100 Most common Icelandic verbs list

– Basic & Useful verbs list –

Want to learn the Icelandic language? Here’s a complete list of the most basic, common and useful verbs in Icelandic with their translation in English. Ideal to help you boost your Icelandic vocabulary!

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ENGLISH	ICELANDIC
to accept	þiggja
to add	bæta við
to allow	leyfa
to answer	svara
to arrive	koma
to ask	spyrja
to be	vera
to become	verða
to believe	trúa
to break	brjóta
to bring	færa
to buy	kaupa
to call	kalla
to change	breyta
to choose	velja
to clean	hreinn
to close	loka
to come	koma
to come back	Komdu aftur
to continue	halda áfram
to cook	elda
to count	telja
to cry	gráta
to cut	skera
to decide	ákveða
to do	gera
to drive	aka
to eat	borða
to enter	Færa inn
to exist	vera til
to explain	útskýra
to fall	haust
to fall asleep	sofna
to find	finna
to finish	enda
to fly	fljúga
to follow	fylgja
to forget	gleyma
to get off	Farðu burt
to get out	Farðu út
to give	gefa
to go	fara
to have	hafa
to hear	heyra
to help	hjálpa
to hold	halda
to keep	geyma
to know	vita
to laugh	hlæja
to learn	læra
to leave	yfirgefa
to listen	hlusta
to live	lifa
to look like	líta út eins og
to look	sko
to lose	tapa
to love	elska
to make	gera
to meet	mæta
to need	þörf
to open	opinn
to pay	greiða
to play	leika
to prepare	undirbúa
to prevent	aftra
to put	setja
to read	lesa
to recall	innköllun
to receive	fá
to recognize	þekkja
to refuse	synja
to remember	muna
to repeat	endurtaka
to rest	hvíld
to return	skila
to run	hlaupa
to say	segja
to search	leita
to see	sjá
to sell	selja
to send	senda
to shoot	skjóta
to show	sýna
to sing	syngja
to sit down	Sestu
to sleep	sofa
to start	ræsa
to stay	dvöl
to stop	stoppa
to succeed	takast
to switch off	slökkva
to take	taka
to talk	tal
to taste	bragð
to think	hugsa
to throw	kasta
to touch	Snertu
to try	reyna
to turn	snúa
to turn on	kveikja á
to understand	skilja
to use	nota
to wait	bíða
to wake up	Vaknaðu
to walk	ganga
to want	vilja
to wash up	þvo upp
to wear	slit
to win	vinna
to work	vinna
to write	skrifa

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