1,000 Most Common Icelandic Words (with AUDIO)101 Languages

This is a list of the 1,000 most commonly spoken Icelandic words. The top 100 words have audio pronunciations if available.

Number	Icelandic Word	in English
1	ég	I
2	að	to
3	er	is
4	það	it
5	ekki	not
6	í	in
7	og	and
8	þú	you
9	við	with
10	á	the
11	hann	he
12	þetta	this
13	hvað	what
14	sem	that
15	mér	me
16	til	to
17	með	with
18	þér	you
19	en	but
20	fyrir	for
21	um	about
22	af	of
23	var	was
24	þig	you
25	mig	me
26	því	the
27	já	yes
28	hún	she
29	nei	no
30	allt	up
31	þá	then
32	ef	if
33	eru	are
34	bara	just
35	ert	are
36	svo	so
37	þeir	they
38	þið	you
39	okkur	us
40	eftir	after
41	vera	be
42	eins	as
43	ertu	Are
44	hér	here
45	veit	know
46	gera	do
47	lagi	OK
48	hefur	has
49	nú	now
50	frá	from
51	e	e
52	þegar	when
53	hvernig	how
54	fara	go
55	honum	him
56	hef	have
57	út	out
58	verður	will
59	aftur	back
60	upp	up
61	þessu	this
62	vel	well
63	verið	been
64	ekkert	no
65	minn	My
66	sé	is
67	hver	each
68	svona	thus
69	hana	it
70	eða	or
71	ykkur	you
72	vil	Want
73	hverju	each
74	úr	from
75	get	can
76	segja	say
77	komdu	Come
78	erum	are
79	hvar	where
80	aldrei	never
81	hafa	have
82	eitthvað	something
83	gott	good
84	hérna	here
85	maður	man
86	hjá	with
87	viltu	Want
88	fá	get
89	sagði	said
90	þau	they
91	getur	can
92	inn	In
93	koma	come
94	okkar	our
95	herra	Mr.
96	núna	now
97	þarna	out
98	kannski	maybe
99	hans	His
100	mín	My
101	þar	where
102	tala	number
103	þarf	needs
104	þess	the
105	þeim	the
106	þín	Your
107	væri	would
108	farðu	Visit
109	henni	it
110	takk	thanks
111	fer	goes
112	líka	also
113	þinn	Your
114	held	think
115	sjá	see
116	rétt	right
117	áfram	continue
118	sér	the
119	mjög	very
120	verð	Price
121	kemur	comes
122	gert	done
123	vegna	because
124	þessi	that
125	enn	more
126	sá	the
127	þakka	thanks
128	saman	together
129	einn	one
130	komið	there
131	gæti	could
132	a	a
133	alltaf	always
134	kom	came
135	allir	All
136	of	of
137	vita	know
138	skal	the
139	enginn	no
140	má	can
141	yfir	over
142	farið	go
143	hafi	have
144	ætla	plan
145	dag	Today
146	förum	go
147	þær	the
148	heldur	but
149	veistu	do you know
150	hr	Mr.
151	hefði	would
152	hingað	here
153	sig	themselves
154	niður	down
155	sama	same
156	mitt	My
157	mikið	much
158	átt	direction
159	guð	god
160	höfum	have
161	láttu	let
162	segðu	Tell
163	pabbi	Dad
164	einhver	some
165	heim	home
166	aðeins	only
167	bíddu	Wait
168	áður	before
169	segir	says
170	þessa	this
171	finnst	feel
172	vertu	Be
173	getum	can
174	tíma	time
175	i	i
176	vildi	would
177	góður	good
178	fyrirgefðu	sorry
179	vill	wants
180	hefurðu	have you
181	meira	more
182	mamma	Mom
183	gerðu	Make
184	satt	TRUE
185	verðum	we
186	eitt	one
187	þitt	business
188	jæja	Well
189	fór	went
190	stað	place
191	halda	hold
192	taka	take
193	annað	other
194	verða	will
195	veist	know
196	ykkar	your
197	hvert	each
198	sagt	said
199	alla	everyone
200	voru	were
201	vilt	would
202	gerir	makes
203	leið	way
204	sjáðu	see
205	menn	people
206	fram	out
207	séð	seen
208	gerði	made
209	mun	will
210	láta	let
211	hvaða	what
212	kvöld	Tonight
213	hvort	whether
214	öll	All
215	fólk	people
216	ó	oh
217	elskan	baby
218	myndi	would
219	fjandinn	damn
220	þ	T
221	einu	one
222	ao	ao
223	ár	years
224	hennar	Her
225	vinur	friend
226	geri	do
227	síðan	ago
228	hélt	thought
229	eina	only
230	hættu	risk
231	vissi	knew
232	auðvitað	course
233	ætti	should
234	sinni	its
235	þeirra	their
236	þessum	this
237	þannig	so
238	eruð	are
239	halló	hello
240	pú	you riding
241	drepa	kill
242	mína	my
243	strax	immediately
244	þína	site
245	alveg	completely
246	skil	Delivery
247	reyna	try
248	án	without
249	langar	I would
250	finna	find
251	þennan	this
252	neitt	anything
253	geturðu	can
254	vinna	work
255	viss	sure
256	öllum	All
257	morgun	Tomorrow
258	undir	under
259	engin	no
260	taktu	Take
261	hvers	each
262	hugsa	think
263	áttu	had
264	frú	Mrs.
