sjónvarp |
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| Icelandic Verbs |
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