rik

rik (feminine masculine)
rikt (neuter)
rike (definite plural singular)
rikere (comparative)
rikest (indefinite superlative)
rikeste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse ríkr, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, a derivative of *rīks (“king, ruler”), itself a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.


tom

head

tom (neuter singular tomt, definite singular and plural tomme, comparative tommere, indefinite superlative tommest, definite superlative tommeste)

tomt (neuter singular)
tomme (definite plural singular)
tommere (comparative)
tommest (indefinite superlative)
tommeste (definite superlative)


interregnum

interregnum n (definite singular interregnumet or interregnet, indefinite plural interregna or interregner, definite plural interregnaene or interregna or interregnene)

interregnumet (definite singular)
interregnet (definite singular)
interregna (indefinite plural)
interregner (indefinite plural)
interregnaene (definite plural)
interregna (definite plural)
interregnene (definite plural)


marine

marinen (definite singular)
mariner (indefinite plural)
marinene (definite plural)


tik

tika (definite singular)
tiken (definite singular)
tiker (indefinite plural)
tikene (definite plural)


lik

lik (neuter singular likt, definite singular and plural like, comparative likere, indefinite superlative likest, definite superlative likeste)

likt (neuter singular)
like (definite plural singular)
likere (comparative)
likest (indefinite superlative)
likeste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse líkr, alternative spelling of glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.


lik

liket (definite singular)
lik (indefinite plural)
lika (definite plural)
likene (definite plural)

From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image, likeness; similar, like”).


same

samen (definite singular)
samer (indefinite plural)
samene (definite plural)


stol

stolen (definite singular)
stoler (indefinite plural)
stolene (definite plural)

From Danish stol, from Old Norse stóll, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stāl- (“frame, rack, stand”).


ren

head

ren (neuter singular rent, definite singular and plural rene, comparative renere, indefinite superlative renest, definite superlative reneste)

rent (neuter singular)
rene (definite plural singular)
renere (comparative)
renest (indefinite superlative)
reneste (definite superlative)


bom

bommen (definite singular)
bommer (indefinite plural)
bommene (definite plural)

From either Middle Low German bōm, from Old Saxon bōm or from Dutch boom (“tree, beam, mast, boom”), from Middle Dutch bôom (“tree, beam, pole, boom barrier”), from Old Dutch bōm (“tree”), from Proto-West Germanic *baum (“tree, beam”), from Proto-Germanic *baumaz, *bagmaz (“tree, beam, balk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to grow, swell”).

der

a boom (for a sail, crane, microphone etc.)

a derrick (nautical, for loading/unloading cargo)


hus

huset (definite singular)
hus (indefinite plural)
husa (definite plural)
husene (definite plural)

From Old Norse hús (“house”), from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewHs-, from *(s)kewH- (“cover, hide”). Doublet of house.


dragon

dragonen (definite singular)
dragoner (indefinite plural)
dragonene (definite plural)

a dragoon (soldier of the mounted infantry)


sik

siken (definite singular)
siker (indefinite plural)
sikene (definite plural)

Coregonus lavaretus
Coregonus lavaretus#Translingual


sik

siket (definite singular)
sik (indefinite plural)
sika (definite plural)
sikene (definite plural)

From Old Norse sík n. Related to the verb sige (“to seep, sink”).


sik

sika (definite singular)
siken (definite singular)
siker (indefinite plural)
sikene (definite plural)


sik

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


mongol

mongolen (definite singular)
mongoler (indefinite plural)
mongolene (definite plural)


ja

jaet (definite singular)
ja (indefinite plural)
jaer (indefinite plural)
jaa (definite plural)
jaene (definite plural)


advent

adventen (definite singular)
adventer (indefinite plural)
adventene (definite plural)


dress

dressen (definite singular)
dresser (indefinite plural)
dressene (definite plural)

From English dress, from Middle English dressen, from Old French dresser, drescer, drecier (“to erect, set up, arrange, dress”), from either Medieval Latin dīrēctiō (“direction, aiming, correction”) or Vulgar Latin dirēctiāre, from Latin dīrectus (“straight, direct, directed”), from Proto-Italic *dwizrektos, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from Proto-Italic *dwizregō, from both dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”), from Proto-Italic *dwis-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice, doubly, in two”) + regō (“I make straight, rule”), from Proto-Italic *regō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, to right oneself, just”).