265	hæ	hi
266	mínum	my
267	gengur	goes
268	varð	became
269	heyrðu	heard
270	einmitt	exactly
271	lengi	long
272	kem	come
273	haltu	hold
274	heldurðu	hold
275	elska	love
276	hvenær	when
277	þangað	there
278	fimm	five
279	varst	were
280	fékk	received
281	virðist	seems
282	segi	say
283	góða	good
284	komast	get
285	eigum	we
286	lengur	more
287	líður	passes
288	vilja	will
289	gerðist	happened
290	þarft	need
291	gaman	fun
292	kominn	s
293	átti	Possession
294	ná	cover
295	mann	man
296	eiga	have
297	jack	Jack
298	þínum	your
299	sæll	Blessed
300	burt	off
301	lífi	life
302	èg	I
303	fyrsta	first
304	inni	inside
305	fyrst	first
306	geta	can
307	þykir	considered
308	hafði	had
309	petta	Pettis
310	öllu	everything
311	handa	Started
312	frábært	great
313	betur	more
314	leitt	lead
315	þurfum	need
316	héðan	from here
317	ætlarðu	Will
318	ú	O
319	hægt	can
320	illa	ill
321	fyrr	earlier
322	hitta	meet
323	góð	good
324	málið	case
325	nóg	enough
326	sinn	time
327	alvöru	real
328	hjálpa	help
329	einhvern	some
330	nótt	night
331	r	r
332	jú	Sure
333	komum	come
334	aò	AO
335	nema	unless
336	ára	years
337	ferð	travel
338	gegn	against
339	hlýtur	must
340	víst	apparently
341	fengið	source
342	sjálfur	yourself
343	mál	issues
344	ad	Ad
345	daginn	day
346	ein	one
347	áhyggjur	about
348	annars	other
349	leita	Search
350	hafið	have
351	búinn	been
352	à	à
353	pao	pao
354	tveir	two
355	orðið	become
356	heiti	name
357	langt	far
358	haldið	held
359	deyja	die
360	ættir	should
361	gat	could
362	erfitt	difficult
363	faðir	Father
364	líf	life
365	hve	the
366	heima	home
367	minni	memory
368	máli	Case
369	enga	no
370	mátt	power
371	engar	no
372	h	h
373	hætta	risk
374	meðan	while
375	spyrja	Ask
376	aõ	AO
377	skiptir	does
378	mínu	my
379	samt	still
380	john	john
381	heyra	hearing
382	mínútur	minutes
383	gerum	do
384	sýna	show
385	kann	may
386	gefa	give
387	tvö	two
388	vorum	were
389	tekur	takes
390	mínir	My
391	maðurinn	man
392	fæ	Do
393	hvern	each
394	fær	able
395	heitir	called
396	ætlar	are
397	gerast	Become
398	ganga	Walking
399	skilurðu	See?
