See må in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*megʰ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "non",
"3": "má"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse má",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse má, present tense 1st and 3rd persons singular of mega.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "må",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "25 15 15 17 14 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 6 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 12 12 14 11 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "måtta and måtte"
}
],
"glosses": [
"present tense of måtta and måtte"
],
"id": "en-må-nn-verb-RDeXupnu",
"links": [
[
"måtta",
"måtta#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
],
[
"måtte",
"måtte#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"present"
]
}
],
"word": "må"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*megʰ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "non",
"3": "má"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse má",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse má, present tense 1st and 3rd persons singular of mega.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mår",
"tags": [
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "mådde",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mått",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mådd",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "måast",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "måande",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "må",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "må (present tense mår, past tense mådde, past participle mått/mådd, passive infinitive måast, present participle måande, imperative må)",
"name": "nn-verb-3"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"to wield"
],
"id": "en-må-nn-verb-F16l5vNI",
"links": [
[
"wield",
"wield"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) to wield"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"used in the expression må i von."
],
"id": "en-må-nn-verb-tmA1LsSf",
"links": [
[
"må i von",
"må i von#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
]
]
}
],
"word": "må"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*megʰ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "non",
"3": "má"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse má",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse má, present tense 1st and 3rd persons singular of mega.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "må",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "måtta and måtte"
}
],
"glosses": [
"present tense of måtta and måtte"
],
"links": [
[
"måtta",
"måtta#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
],
[
"måtte",
"måtte#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"present"
]
}
],
"word": "må"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*megʰ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "non",
"3": "má"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse má",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse má, present tense 1st and 3rd persons singular of mega.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mår",
"tags": [
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "mådde",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mått",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mådd",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "måast",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "måande",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "må",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "må (present tense mår, past tense mådde, past participle mått/mådd, passive infinitive måast, present participle måande, imperative må)",
"name": "nn-verb-3"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Nynorsk transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to wield"
],
"links": [
[
"wield",
"wield"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) to wield"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"used in the expression må i von."
],
"links": [
[
"må i von",
"må i von#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
]
]
}
],
"word": "må"
}
Download raw JSONL data for må meaning in Norwegian Nynorsk (2.0kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Norwegian Nynorsk dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.