- now
- núna (noo-na)y
- early
- snemma (sne-ma)
- late
- seint (saynt)
- before
- áður en (awdh-ur en)
- later
- seinna meir (say-na may-r)
- morning
- morgunn (mor-kun)
- afternoon
- eftirmiðdagur (eb-tir-midh-tak-ur)
- evening
- kvöld (kvurlt)
- night
- nótt (no-ht)
Clock Time
Iceland runs on the 24 hour clock as does most of Europe. For more details see Writing time and date (below).
- one o'clock AM
- klukkan er eitt (kluch-kan er ay-ht)
- two o'clock AM
- klukkan er tvö (kluck-kan er tvur)
- noon
- hádegi (haw-de-ki)
- one o'clock PM
- klukkan er þrettán (kluch-kan er thre-ht-awn)
- two o'clock PM
- klukkan er fjórtán (fyohr-tawn)
- midnight
- miðnætti (midh-nigh-ht-i)
Duration
- _____ minute(s)
- _____ mínúta (meen-oo-ta)
- Plural; mínútur (meen-oo-tur)
- _____ hour(s)
- _____ klukkustund (kluch-ku-stunt)
- Plural; klukkustundir (kluch-ku-stunt-ir)
- _____ day(s)
- _____ dagur (dak-ur)
- Plural; dagar (dak-ar)
- _____ week(s)
- _____ vika (vik-a)
- Plural; vikur (vik-ur)
- _____ month(s)
- _____ mánuður (maw-nudh-ur)
- Plural; mánuðir (maw-nudh-ar)
- _____ year(s)
- _____ ár (awr)
Days
- Sunday
- Sunnudagur (Sun-nu-tak-ur)
- Monday
- Mánudagur (Maw-nu-tak-ur)
- Tuesday
- Þriðjudagur (Three-dhyu-tak-ur)
- Wednesday
- Miðvikudagur (Midh-vee-ku-tak-ur)
- Thursday
- Fimmtudagur (Fim-tu-tak-ur)
- Friday
- Föstudagur (Furs-tu-tak-ur)
- Saturday
- Laugardagur (Lur-ee-kar-tak-ur)
Months
Note: months are never capitalised in Icelandic, they are only capitalised when they are the first word of a sentence, otherwise, even when writing the date, they are left in lower case.
- January
- janúar (yan-oo-ar)
- February
- febrúar (feb-roo-ar)
- March
- mars (mars)
- April
- apríl (ap-reel)
- May
- maí (ma-ee) similar to migh in "might"
- June
- júní (yoo-nee)
- July
- júlí (yoo-lee)
- August
- ágúst (aw-koo-st)
- September
- september (sep-tem-ber)
- October
- október (ok-toh-ber)
- November
- nóvember (noh-vem-ber)
- December
- desember (des-em-ber)
Writing Time and Date
DATE: The date in Iceland is written in the dd/mm/yyyy format, as in Europe. The days and months are normally only capitalised at the start of a sentence, otherwise they are entirely in lower case. A fullstop ,or period, (.) is placed after the date in Icelandic.
Example:
- miðvikudagur 14. apríl 2007
- Wednesday 14th April 2007
TIME: The time in Iceland is written in the 24 hour format, as in most of Europe (not including UK or Ireland), with 00.00 being midnight and 12.00 being midday. The colon (:) is not used as the digit seperater, but rather the fullstop, or period, (.) is used. Note: the term "half-past the hour" in Icelandic is more like "half to the [next] hour" (see examples below).
Examples of time:
- Written: klukkan 07.05
- Spoken: "klukkan er fimm mínútur yfir sjö" (kluch-kan er fim meen-oot-ur i-ir syur)
- Written: klukkan 13.30
- Spoken: "klukkan er hálftvö" (kluch-kan er hawlv-tvur)
Sometimes "klukkan" can be shortened to "kl.":
- Written: kl. 20:45
- Spoken: "klukkan er korter í níu" (kluch-kan er kor-ter ee neehu)
NOTE: Tthe words that describe the later pm hours of the time are rarely ever used, when speaking of them it is common just to say, example: "átta" (eight)instead of "tuttugu" (twenty)