400	komst	found
401	gangi	running
402	klukkan	at
403	fínt	fine
404	bless	bye
405	lítur	looks
406	sagðir	said
407	tíu	Ten
408	stundum	sometimes
409	tók	took
410	vio	Vio
411	allar	All
412	nokkuð	Anything
413	baka	Back
414	uppi	Down
415	sért	are
416	gerist	happens
417	heyrt	heard
418	alls	total
419	hjálp	Help
420	skjóta	shoot
421	stendur	stands
422	þinni	PC
423	sex	six
424	g	g
425	líkar	like
426	vantar	missing
427	látið	let
428	skilið	understood
429	góðan	good
430	líklega	probably
431	fann	found
432	allan	over
433	þótt	though
434	sérðu	see
435	nota	Use
436	kona	woman
437	færð	get
438	segirðu	you say
439	þessari	this
440	fannst	found
441	ö	Descending
442	verði	price
443	fleiri	more
444	manni	man
445	jafnvel	even
446	afsakið	Sorry
447	engan	no
448	úti	there
449	trúi	believe
450	man	Man
451	hefðir	Tradition
452	þekki	familiar
453	pér	Per
454	afsakaðu	sorry
455	lokið	completed
456	árum	years
457	bílinn	car
458	yrði	would
459	tvær	two
460	sjáumst	See you
461	mömmu	Mom
462	s	s
463	m	m
464	nógu	enough
465	konan	woman
466	daga	days
467	kemst	finds
468	hví	why
469	hlustaðu	Listen
470	milli	between
471	tvo	two
472	tekið	take
473	varstu	were
474	hugmynd	idea
475	tími	Time
476	manstu	Remember
477	byrja	start
478	værir	were
479	þó	though
480	new	new
481	sú	the
482	fjandans	fucking
483	engu	nothing
484	búið	created
485	betra	better
486	kalla	call
487	bíða	wait
488	besta	Best
489	leyfðu	Let
490	ættum	should
491	eigin	own
492	ha	ha
493	undan	Ahead
494	beint	directly
495	annan	other
496	næstum	almost
497	konu	woman
498	svolítið	little
499	sonur	son
500	orð	words
501	dali	valleys
502	hátt	high
503	vitum	do
504	miklu	much
505	utan	outside
506	hafðu	Contact
507	dálítið	bit
508	myndir	pictures
509	þínu	your
510	strákar	boys
511	félagi	member
512	þýðir	means
513	hverjum	each
514	kyrr	still
515	sæl	Hello
516	fjárinn	fuck
517	nafn	name
518	peninga	money
519	smá	some
520	hluti	part
521	viku	Week
522	komin	Come
523	dr	Dr.
524	sagðirðu	did you say
525	sjáið	see
526	annar	other
527	gegnum	through
528	vinir	friends
529	hringja	call
530	miður	Sorry
531	seinna	later
532	eg	I
533	barn	child
534	litla	small
535	settu	Insert
536	lítið	small
537	átta	eight
538	varlega	Gently
539	finn	Do
540	frekar	more
541	geti	can
542	skulum	Let
543	hversu	how
544	ætlaði	Meant
545	pabba	Dad
546	tek	take
547	borða	Eat
548	nær	closer
549	strákur	boy
550	bróðir	brother
551	þegiðu	Shut
552	gerðir	types
553	öðrum	other
554	pig	Pig
555	vonandi	hopefully
556	bjarga	save
557	sína	its
558	lét	had
559	hlusta	listen
560	helvítis	Hell
561	hræddur	Scared
562	staðar	supplied
563	hinn	other
564	gætir	may
565	skilja	understand
566	horfa	watch
567	reyndu	try
568	frank	frank
569	borga	pay
570	þessar	these
571	fáum	few
572	ræða	case
573	þrír	three
574	síðasta	last
575	paò	PAO
576	þúsund	thousand
577	aðra	other
578	dó	died
579	meiri	more
580	burtu	away
581	náði	reached
582	börn	children
583	ókei	okay
584	mynd	Photo
585	tilbúinn	ready
586	v	v
587	læt	let
588	hug	mind
589	talað	talk
590	gefðu	Give
591	nýja	new
592	margir	many
593	betri	more
594	viljum	want
595	fáðu	get
596	meina	mean
597	næst	Next
598	konur	women
599	dauður	Dead
600	séu	are
601	síðar	later
602	slepptu	release
603	hafir	have
604	rólegur	quiet
605	ä	ä
