Icelandic Nature Words


Icelandic words in connection with nature, and more

If you'd like to learn some Icelandic words in the context of nature, you can find a short list here.

Icelandic  English Icelandic English Icelandic English Icelandic English
     
alda  wave;
hilly ridge 
fljót large river jökulsá glacial river skógur forest
á river foss waterfall kirkja church slétta plain
ás small hill,
ridge 
gata
road, path, street klettur   rock, cliff   staður place
bær farm, township gígur crater kot  small farm stapi bluff, crag
bakki river bank gil gorge, ravine kvísl  river, branch
of a river 
stræti street
bjarg cliff, rock gjá chasm, fissure lækur  brook strönd beach, coast, seashore 
borg city; crag grunn shoal, shallow laug  warm spring; bath súlur  mt peaks; columns
botn bottom/head
of fjord
háls ridge, isthmus lón  lagoon tangi narrow peninsula
brekka slope hamar crag melur   gravel; barren plain tindur peak, summit
brú bridge heiði heath, moor múli   headland; spur tjörn small lake, pond
bunga rounded peak hlíð mountain side mýri  swamp tunga tongue (of land)
dalur  valley, dale     hnjúkur / hnúkur peak, summit  mörk  forest, woods vað
(pl vöð)
ford
djúp  long inlet, deep höfði promontory  nes  headland varða
cairn
drag
(pl drög)
 watercourse  höfn harbour  núpur / gnúpur  peak; spur  vatn
(pl vötn)
water; lake
drangur   isolated column
of rock
hóll rounded hill  oddi point; tongue of land vegur road, track
dyngja  dome hólmur islet  ós  estuary ver grassy spot
eiði isthmus holt stony hill  reykur  smoke, steam
ey
(pl eyjar)
island  hraun lava field, lava  rif  reef vík inlet, small bay
eyri delta, sandpit hryggur ridge  sandur  sand(s) vogur inlet
fell mountain, hill hver hot spring  skagi  peninsula völlur
(pl vellir)
field, plain
fjall
(pl fjöll)
mountain  hvoll hill  skarð  mountain pass öræfi wilderness
fjörður
(pl firðir)
 fjord jökull glacier  sker  skerry
 




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