der

(clothing) a suit (either formal wear, or leisure or sports wear)


hai

haien (definite singular)
haier (indefinite plural)
haiene (definite plural)


halve

halva (definite singular)
halven (definite singular)
halver (indefinite plural)
halvene (definite plural)


largo

largoen (definite singular)
largoer (indefinite plural)
largoene (definite plural)


kid

kidet (definite singular)
kid (indefinite plural)
kida (definite plural)
kidene (definite plural)

From Danish kid. Doublet of kje (“goatling”) from Norwegian kje.


vandal

vandalen (definite singular)
vandaler (indefinite plural)
vandalene (definite plural)


neve

neven (definite singular)
never (indefinite plural)
nevene (definite plural)


nos

nosa (definite singular)
nosen (definite singular)
noser (indefinite plural)
nosene (definite plural)

From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

(dialectal) steep protruding point on a mountain


snare

snara (definite singular)
snaren (definite singular)
snarer (indefinite plural)
snarene (definite plural)


snare

snarer (present)
snara (past)
snaret (past)
snara (participle past)
snaret (participle past)


bok

boka (definite singular)
boken (definite singular)
bøker (indefinite plural)
bøkene (definite plural)

From Old Norse bók (“beech, book”), from Proto-Germanic *bōks (“letter”), either from *bōkō (“beech”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech”), or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute, allot”).


bok

boka (definite singular)
boken (definite singular)
boker (indefinite plural)
bokene (definite plural)


admiral

admiralen (definite singular)
admiraler (indefinite plural)
admiralene (definite plural)

Northern Sami: admirála

From Old French admiral, from Medieval Latin admiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”) under influence from admīrārī (“to admire, to respect”).

kommandøren og admiralen

1920, Jonas Lie, Samlede Digterverker VI, page 181:

admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen har vært norsk forsvarssjef i noe over ett år

Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen has been Norwegian Chief of Defense for a little over a year

den iranske marinens nestkommanderende, admiral Mahmoud Moussavi

2011 December 30, Dagsavisen^([dagsavisen.no]):

the Deputy Commander of the Iranian Navy, Admiral Mahmoud Moussavi

(military, nautical) an admiral (a naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces)

(historical) a commander-in-chief of a collection of ships belonging to an admiralty

her om dagen så jeg en admiral på byen, den hadde forvillet seg inn i en bakgård på Grünerløkka

the other day I saw an admiral in the city, it had strayed into a backyard on Grünerløkka

Vanessa atalanta
Vanessa atalanta#Translingual

(zoology) the red admiral (a bright red and black butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) of the family Nymphalidae)


administrator

administratoren (definite singular)
administratorer (indefinite plural)
administratorene (definite plural)


omen

head

omen n (definite singular omenet, indefinite plural omen or omener or omina, definite plural omena or omenene or ominaene)

omenet (definite singular)
omen (indefinite plural)
omener (indefinite plural)
omina (indefinite plural)
omena (definite plural)
omenene (definite plural)
ominaene (definite plural)


instrument

instrument n (definite singular instrumentet, indefinite plural instrument or instrumenter, definite plural instrumenta or instrumentene)

instrumentet (definite singular)
instrument (indefinite plural)
instrumenter (indefinite plural)
instrumenta (definite plural)
instrumentene (definite plural)


alkaloid

alkaloidet (definite singular)
alkaloid (indefinite plural)
alkaloider (indefinite plural)
alkaloida (definite plural)
alkaloidene (definite plural)


gris

grisen (definite singular)
griser (indefinite plural)
grisene (definite plural)


hen

used with a verb, indicating a movement towards or to something.


hen

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">possessive</i>

hen (third person singular gender-neutral personal pronoun, possessive hens)

Hvis noen kjører over fartsgrensen, må hen betale en bot.

If someone exceeds the speed limit, they must pay a fine.

Kommer studenten for sent, må hen vente ute.

If the student comes too late, they have to wait outside.

Har du nummeret hens?


tape

tapen (definite singular)
taper (indefinite plural)
tapene (definite plural)


tape

taper (present)
tapa (past)
tapet (past)
tapa (participle past)
tapet (participle past)


tape

taper (present)
tapte (past)
tapt (participle past)

From Old Norse tapa. Cognate with Danish tabe, Swedish tappa and Faroese tapa.


analyse

analysen (definite singular)
analyser (indefinite plural)
analysene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis, “dissolution”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up, throughout”) + λύσις (lúsis, “loosening”).

der

I dag skal vi utføre en analyse av denne prøven.

Today we are going to do an analysis on this sample.

