það

See also: thad, Thad, tað, yad, yâd, and y'ad

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse þat (“it, that”), from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód (neuter of *só). Cognates include Swedish det, Faroese tað and English that.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [θaːð]
    Rhymes: -aːð

Pronoun

það n

  1. it (both nominative and accusative)
    Það gerðist fyrir nokkrum árum. ― It happened several years ago.
  2. it, there (impersonal subject)
    Það er lítið rautt hús á horninu. ― There is a little red house on the corner.
  3. neuter singular of sá (“that”)
    Hann vildi ekki borða það. ― He didn't want to eat that.

Declension
  Icelandic personal pronouns
Icelandic personal pronouns
singular first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative ég, eg†, ek† þú hann hún, hon†, hón† það, þat†
accusative mig, mik† þig, þik† hann hana það, þat†
dative mér þér honum, hánum† henni því
genitive mín þín hans hennar þess
plural first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative við þið, þit† þeir þær þau
accusative okkur ykkur þá þær þau
dative okkur ykkur þeim þeim þeim
genitive okkar ykkar þeirra þeirra þeirra

Derived terms
Derived terms

Adverb

það

  1. that, so
    Ég vissi ekki að hann væri það veikur. ― I didn't know he was that ill.

Synonyms
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