Colors & Appearance in Icelandic

This lesson will teach you to describe the colors and appearance of people and things in Icelandic. Learn to express whether something is big or small, red or green, beautiful of ugly.

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Colors
Appearance & attributes
Questions & phrases
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This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Icelandic“.

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Colors

	English	Icelandic	Pronunciation (Audio)
	light / clear	ljós (m), ljós (f), ljóst (n)
	dark	dimmur (m), dimm (f), dimmt (n)
	color	litur
	colored	litaður (m), lituð (f), litað (n)
	white	hvítur (m), hvít (f), hvítt (n)
	black	svartur (m), svört (f), svart (n)
	yellow	gulur (m), gul (f), gult (n)
	orange	appelsínugulur (m), appelsínugul (f), appelsínugult (n)
	red	rauður (m), rauð (f), rautt (n)
	pink	bleikur (m), bleik (f), bleikt (n)
	violet	fjólublár (m), fjólublá (f), fjólublátt (n)
	blue	blár (m), blá (f), blátt (n)
	green	grænn (m), græn (f), grænt (n)
	brown	brúnn (m), brún (f), brúnt (n)
	grey	grár (m), grá (f), grátt (n)

Appearance & attributes

	English	Icelandic	Pronunciation (Audio)
	new	nýr (m), ný (f), nýtt (n)
	old	gamall (m), gömul (f), gamalt (n)
	small	smár (m), smá (f), smátt (n)
	large / big	stór (m), stór (f), stórt (n)
	young	ungur (m), ung (f), ungt (n)
	kind / pleasant	ljúfur (m), ljúf (f), ljúft (n)
	unkind / unpleasant	óvingjarnlegur (m), óvingjarnleg (f), óvingjarnlegt (n)
	patient	þolinmóður (m), þolinmóð (f), þolinmótt (n)
	tall (When talking about people)	hávaxinn (m), hávaxin (f), hávaxið (n)
	middle sized (When talking about people)	meðalhár (m), meðalhá (f), meðalhátt (n)
	small (When talking about people)	lágvaxinn (m), lágvaxin (f), lágvaxið (n)
	fat	feitur (m), feit (f), feitt (n)
	thin / slim	grannur (m), grönn (f), grannt (n)
	nice / pretty	fríður (m), fríð (f), frítt (n)
	beautiful	fallegur (m), falleg (f), fallegt (n)
	ugly	ljótur (m), ljót (f), ljótt (n)
	ill / sick	veikur (m), veik (f), veikt (n)
	healthy	heilbrigður (m), heilbrigð (f), heilbrigt (n)
	happy / cheerful	glaður (m), glöð (f), glatt (n)
	sad	leiður (m), leið (f), leitt (n)
	sporty	íþróttamannslegur (m), íþróttamannsleg (f), íþróttamannslegt (n)
	ambitioned	metnaðarfullur (m), metnaðarfull (f), metnaðarfullt (n)
	intelligent	gáfaður (m), gáfuð (f), gáfað (n)
	creative	skapandi
	active	aktívur (m), aktív (f), aktívt (n)
	sentimental	viðkvæmur (m), viðkvæm (f), viðkvæmt (n)
	rational	skynsamur (m), skynsöm (f), skynsamt (n)
	emotional	tilfinningasamur (m), tilfinningasöm (f), tilfinningasamt (n)
	natural	eðlilegur (m), eðlileg (f), eðlilegt (n)
	romantic	rómantískur (m), rómantísk (f), rómantískt (n)
	nice / amiable	vingjarnlegur (m), vingjarnleg (f), vingjarnlegt (n)
	spontaneous	bráðlátur (m), bráðlát (f), bráðlátt (n)
	energetic	orkubolti
	stressed (out)	stressaður (m), stressuð (f), stressað (n)
	relaxed	afslappaður (m), afslöppuð (f), afslappað (n)
	frustrated	pirraður (m), pirruð (f), pirrað (n)
	talented	hæfileikaríkur (m), hæfileikarík (f), hæfileikaríkt (n)

Questions & phrases

	English	Icelandic	Pronunciation (Audio)
	What does he look like?	Hvernig lítur hann út?
	What does she look like?	Hvernig lítur hún út?
	What is he like?	Hvernig er hann?
	What is she like?	Hvernig er hún?

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