Hun kom med en skarpsindig analyse av situasjonen.

She came up with a shrewd analysis of the situation.

analysis (action of taking something apart to study it)


tale

talen (definite singular)
taler (indefinite plural)
talene (definite plural)


tale

head

tale (imperative tal, present tense taler, passive tales, simple past talte, past participle talt, present participle talende)

tal (imperative)
taler (present)
tales (passive)
talte (past)
talt (participle past)
talende (participle present)


hangar

hangaren (definite singular)
hangarer (indefinite plural)
hangarene (definite plural)


amid

amidet (definite singular)
amid (indefinite plural)
amider (indefinite plural)
amida (definite plural)
amidene (definite plural)


alkali

alkaliet (definite singular)
alkali (indefinite plural)
alkalier (indefinite plural)
alkalia (definite plural)
alkaliene (definite plural)


dom

dommen (definite singular)
dommer (indefinite plural)
dommene (definite plural)

From Old Norse dómr (“judgement”), from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos.


dom

domen (definite singular)
domer (indefinite plural)
domene (definite plural)


intensive

inflection of intensiv:
definite singular


Belgia

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


nei

From Old Norse nei, from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *nē (“not”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy (negative particle).


nei

neiet (definite singular)
nei (indefinite plural)
neia (definite plural)
neiene (definite plural)


agent

agenten (definite singular)
agenter (indefinite plural)
agentene (definite plural)


presto

prestoen (definite singular)
prestoer (indefinite plural)
prestoene (definite plural)


kam

kammen (definite singular)
kammer (indefinite plural)
kammene (definite plural)


agenda

agendaen (definite singular)
agendaer (indefinite plural)
agendaene (definite plural)

From Latin agenda (“what ought to be done”).


pedo

pedoen (definite singular)
pedoer (indefinite plural)
pedoene (definite plural)

Din jævla pedo!

Flere fanger ropte gjentatte ganger "Pedo", «Lommemannen», og "Staff er en pedo" ut av vinduene.

2008 January 14, “Lynsjestemning i fengselet - Skjellsord haglet fra cellevinduene”, in Verdens Gang:

Several prisoners repeatedly shouted, "Pedo". "Pocket man", and "Staff is a pedo" out the windows.


barn

barnet (definite singular)
barn (indefinite plural)
barna (definite plural)
barnene (definite plural)

From Old Norse barn (“child”), from Proto-Germanic *barną (“child”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).


carte

head

carte m (definite singular carten, indefinite plural carter, definite plural cartene)

carten (definite singular)
carter (indefinite plural)
cartene (definite plural)

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «carte».ogg

From French carte (“card, chart”), from Latin charta (“paper, poem”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper, book”), possibly from either χαράσσω (kharássō, “I scratch, inscribe”) or from Phoenician 𐤇𐤓𐤈𐤉𐤕 (ḥrṭyt, “something written”).

der

carte blanche
carte blanche#Norwegian_Bokmål

Only used in carte blanche (“carte blanche”)


register

head

register n (definite singular registeret or registret, indefinite plural register or registre, definite plural registra or registrene)

registeret (definite singular)
registret (definite singular)
register (indefinite plural)
registre (indefinite plural)
registra (definite plural)
registrene (definite plural)

(music) a register (voice range in singing; part of an organ)


den

it; third person singular, masculine/feminine gender. Nominative, accusative or dative.


den

bilen: the car → den røde bilen: the red car

The; only used if there is an adjective in front of the noun.


buffet

buffeten (definite singular)
buffeter (indefinite plural)
buffetene (definite plural)

sideboard or buffet (US) (dining room furniture containing table linen and services)

buffet (counter or room where refreshments are sold)

stående buffet - buffet (a meal which guests can serve themselves)


cup

cupen (definite singular)
cuper (indefinite plural)
cupene (definite plural)

(sports) cup (trophy; the competition culminating in the winning of the trophy)


alarm

alarmen (definite singular)
alarmer (indefinite plural)
alarmene (definite plural)

From Italian all' arme (“to arms”) and allarme, via French alarme.


Rauma

A municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway


farao

faraoen (definite singular)
faraoer (indefinite plural)
faraoene (definite plural)

a pharaoh (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)


gele

geleen (definite singular)
geleer (indefinite plural)
geleene (definite plural)


da

From Old Norse þá and þó (adverb); and Old Norse þá er (when, conjunction), and German da (because, conjunction).