606	flott	cool
607	jesús	jesus
608	kenna	teach
609	næsta	next
610	sagðist	said
611	ja	ja
612	york	york
613	von	hope
614	skipti	time
615	vona	hope
616	sínum	their
617	stór	large
618	færðu	Move
619	líta	look
620	fallegt	beautiful
621	reyndi	tried
622	sendi	sent
623	mistök	mistakes
624	peningana	money
625	tókst	Successfully
626	hamingju	Congratulations
627	margt	Much
628	æ	increasingly
629	reyndar	Indeed
630	slæmt	bad
631	best	best
632	bílnum	car
633	viljið	want
634	gamla	old
635	lifa	live
636	lífið	Life
637	l	l
638	gaf	gave
639	sestu	sit
640	vi	vi
641	takið	note
642	vinstri	left
643	heyrði	heard
644	nálægt	close
645	hey	hey
646	búin	created
647	skilur	leaves
648	virkilega	really
649	getað	have
650	samband	Contact
651	talar	speaks
652	þekkir	know
653	gekk	went
654	setja	set
655	bjóða	offer
656	lætur	will
657	niðri	down
658	þessir	these
659	standa	stand
660	fundið	found
661	eiginlega	really
662	líttu	look
663	u	u
664	viõ	Vio
665	farinn	Gone
666	tækifæri	opportunities
667	móti	against
668	nokkur	some
669	búa	create
670	getið	quote
671	minna	less
672	oft	often
673	látum	Let
674	vini	Friend
675	þann	on
676	skrifa	write
677	leiðinni	way
678	borð	board
679	leika	Play
680	hægri	right
681	bað	asked
682	grínast	joking
683	áhuga	interest
684	drap	killed
685	lesa	read
686	færi	opportunity
687	bið	Hold
688	herrar	gentlemen
689	haft	have
690	föður	Father
691	náðu	Reach
692	george	george
693	tökum	take
694	húsið	house
695	barnið	child
696	frábær	great
697	gætum	could
698	mínar	My
699	læknir	doctor
700	fréttir	News
701	fröken	Ms.
702	beðið	asked
703	sækja	download
704	hjálpað	help
705	virði	Worth
706	nokkra	several
707	michael	michael
708	fljótt	quickly
709	falleg	beautiful
710	stjórn	Board
711	vinnur	works
712	vinnu	work
713	kaupa	Buy
714	fólki	people
715	þrjú	three
716	réttu	Right
717	unnið	work
718	önnur	other
719	síðustu	last
720	sofa	sleep
721	snýst	rotates
722	mat	food
723	senda	Send
724	kki	will fall
725	ætli	I guess
726	komist	found
727	ungfrú	Miss
728	drepið	killed
729	þurfa	need
730	hringdi	Called
731	sjö	seven
732	einhvers	some
733	f	f
734	móðir	mother
735	rangt	wrong
736	innan	within
737	fari	go
738	ætlum	we
739	tilbúin	Available
740	framan	front
741	byssu	Gun
742	varla	hardly
743	tta	eight
744	fleira	more
745	lofa	promise
746	bænum	town
747	reyni	try
748	konar	form
749	örugglega	indeed
750	mike	mike
751	hitt	other
752	spila	play
753	hætti	manner
754	mánuði	months
755	dáinn	dead
756	charlie	charlie
757	tveimur	two
758	datt	fell
759	næstu	next
760	lögreglan	police
761	sitt	its
762	fangelsi	prison
763	góðu	good
764	gamli	old
765	hljómar	sounds
766	hinum	the
767	bíðið	wait
768	hvao	hvao
769	vandamál	problems
770	ný	new
771	sjáum	see
772	ber	bears
773	litli	Little
774	ennþá	yet
775	öðru	other
776	hjarta	heart
777	gær	Yesterday
778	númer	number
779	manns	people
780	andskotinn	fuck
781	tom	tom
782	hringi	Circles
783	missa	Miss
784	höldum	we
785	viò	Vio
786	pví	PVI
787	heyrirðu	hear
788	dave	dave
789	bad	bad
790	vitið	know
791	tímann	time
792	mark	target
793	vid	vid
794	biðja	ask
795	staðinn	instead
796	ben	ben
797	augnablik	moments
798	hitti	met
799	harry	harry
800	leggja	submit
801	gamall	old
802	berjast	fight
803	sam	com
804	david	david
805	þurfti	had
