Time in Icelandic

How to tell the time in Icelandic, a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Icelandic.

English	Icelandic (Íslenska)
What time is it?	Hvað er klukkan?
It's one o'clock	Klukkan er eitt
It's quarter past one	Klukkan er korter yfir eitt
It's half past one	Klukkan er hálf tvö
It's quarter to two	Klukkan er kvart í tvö
It's two o'clock	Klukkan er tvö
It's quarter past two	Klukkan er korter yfir tvö
It's half past two	Klukkan er hálf þrjú
It's quarter to three	Klukkan er kvart í þrjú
It's three o'clock	Klukkan er þrjú
It's quarter past three	Klukkan er korter yfir þrjú
It's half past three	Klukkan er hálf fjögur
It's quarter to four	Klukkan er kvart í fjögur
It's four o'clock	Klukkan er fjögur
It's quarter past four	Klukkan er korter yfir fjögur
It's half past four	Klukkan er hálf fimm
It's quarter to five	Klukkan er kvart í fimm
It's five o'clock	Klukkan er fimm
It's quarter past five	Klukkan er korter yfir fimm
It's half past five	Klukkan er hálf sex
It's quarter to six	Klukkan er kvart í sex
It's six o'clock	Klukkan er sex
It's quarter past six	Klukkan er korter yfir sex
It's half past six	Klukkan er hálf sjö
It's quarter to seven	Klukkan er kvart í sjö
It's seven o'clock	Klukkan er sjö
It's quarter past seven	Klukkan er korter yfir sjö
It's half past seven	Klukkan er hálf åtta
It's quarter to eight	Klukkan er kvart í åtta
It's eight o'clock	Klukkan er åtta
It's quarter past eight	Klukkan er korter yfir åtta
It's half past eight	Klukkan er hálf níu
It's quarter to nine	Klukkan er kvart í níu
It's nine o'clock	Klukkan er níu
It's quarter past nine	Klukkan er korter yfir níu
It's half past nine	Klukkan er hálf tíu
It's quarter to ten	Klukkan er kvart í tíu
It's ten o'clock	Klukkan er tíu
It's quarter past ten	Klukkan er korter yfir tíu
It's half past ten	Klukkan er hálf ellefu
It's quarter to eleven	Klukkan er kvart í ellefu
It's eleven o'clock	Klukkan er ellefu
It's quarter past eleven	Klukkan er korter yfir ellefu
It's half past eleven	Klukkan er hálf tólf
It's quarter to twelve	Klukkan er kvart í tólf
It's twelve o'clock	Klukkan er tólf
It's quarter past twelve	Klukkan er korter yfir tólf
It's half past twelve	Klukkan er hálf eitt
It's quarter to one	Klukkan er kvart í eitt
it's midnight	Það er miðnætti
it's midday	Það er hádegisverður
in the morning	á morgnana
in the afternoon	á síðdegi
in the evening	á kvöldin

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Links

More information about telling the time in Icelandic
https://islenzka.net/telling-time/
http://www.surfacelanguages.com/language/Icelandic/reviewwords/Telling-the-time.html
https://www.memrise.com/course/134020/beginners-icelandic/51/

Telling the time in Germanic languages

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