Åland

From Old Norse Áland, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚺᚹᚨᛚᚨᚾᛞ (ahwaland).


steppe

steppe m (definite singular steppen, indefinite plural stepper, definite plural steppene)

steppen (definite singular)
stepper (indefinite plural)
steppene (definite plural)


vene

venen (definite singular)
vener (indefinite plural)
venene (definite plural)

Borrowed ultimately from Latin vēna; compare French veine.


ante

past participle definite singular of ane


hobbit

hobbiten (definite singular)
hobbiter (indefinite plural)
hobbitene (definite plural)

From English hobbit; coined by J.R.R. Tolkien.

hobbit (a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet)


ornament

ornamentet (definite singular)
ornament (indefinite plural)
ornamenter (indefinite plural)
ornamenta (definite plural)
ornamentene (definite plural)


tone

tonen (definite singular)
toner (indefinite plural)
tonene (definite plural)

From Old Norse tóni, from Latin tonus (“sound, tone”), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).


bantu

bantuen (definite singular)
bantuer (indefinite plural)
bantuene (definite plural)

a Bantu (person who speaks a Bantu language)

a collective term for all Bantu speakers


rival

rivalen (definite singular)
rivaler (indefinite plural)
rivalene (definite plural)

From French rival (“rival”), from Latin rīvālis (“of or pertaining to a brook; rival”), from rīvus (“brook; channel”), from Proto-Italic *rīwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃riH-wó-s, from *h₃reyH- (“to move, flow”), from *h₃er- (“to move, stir”).


mega-

From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).


guide

guiden (definite singular)
guider (indefinite plural)
guidene (definite plural)


guide

head

guide (imperative guid, present tense guider, passive guides, simple past and past participle guida or guidet, present participle guidende)

guid (imperative)
guider (present)
guides (passive)
guida (participle past)
guida (past)
guidet (participle past)
guidet (past)
guidende (participle present)


egga

definite feminine singular of egg (Etymology 2)


bark

bark (outer layer of trunks and branches of trees and bushes)


bark

barken (definite singular)
barker (indefinite plural)
barkene (definite plural)

From Late Latin barca, via French barque.

(nautical) a barque or bark (type of sailing ship)


demon

demonen (definite singular)
demoner (indefinite plural)
demonene (definite plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn).


bord

bordet (definite singular)
bord (indefinite plural)
border (indefinite plural)
borda (definite plural)
bordene (definite plural)

From Old Norse borð, from Proto-Germanic *burdą.


bord

borden (definite singular)
border (indefinite plural)
bordene (definite plural)

From Middle Low German borde (“border, edge, hem”), possibly from Old Saxon *borda.


eggen

definite masculine singular of egg (Etymology 2)


shilling

nb-noun

shilling m (definite singular shillingen, indefinite plural shilling, definite plural shillingene)

shillingen (definite singular)
shilling (indefinite plural)
shillingene (definite plural)

Borrowed from English shilling, from Middle English shilling, Old English sċilling, and ultimately Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Doublet of schilling and skilling.

(numismatics, also historical) a shilling


dessert

desserten (definite singular)
desserter (indefinite plural)
dessertene (definite plural)


band

bandet (definite singular)
band (indefinite plural)
banda (definite plural)
bandene (definite plural)

Derived from English band (in this sense).


ski

head

ski m or f (definite singular skien or skia, indefinite plural ski or skier, definite plural skiene or skia)

skien (definite singular)
skia (definite singular)
ski (indefinite plural)
skier (indefinite plural)
skiene (definite plural)
skia (definite plural)

→ Albanian: ski

→ Bulgarian: ски (ski)

→ Dutch: ski

desctree

→ English: ski
→ Japanese: スキー (sukī)
→ Korean: 스키 (seuki)
→ Okinawan: スキー
→ Thai: สกี (sà-gii)

→ French: ski
→ Asturian: esquí
→ Catalan: esquí
→ Galician: esquí
→ Persian: اسکی (eski)
→ Portuguese: esqui
→ Romanian: schi
→ Spanish: esquí
→ Basque: eski
→ Tagalog: eski

→ German: Ski, Schi (less common)
→ Hungarian: sí

→ Greek: σκι (ski)

→ Hebrew: סקי (ski)

→ Hindi: स्की (skī)

→ Italian: sci

→ Khmer: ស្គី (skii)

→ Ladino: schi

→ Lao: ສະກີ (sa kī)

→ Macedonian: скија (skija)

