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)

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two o'clock AM

klukkan er tvö (kluck-kan er tvur)

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noon

hádegi (haw-de-ki)

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one o'clock PM

klukkan er þrettán (kluch-kan er thre-ht-awn)

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two o'clock PM

klukkan er fjórtán (fyohr-tawn)

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midnight

miðnætti (midh-nigh-ht-i)

Duration

_____ minute(s)

_____ mínúta (meen-oo-ta)

Plural; mínútur (meen-oo-tur)

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_____ hour(s)

_____ klukkustund (kluch-ku-stunt)

Plural; klukkustundir (kluch-ku-stunt-ir)

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_____ day(s)

_____ dagur (dak-ur)

Plural; dagar (dak-ar)

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_____ week(s)

_____ vika (vik-a)

Plural; vikur (vik-ur)

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_____ month(s)

_____ mánuður (maw-nudh-ur)

Plural; mánuðir (maw-nudh-ar)

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_____ year(s)

_____ ár (awr)

Days

Sunday

Sunnudagur (Sun-nu-tak-ur)

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Monday

Mánudagur (Maw-nu-tak-ur)

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Tuesday

Þriðjudagur (Three-dhyu-tak-ur)

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Wednesday

Miðvikudagur (Midh-vee-ku-tak-ur)

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Thursday

Fimmtudagur (Fim-tu-tak-ur)

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Friday

Föstudagur (Furs-tu-tak-ur)

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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)

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February

febrúar (feb-roo-ar)

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March

mars (mars)

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April

apríl (ap-reel)

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May

maí (ma-ee) similar to migh in "might"

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June

júní (yoo-nee)

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July

júlí (yoo-lee)

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August

ágúst (aw-koo-st)

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September

september (sep-tem-ber)

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October

október (ok-toh-ber)

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November

nóvember (noh-vem-ber)

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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)