Icelandic Frequency Dictionary 2 - Intermediate Vocabulary

Intermediate Icelandic Vocabulary List: 2501-5000 Most Common Icelandic Words

This book is a follow-up of the Icelandic Frequency Dictionary - Essential Vocabulary. 

This book expands on the Icelandic word list of the first book in the Icelandic learning series. You will improve your vocabulary from about CEFR A2+ up to CEFR B2+ level. This frequency dictionary is intended for intermediate Icelandic students. 

If you know the 5000 most common Icelandic words, you will have a vocabulary similar to an adult native speaker who finished high-school.

You can express yourself with ease, and go about your daily life effortlessly. Shopping, small talk, and regular conversations are easy enough for you. You can read and understand virtually all radio and TV shows, websites, and the newspaper. Reading literature is still challenging, and discussing technical issues in-depth will have you looking for words. 

In technical terms: you can understand 89% of all spoken Icelandic and 85% of all written Icelandic.

You don't have to have read the 1st book in the series to enjoy this frequency dictionary. Any intermediate Icelandic learner will benefit from this book.

You can use this book as a stand-alone Icelandic course. You can also use it together with any other intermediate Icelandic lessons, courses or methods.

This book contains the 2501 to 5000 most common Icelandic words. The Icelandic word list is presented to you in a neatly organized manner.

• intermediate Icelandic vocabulary, with English translation(s).

• Icelandic words ranked by general frequency and alphabet.

• Frequency as part of speech (the most used adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc.)

• Icelandic to English example sentences.

• Phonetic spelling of Icelandic words (IPA phonetic transcriptions)

What is Inside This Icelandic Dictionary?

The basis of this dictionary consisted of over 1 million words. All raw data has been lemmatized and cleaned. We do not list conjugations of verbs and adjectives as separate entries. This book only lists only the root word, just like in a regular dictionary.

This Icelandic word list for intermediate students can roughly be divided into three sections:

• 2500 Icelandic words, ranked by general frequency.
• Frequency lists by part of speech: 
• list of adjectives in Icelandic
• list of adverbs in Icelandic
• list of conjunctions in Icelandic
• list of prepositions in Icelandic
• list of pronouns Icelandic
• list of nouns in Icelandic
• list of common Icelandic verbs
•  2,500 Icelandic words in alphabetical order.

Icelandic pronunciation can be challenging. We added phonetic transcriptions of Icelandic words, so you know how to pronounce Icelandic words right. The phonetic spelling of words is done with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Intermediate Icelandic: Summary

The Icelandic Frequency Dictionary 2 – Intermediate Vocabulary gives you a high-frequency word list to learn intermediate Icelandic. Study the most used words to expand your Icelandic vocabulary rapidly. 

These high-frequency words are an excellent tool for intermediate Icelandic lessons.

This word list roughly covers CEFR vocabulary ratings from A2+ (advanced beginner) to B2+ (independent user).

Genre: Foreign Language Study.

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The print editions are 6 x 9 inch (15.2 x 22.9 cm), approximately 216 pages each. You can pre-order them now. They are expected to ship in Q1 2027. You pay at checkout and your copy ships as soon as printing is complete. The e-book is a separate option on this page.