This is the 889th most frequent Icelandic word.
the
The Icelandic language does not have the word "the," as it uses definite articles as suffixes attached to nouns.
The word 'húsið' takes the definite article '-ið' as a suffix to mean 'the house'.
Húsið er stórt.
The house is big.
The word 'bókina' includes the definite article '-ina' to indicate 'the book' in accusative case.
Bókina fannst ég í skápnum.
I found the book in the cupboard.
The word 'borðið' uses the definite suffix '-ið' to specify 'the table' as the object of the sentence.