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Learning the Icelandic Adjectives displayed below is vital to the language. Icelandic Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.
Adjectives are declined in agreement with nouns and follow similar patterns. Adjectives can be either definite or indefinite.
Góður nemandi (a good student) vs. góði nemandinn (the good student)
Góð saga (a good story) vs. góða sagan (the good story)
Gott veður (good weather) vs. góða veðrið (the good weather).
Adjectives compare: góður - betri - bestur (good - better - best).
Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Icelandic Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | lýsingarorð |
| a green tree | grænt tré |
| a tall building | há bygging |
| a very old man | mjög gamall maður |
| the old red house | gamla rauða húsið |
| a very nice friend | mjög góður vinur |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Icelandic.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Icelandic placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Icelandic vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Icelandic Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | litir |
| black | svartur |
| blue | blár |
| brown | brúnn |
| gray | grár |
| green | grænn |
| orange | appelsínugulur |
| purple | fjólublátt |
| red | rauður |
| white | hvítur |
| yellow | gulur |
| sizes | stærðir |
| big | stór |
| deep | djúpur |
| long | langur |
| narrow | þröngur |
| short | Stuttur |
| small | lítill |
| tall | hár |
| thick | þykkur |
| thin | þunnur |
| wide | breiður |
| shapes | form |
| circular | hringlaga |
| straight | beinn |
| square | ferningur |
| triangular | þríhyrningslaga |
| tastes | smekkur |
| bitter | beiskur |
| fresh | ferskur |
| salty | saltur |
| sour | súr |
| spicy | sterkur |
| sweet | sætur |
| qualities | eiginleikar |
| bad | slæmur |
| clean | hreinn |
| dark | dökkur |
| difficult | erfiður |
| dirty | óhreinn |
| dry | þurr |
| easy | auðvelt |
| empty | tómur |
| expensive | dýr |
| fast | fljótur |
| foreign | erlendur |
| full | fullur |
| good | góður |
| hard | harður |
| heavy | þungur |
| inexpensive | ódýrt |
| light | ljós |
| local | staðbundinn |
| new | nýtt |
| noisy | hávær |
| old | gamall |
| powerful | öflugur |
| quiet | rólegur |
| correct | Rétt |
| slow | hægur |
| soft | mjúkur |
| very | mjög |
| weak | veikburða |
| wet | blautur |
| wrong | rangt |
| young | ung |
| quantities | magn |
| few | fáir |
| little | lítið |
| many | margir |
| much | mikið |
| part | hluti |
| some | sumir |
| a few | fáeinir |
| whole | heild |
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