Basic Icelandic words for beginners

– Essential words to know –

Learn the essentials of Icelandic easily with this vocabulary list that contains all the most basic words used in Icelandic, with their english translations. If you’re a beginner, it will come in handy to review or learn Icelandic by yourself before traveling, or if you want to enrich and improve your Icelandic vocabulary to better express yourself in writing and speaking!

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ENGLISH	ICELANDIC
Please	Gerðu það
Thank you!	Takk fyrir!
Sorry!	Afsakið!
What?	Hvað?
Who?	Hver?
When?	Þegar?
Why?	Af hverju?
Which?	Sem?
How?	Hvernig?
Where ?	Hvar?
How much ?	Hversu mikið?
Yes	Já
No	Nei
Maybe	Kannski
Of course	Að sjálfsögðu
something	eitthvað
nothing	ekkert
somebody	einhver
nobody	enginn
before	áður
after	eftir
far	langt
near	nálægur
here	hér
there	þar
today	Í dag
tomoorow	Tomoorow
now	núna
man	maður
woman	kona
friend	Vinur
more	fleiri
less	minna
always	alltaf
later	seinna
never	aldrei
same	samur
different	ólíkur
small	lítill
large	stór
difficult	erfiður
easy	auðveldur
hot	heitur
cold	kaldur
yesterday	Í gær
after	eftir
beautiful	fallegur
broken	brotinn
free	frjáls
a pharmacy	apótek
money	fé
a bag	poki
a lighter	kveikjara
a cigarette	sígaretta
a bottle	flösku
soap	sápa
clean	hreinn
dirty	óhreinn
a trash can	ruslatunnu
a trash bag	ruslapoka
the silence	Þögnin
a tool	verkfæri
pregnant	barnshafandi
sick	sjúkur
a baby	smábarn
a little bit	Smávegis
a doctor	læknir
a dentist	tannlæknir
a medicine	lyf
a book	bók
a story	Saga
a phone	sími
a computer	Tölva
a car	bíl
a plane	flugvél
the name	Heitið
the adress	Adress
the age	Aldurinn
the nationality	Ríkisfang Fæðingardagur og –ár
a choice	val
an answer	svar
the key	Lykillinn
the light	ljósið
the television	sjónvarpið
the bed	rúmið
the house	húsið
the shower	Sturtan
the window	glugginn
the door	Hurðin
the table	taflan
tired	þreyttur
water	Vatn
open	opinn
closed	lokaður
clothes	föt
coffee	kaffi
tea	te
lunch	hádegisverður
dinner	kvöldmatur
a fruit	a ávöxtur
a vegetable	jurtaríkinu
a beverage	drykk
a child	barn
rain	regn
the entrance	inngangurinn
the exit	Útgangurinn
music	tónlist
a smile	bros
the world	heimurinn
the sky	himinninn
a river	á
the sea	hafið
the mountain	fjallið
the lake	stöðuvatnið
the island	Eyjan
the beach	Ströndin

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