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
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
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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