Verb conjugator

Icelandic verb conjugation tables

Type any Icelandic verb, or pick one of 16 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

Quick answer

Icelandic verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 16 of the most common Icelandic verbs across 2 core tenses. Pick a verb like vera (to be) or vera (to be), or type any Icelandic verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing vera (to be) · irregular, suppletive (essential auxiliary)

vera

to be irregular, suppletive (essential auxiliary)
Nútíð
ég er
þú ert
hann/hún/það er
við erum
þið eruð
þeir/þær/þau eru
Þátíð
ég var
þú varst
hann/hún/það var
við vorum
þið voruð
þeir/þær/þau voru

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How Icelandic conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 2 core tenses: Nútíð, Þátíð.

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (irregular, suppletive (essential auxiliary) for vera, for example). Irregular verbs like vera (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

You do not learn these by staring at the grid. You learn them by meeting them, over and over, in real sentences until the pattern feels obvious. That is what reading does, and it is what reading in Lingo7 is built for: open a real book in Icelandic, tap any verb form to see its meaning, and the conjugations start to stick on their own.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Icelandic verbs?

To conjugate a Icelandic verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take vera (to be): in the ég form it is er now, var in the past, and undefined in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common Icelandic verbs?

The most common Icelandic verbs include vera (to be), hafa (to have), fara (to go), verða (to become), koma (to come), gera (to do, to make), vilja (to want), geta (to be able to (can)). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 16.

Is Icelandic verb conjugation hard?

Icelandic conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. Icelandic is FSI Category III, about 1100 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does Icelandic have?

These three, Nútíð, Þátíð, are the core of everyday Icelandic and the right place to start. Real Icelandic also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.