806	einhverju	some
807	gleymdu	Forget
808	hendur	hands
809	mörg	many
810	vann	won
811	dyrnar	door
812	almáttugur	almighty
813	opnaðu	open
814	ofan	top
815	vatn	water
816	sæti	seat
817	þarftu	you
818	rétta	right
819	hringdu	call
820	ótrúlegt	amazing
821	meo	meo
822	gerið	do
823	verk	work
824	sástu	did you see
825	bæði	both
826	greiða	pay
827	sýndu	showed
828	trúa	Believe
829	bob	Bob
830	þarfnast	require
831	hús	house
832	fólkið	people
833	stund	moment
834	b	b
835	bíl	car
836	svara	reply
837	gefið	given
838	yðar	you
839	manninn	man
840	joe	joe
841	skipta	switch
842	né	or
843	starf	job
844	bera	Bear
845	fjölskyldu	family
846	börnin	kids
847	herbergi	room
848	sleppa	skip
849	dala	USD
850	nýtt	new
851	heyri	hear
852	hrifinn	fond
853	hrædd	Afraid
854	fyrstu	first
855	sérð	see
856	augun	eyes
857	vildir	Wanted
858	mikil	high
859	opna	open
860	n	n
861	frændi	Uncle
862	bestu	Best
863	hjálpaðu	Help
864	húsinu	house
865	náð	reached
866	nokkrum	some
867	býr	living
868	ur	ur
869	komu	were
870	þínar	Your
871	enda	end
872	fékkstu	did you
873	besti	best
874	talaðu	Talk
875	dóttur	daughter
876	pá	peacock
877	líst	like
878	paul	paul
879	munu	will
880	kaffi	coffee
881	dagur	Day
882	lifandi	live
883	fyndið	funny
884	allra	everyone
885	eddie	eddie
886	verðið	price
887	mundu	Remember
888	þrjár	three
889	k	k
890	fjandanum	fuck
891	móður	mother
892	gefur	gives
893	friði	peace
894	kate	kate
895	eini	only
896	skaltu	please
897	heiminum	world
898	aftan	Rear
899	margar	many
900	finnur	finds
901	komstu	did you
902	drengur	Boy
903	hata	Hate
904	liðið	team
905	kjaftæði	bullshit
906	hugsaðu	Think
907	seint	Late
908	reynir	tries
909	drottinn	Lord
910	marga	many
911	byssuna	gun
912	leit	search
913	þínir	Your
914	þremur	three
915	sinnum	times
916	sambandi	relationship
917	litlu	small
918	komi	komi
919	megin	side
920	missti	lost
921	meinarðu	you mean
922	stattu	Stand
923	næ	ll get
924	elskar	love
925	hættið	Stop
926	þaõ	diver
927	nokkrar	some
928	drekka	drink
929	systir	sister
930	mikla	great
931	talaði	spoke
932	bak	back
933	væru	were
934	gengið	been
935	kynnast	Know
936	sannarlega	truly
937	leik	game
938	skyldi	should
939	ofursti	Colonel
940	einum	one
941	stelpa	Girl
942	hönd	hand
943	sekúndur	seconds
944	sömu	same
945	skaut	terminals
946	læra	learn
947	alvara	serious
948	mikill	great
949	sitja	modeling
950	þrjá	three
951	neinn	anyone
952	hvaðan	whence
953	johnny	johnny
954	leyfi	license
955	reynt	Tried
956	kvöldið	evening
957	óttast	fear
958	hverjir	Who
959	sumir	some
960	níu	nine
961	aô	ate
962	ást	love
963	staður	sites
964	fylgja	follow
965	leikur	game
966	snúa	turn
967	betta	betta
968	ágætt	fine
969	konuna	woman
970	slíkt	such
971	sakna	miss
972	bróður	brother
973	velkominn	welcome
974	komumst	found
975	finnum	find
976	land	land
977	míns	my
978	breyta	change
979	nafni	name
980	komnir	come
981	nákvæmlega	exactly
982	gerðirðu	did
983	einhverjum	some
984	hratt	fast
985	sko	view
986	sín	their
987	þátt	involved
988	sannleikann	truth
989	aðrir	Others
990	tii	TII
991	afar	afar
992	stóra	large
993	vá	wow
994	eigið	own
995	finndu	Locate
996	mönnum	human
997	óvart	surprise
998	heimi	world
999	öðruvísi	different
1000	gef	Give

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