glaður

Glaður is an Icelandic adjective meaning "happy, glad, cheerful." It describes a positive emotional state in a person or, less commonly, a pleasant quality of a situation. The word functions like a typical Icelandic adjective, inflecting for gender and number, with the masculine singular indefinite form glaður as the base. Feminine and neuter forms exist as part of the language’s inflection system.

Glaður is used in everyday Icelandic to express happiness or satisfaction. Examples include Hann er glaður (He is happy) and Hún er glöð (She is happy). It can also appear in phrases meaning to be glad to do something, such as Ég er glaður að hitta þig (I am glad to meet you).

Etymologically, glaður has cognates in other North Germanic languages, notably Danish glad and Norwegian glad, all conveying the sense of happiness or contentment. The Icelandic form reflects common North Germanic roots for expressing positive emotion, and the word remains a staple in ordinary speech as well as in more formal writing.

In usage, glaður broadly covers everyday happiness and can describe satisfaction with an outcome or a favorable mood in social interactions. It is one of the core adjectives for emotional description in Icelandic, frequently appearing in conversation, literature, and media. See also Icelandic adjectives and North Germanic language family.