How to Use Icelandic in a Sentence

Icelandic

adjective
  • Simmons says the local Icelandic whales saw him as a threat and treated him as such.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 2023-04-06
  • And Icelandic airline Play is doing just that in time for the holiday season.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2023-12-04
  • Siggi’s, the Icelandic style skry yogurt brand, is launching a new program to encourage people to put down their phones.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 2024-01-18
  • Guests also will meet Icelandic farmers, stop by a Viking museum and take in black-sand beaches and icebergs.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 2023-05-09
  • Add in Icelandic yogurt and seafood, and the neighborhood’s culinary map just got a lot more interesting.
    — Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • For many Icelandic businesses, the day means a loss of earnings with female workers gone and most child care facilities shut.
    — Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, Fortune, 2023-10-24
  • Icelandic Yogurt Icelandic yogurt has a thick and creamy texture compared to other types.
    — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Season 2 Iceland Season 2 opened with Kendall soaking in a tub in an Icelandic spa.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 2023-05-29
  • Kaleo, an Icelandic band, performed a live acoustic gig in 2021 with the lava spewing in the background.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 2023-12-18
  • On a recent assignment, Burkard trekked through the Icelandic landscape and returned with photos that will inspire viewers to get out on their own hike.
    — Isabella Rosario, Outside Online, 2023-03-29
  • As Icelandic women's rights movements have made greater headway in their campaigns, the scope and meaning of the protests have expanded to include other issues.
    — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 2023-10-24
  • The practicality of the nutrient-dense Icelandic skyr that spoke to the Painter Sisters was just the starting point.
    — Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • This seafood restaurant in St. Matthews offers a variety of meals ranging from its signature Icelandic cod to clams, catfish and shrimp.
    — The Courier-Journal, 2024-02-12
  • Ideal for all skin types and safe for the eye area, this anti-inflammatory Icelandic potion, which comes in a travel size, utilizes sea buckthorn oil, leaving the skin soft and healthy.
    — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 2023-04-19
  • Ívar Finnbogason, a manager at Icelandic Mountain Guides, is deeply concerned by the decline in skill he’s witnessed over the past decade.
    — Talia Barrington, The Atlantic, 2024-01-31
  • Best Skyr Full of flavor, this creamy Icelandic yogurt—with 10 g of filling protein per cup—is made with simple ingredients and real fruit.
    — Good Housekeeping, 2023-06-20
  • When Iceland reduced the workweek by just a few hours for 1% of its population about a decade ago, the Icelandic government had to hire more people, increasing labor costs.
    — Allison Schrager, The Mercury News, 2024-04-13
  • The Icelandic band and 41-piece orchestral outfit will bring Átta and more to life at concerts in September and October.
    — Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 2024-02-29
  • The name of the archipelago itself derives from 12th-century Icelandic annals: In Old Norse, svalbarð refers to a cold coast.
    — Taymour Soomro Scott Conarroe, New York Times, 2023-05-10
  • The town is perhaps best known as the jumping-off point for a trip to Dragney Island, but the seas were too rough that day to visit that island—a bird-watcher’s paradise and home to a famed outlaw in ancient Icelandic lore.
    — Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The Icelandic jury, formed by the Icelandic Film and TV Academy, unveiled its selection on Wednesday.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The property recently underwent an expansion, adding a second ocean-facing sauna, featuring the largest glass window in all of Iceland, plus programming that nods to Icelandic bathing culture.
    — Robin Catalano, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The emergence of Laufey, the Icelandic-Chinese singer-songwriter who has become one Gen Z’s chief flag-waver for throwback pop, is largely attributable to her abundant talent.
    — Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Count among those mainstays the beautifully eccentric Björk, the Icelandic avant-garde singer who returned once again to the stage where – since the very first Coachella in 1999 – she’s dazzled several times before.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 2023-04-17
  • In other parts of the world, glacial outburst floods are also known as Jökulhlaups (an Icelandic word pronounced yo-KOOL-lahp), according to the National Park Service.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Apt for skin hydration and renewal, it is powered by epidermal growth factors (EGF) derived from barley designed to boost skin’s collagen production—alongside hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and Icelandic water—for smoother, plumper, firmer skin.
    — Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2025
  • English, for example, belongs to the Germanic group, which also includes German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Afrikaans, Icelandic, Scots, Yiddish, and a few others.
    — Martha Barnette august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
  • This pact, which marks the beginning of the relation between the Spanish and Icelandic TV banners, is part of of Secuoya Studios’ strategy to dedicate 30% of its catalogue to content in languages other than Spanish by 2027.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The Icelandic jury, formed by the Icelandic Film and TV Academy, consists of representatives from leading professional associations in Iceland’s film sector, distributors, critics, and the Icelandic Film Centre.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The Icelandic-Chinese talent returns with A Matter of Time (via Vingolf Recordings / AWAL), the followup to her 2023 collection Bewitched, winner of the Grammy Award for best traditional pop vocal album and a top 20 hit on the Billboard 200.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2025

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