If you're trying to learn Icelandic Feminine you will find some useful resources including a course about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your Icelandic grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Icelandic. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Icelandic Feminine displayed below is vital to the language. Icelandic feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Icelandic Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | kvenkyns |
| he is happy | Hann er hamingjusamur |
| she is happy | hún er hamingjusöm |
| he is American | Hann er bandarískur |
| she is American | hún er bandarísk |
| man | maður |
| woman | kona |
| father | Faðir |
| mother | Móðir |
| brother | bróðir |
| sister | Systir |
| uncle | Frændi |
| aunt | frænka |
| bull | naut |
| cow | kýr |
| boy | strákur |
| girl | stelpa |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Icelandic.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Icelandic? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Icelandic vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Icelandic Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | Hlutir |
| bathroom | Baðherbergi |
| bed | rúm |
| bedroom | svefnherbergi |
| ceiling | loft |
| chair | stóll |
| clothes | föt |
| coat | frakki |
| cup | bolli |
| desk | skrifborð |
| dress | kjóll |
| floor | gólf |
| fork | gaffall |
| furniture | húsgögn |
| glass | glas |
| hat | hattur |
| house | hús |
| ink | blek |
| jacket | jakki |
| kitchen | Eldhús |
| knife | hnífur |
| lamp | lampi |
| letter | bréf |
| map | kort |
| newspaper | Dagblað |
| notebook | minnisbók |
| pants | buxur |
| paper | pappír |
| pen | penni |
| pencil | blýantur |
| pharmacy | Apótek |
| picture | mynd |
| plate | diskur |
| refrigerator | ísskápur |
| restaurant | veitingahús |
| roof | þak |
| room | Herbergi |
| rug | gólfmotta |
| scissors | skæri |
| shampoo | sjampó |
| shirt | skyrta |
| shoes | skór |
| soap | sápa |
| socks | sokkar |
| spoon | skeið |
| table | borð |
| toilet | salerni |
| toothbrush | tannbursti |
| toothpaste | tannkrem |
| towel | handklæði |
| umbrella | regnhlíf |
| underwear | nærföt |
| wall | veggur |
| wallet | veski |
| window | gluggi |
| telephone | Sími |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Icelandic. Once you're done with Icelandic Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Icelandic lessons here: Learn Icelandic. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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