kl

This is the 80th most frequent Icelandic word.


kl

"Kl" is the abbreviation for "klukkan," which means "o'clock" or "time" in Icelandic.


The abbreviation 'kl.' stands for 'klukkan' (meaning 'o'clock' or 'hour') and is used here to provide a timestamp format.

Kennarinn bað nemendurna að merkja skjalið með kl.

The teacher asked the students to mark the document with "kl."


The term 'kl.' serves as a shorthand for 'klukkan,' indicating the specified time of the meeting.

Við hittumst hjá Hlemmi kl. 3 í dag.

We are meeting at Hlemmur at 3 o'clock today.


Here 'kl.' implies precision (derived from 'klárlega,' indirectly tied to 'klukkan').

Hann sagði alltaf sögurnar kl. þegar hann var ungur.

He always told the stories exactly when he was young.