Icelandic Adjectives

Adjectives must agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number, and case. Adjectives in Icelandic can take two sets of endings: strong endings and weak endings.

Adjectives take weak endings when,

1.) they are used with a definite noun

2.) with a demonstrative pronoun (i.e., this, that)

English	Singular			Plural
	Masc.	Fem.	Neuter	Masc.	Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	enski	enska	enska	ensku
Accusative	enska	ensku	enska	ensku
Genitive	enska	ensku	enska	ensku
Dative	enska	ensku	enska	ensku

Adjectives take strong endings when,

1.) they are used with an indefinite noun

2.) after the verb að vera - to be

English	Singular			Plural
	Masc.	Fem.	Neuter	Masc.	Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	enskur	ensk	enskt	enskir	enskar	ensk
Accusative	enskan	enska	enskt	enska	enskar	ensk
Genitive	ensks	enskrar	ensks	enskra
Dative	enskum	enskri	ensku	enskum

*Material from this section was barrowed from Teach Yourself: Icelandic by Hildur Jónsdóttir (2004)

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Adjectives declined like enskur:

bleikur - pink
fallegur - beautiful
fátækur - poor
feitur - fat
fullur - full
gulur - yellow
hálfur - half
hvítur - white
ríkur - rich
slæmur - bad
sterkur - strong
ungur - young
veikur - ill, sick
þykkur - thick

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adjectives ending in -ður

adjectives ending in -ll

adjectives ending in -nn

adjectives ending in -r

irregular adjectives