User:JPLeRouzic/Icelandic stream/Swadesh list

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I	ich	ég

thou

(singular)	du	þú

he	er	hann

we	wir	við

ye, you

(plural)	ihr	þið

they	sie	þeir / þær / þau

this	dieses	þessi / þetta

that	jenes, das	hinn / hin / hitt

here	hier	hér

there	dort, da	þar

who	wer	hver

what	was	hvað

where	wo	hvar

when	wann	hvenær

how	wie	hvernig

not	nicht, net (informal)	ekki

all	alle	allt

many	viele	margir

some	einige	nokkuð

few	wenige	lítið

other	andere	annar

one	eins	einn

two	zwei, zwo (informal)	tveir

three	drei	þrír

four	vier	fjórir

five	fünf	fimm

big/great	groß	stór

long	lang	langur

wide, broad	breit, weit	breiður

thick	dick	þykkur

heavy	schwer	þungur

small, little	klein	lítill

short	kurz	stuttur

narrow	eng, schmal	krappur, þröngur

thin	dünn	þunnur

woman	Frau	kona

man

(adult male)	Mann	karlmaður

man

(human being)	Mensch	maður

child

(a youth), dialectal "bern", kid	Kind	barn

wife	Frau, Ehefrau	eiginkona

husband	Mann, Ehemann	eiginmaður

mother	Mutter	móðir

father	Vater	faðir

animal, deer (specific type of animal)	Tier	dýr

fish	Fisch	fiskur

bird, fowl	Vogel	fugl

dog, hound	Hund	hundur

louse	Laus	lús

snake	Schlange	slanga, snákur

worm	Wurm	maðkur, ormur

tree, cf. "beam" in eye -see bible	Baum	tré

forest, wood	Wald	skógur

stick

(of wood)	Stock	stafur

fruit	Frucht, Obst	ávöxtur

seed	Samen	fræ

leaf, cf. "blade" (of grass)	Blatt	blað

root	Wurzel	rót

bark

(of tree)	Rinde	börkur

flower, bloom	Blume	blóm

grass	Gras	gras

rope	Seil	reipi

skin

(of a person)	Haut	hörund

meat

(as in flesh)	Fleisch	kjöt

blood	Blut	blóð

bone	Knochen, Bein (leg)	bein

fat

(noun)	Fett	feiti

egg	Ei	egg

horn	Horn	horn

tail	Schwanz	hali

feather

(rather not down)	Feder	fjöður

hair	Haar	hár

head	Kopf, Haupt	höfuð

ear	Ohr	eyra

eye	Auge	auga

nose	Nase	nef

mouth	Mund	munnur

tooth

(rather not molar)	Zahn	tönn

tongue	Zunge	tunga

fingernail	Fingernagel	nögl

foot	Fuß	fótur

leg cf. "bone"	Bein	leggur

knee	Knie	kné

hand	Hand	hönd

wing	Flügel	vængur

belly	Bauch	búkur

guts	Eingeweide, Gedärme	kjarkur

neck	Hals	háls

back	Rücken	hryggur

breast	Brust	brjóst

heart	Herz	hjarta

liver	Leber	lifur

to drink	trinken	drekka

to eat	essen	[[borða], éta

to bite	beissen	bíta

to suck	saugen	sjúga

to spit	spucken	skyrpa, spýta

to vomit, spew (dialectal)	erbrechen	spýja

to blow

(as wind)	blasen	blása

to breathe	atmen	anda

to laugh	lachen	hlæja

to see	sehen	sjá

to hear	hören	heyra

to know

(a fact), cf. "wit", meaning cunning or intelligence	wissen	vita

to think	denken	hugsa

to smell

(sense odor)	riechen	lykta

to fear	fürchten	hræðsla

to sleep	schlafen	sofa

to live	leben	lifa

to die, cf. "to starve"	sterben	deyja

to kill	töten	drepa

to fight	kämpfen	rifast

to hunt

(transitive)	jagen	veiða

to hit, cf. "to slay", slug (colloquial)	schlagen	berja

to cut	schneiden	skera

to split	spalten	klofna

to stab

(or stick)	stechen	stinga

to scratch

(an itch)	kratzen	klóra

to dig, cf. "a grave" (ie. a thing that is dug out)	graben	grafa

to swim	schwimmen	synda

to fly	fliegen	fljúga

to walk	gehen	ganga

to come	kommen	koma

to lie

(as on one's side)	liegen	liggja

to sit	sitzen	sitja

to stand	stehen	standa

to turn

(change direction)	drehen	snúa

to fall

(as in drop)	fallen	falla

to give	geben	gefa

to hold

(in one's hand)	halten	halda

to squeeze	quetschen	þrýsta

to rub	reiben	núa, nudda

to wash	waschen	þvo

to wipe	wischen	þurrka

to pull	ziehen	toga, draga

to push	drücken	ýta

to throw	werfen	verpa

to tie, to bind	binden	binda

to sew	nähen	sauma

to count	zählen	telja

to say	sagen	segja

to sing	singen	syngja

to play	spielen	leika

to float	schweben	fljóta

to flow	fließen	streyma, renna

to freeze	frieren	frjósa

to swell	schwellen	þrútna, bólga

sun	Sonne	sól

moon	Mond	tungl

star	Stern	stjarna

water	Wasser	vatn

to rain	Regen	rigna

river cf. "stream", cf. "flood"	Fluß	á

lake	See	vatn

sea

(as in ocean)	Meer	sjór

salt	Salz	salt

stone	Stein	steinn

sand	Sand	sandur

dust	Staub	ryk

earth

(as in soil)	Erde, Boden	jörð

cloud	Wolke	ský

fog	Nebel	þoka

sky, heaven cf. "aloft" (in the sky)	Himmel	himinn

wind

(as in breeze)	Wind	vindur

snow	Schnee	snjór

ice	Eis	ís

smoke	Rauch	reykur

fire	Feuer	eldur

ash	Asche	aska

to burn

(intransitive)	brennen	brenna

road, way	Weg	gata, vegur

mountain	Berg	fjall

red	rot	rauður

green	grün	grænn

yellow	gelb	gulur

white	weiß	hvítur

black, cf. "swarthy"	schwarz	svartur

night	Nacht	nótt

day

(daytime)	Tag	dagur

year	Jahr	ár

warm

(as in weather)	warm	hlýr, heitur

cold

(as in weather)	kalt	kaldur

full	voll	fullur

new	neu	nýr

old	alt	gamall

good	gut	góður

bad	schlecht	vondur, slæmur

rotten

(as a log)	verrottet	fúinn

dirty	schmutzig	skítugur, óhreinn

straight	gerade	beinn

round	rund	kringlóttur, umferð

sharp

(as a knife)	scharf	hvass, skarpur

dull

(as a knife)	stumpf	sljór

smooth	glatt	sleipur, sléttur

wet	nass, feucht	blautur

dry

(adjective)	trocken	þurr

right

(correct)	richtig	leiðrétta, rétt

near	nah, nahe	nálægur

far	weit, fern	langt

right

(side)	rechts	hægra megin

left

(side)	links	vinstra megin

at	bei, an	hjá

in	in	í

with

(accompanying), cf. now obsolete "mid", also "middle"	mit	með

and	und	og

if	wenn, falls, ob	ef

because	weil	því

name	Name	nafn