gagnast.
to help, to be of use
Meaning & usage
to help, to be of use
Þessi bók gagnaðist mér ekki.
to serve, to be beneficial to
Þessi nýja tækni gagnast okkur mikið.
to help, to be of use [with preceding dative ‘person helped’ and following nominative ‘thing helping’] (idiomatically translated as “find helpful” or “find useful”, with the dative object as the logical subject)
Mér gagnaðist ekki þessi bók.
to serve, to be beneficial to [with preceding dative ‘person benefiting or being served’ and following nominative ‘thing serving or causing the benefit’] (idiomatically translated as “benefit from” or “be served by”, with the dative object as the logical subject)
Okkur gagnast þessi nýja tækni mikið.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.