heimsækja

Heimsækja is an Icelandic verb meaning to visit or call on someone or something. It is used when going to see a person, a place of interest, a facility, or to visit a website. The verb is transitive and typically takes a direct object in the accusative.

Etymology and forms: The word is formed from heim- “home” and sækja “to seek,” conveying the sense of going to someone’s place or to a place of interest. The infinitive form is að heimsækja. The related noun heimsókn means “a visit” and is used for the act or occasion of visiting.

Usage: Heimsækja is common in everyday Icelandic, across casual visits and more formal calls or home visits. It can describe visits to people, institutions, events, or locations, and, in modern usage, visits to digital spaces such as websites. For example, að heimsækja fjölskylduna means to visit the family, and að heimsækja vefsíðu means to visit a website. In social, educational, or healthcare contexts it may refer to planned or routine visits to individuals or facilities.

See also: heimsókn, the noun for a visit, and related phrasing for visiting places or online spaces. The term is widely understood in Icelandic-speaking contexts and appears in both everyday language and more formal discourse.