→ Mòcheno: ski

→ Portuguese: esqui

→ Serbo-Croatian: skija / скија

→ Urdu: سکی (skī)

→ Vietnamese: xki

→ Welsh: sgi

→⇒ Cimbrian: skin

From Danish ski, itself borrowed from Norwegian ski, skid, from Old Norse skíð (“snowshoe, billet”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“billet”).

gå på ski (plural)


grime

grima (definite singular)
grimen (definite singular)
grimer (indefinite plural)
grimene (definite plural)


grime

grimer (present)
grima (past)
grimet (past)
grima (participle past)
grimet (participle past)


anti-

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).


mono-

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).


anger

regret, remorse, contrition, repentance, penitence


tee

tee-en (definite singular)
tee-er (indefinite plural)
tee-ene (definite plural)


roe

head

roe (imperative ro, present tense roer, passive roes, simple past and past participle roa or roet, present participle roende)

ro (imperative)
roer (present)
roes (passive)
roa (participle past)
roa (past)
roet (participle past)
roet (past)
roende (participle present)

(often reflexive, with seg) to calm (ned / down), to soothe


millibar

millibaren (definite singular)
millibar (indefinite plural)
millibarene (definite plural)


lok

loket (definite singular)
lok (indefinite plural)
loka (definite plural)
lokene (definite plural)


dass

dassen (definite singular)
dasser (indefinite plural)
dassene (definite plural)
dasset (definite singular)
dass (indefinite plural)
dasser (indefinite plural)
dassa (definite plural)
dassene (definite plural)

From German das Haus or Häuschen ("The (little) house", euphemistically omitting the main word (out)house).

Husk å vaske dassen!

Din dass!


ane

ane (imperative an, present tense aner, passive anes, simple past ante, past participle ant, present participle anende, verbal noun aning or anelse or anen)

an (imperative)
aner (present)
anes (passive)
ante (past)
ant (participle past)
anende (participle present)
aning (noun-from-verb)
anelse (noun-from-verb)
anen (noun-from-verb)

From Low German anen.
Cognate with German ahnen, Dutch anen, Saterland Frisian oanje, German Low German ahnen and Luxembourgish ahnen.

jeg burde have anet, at noget sligt vilde ske. Jeg burde have forudset det

1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 158:

I should have guessed that something like this would happen. I should have foreseen it

de vise mænd har syn, hvor folket aner

1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 193:

the wise men have visions where the people sense

jeg aner uklart, hvad jeg ej kan fatte

[lille Carsten] havde ejet mere end moderen anede

1884, Alexander L. Kielland, Fortuna, page 281:

[little Carsten] had owned more than his mother knew

[skjønnheten i] Mozarts verker [begynner] atter at anes af de få, … gjennem hans geni værdige oppførelser

1957, Edvard Grieg, Artikler og taler, page 154:

[the beauty of] Mozart's works [begins] to be sensed again by the few,… through his genius worthy performances

der hvor Helge ante elvens løp

where Helge sensed the course of the river

smekkfullt var det i Aulaen lørdag, og så bom stille at en kunne ane sidemannen puste

it was packed in the auditorium on Saturday, and so quiet that one could sense the person next to you breathing

du begynner å ane hvor det bærer hen

1989, Bergljot Hobæk Haff, Den guddommelige tragedie:

vi begynner å ane konturene av et rituale

we begin to sense the contours of a ritual

her kommer jeg gående og aner fred og ingen fare, og så …

1988, Arild Nyquist, Giacomettis forunderlige reise:

here I come walking and sense peace and no danger, and so …

vi kan jo ikke boltre os som jobberne, men bryder ikke freden ud, mens vi aner krig og ingen fare, behøver du ikke at knusle

1918, Amalie Pettersen, Pettersens paa Persroas Pensjonat, page 7:

we can not frolic like the workers, but do not break the peace while we sense war and no danger, you do not have to be cheap

jeg ante uråd og ventet meg det verste på en dag som denne

1999, Bergljot Hobæk Haff, Sigbrits bålferd:

I sensed trouble and expected the worst on a day like this

ane fred og ingen fare

sense peace and no danger (to be unprepared before an occurrence)

ane uråd

sense uneasiness (to suspect that something could be wrong)

guess, sense (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility)

ja, ja, det aner mig! Det er forbi!

1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, page 215:

jo tak, det ante mig!

1910, Hans E. Kinck, Den sidste gjest, page 314:

det anede ham

1884, Alexander L. Kielland, Fortuna, page 39:

det ante meg at bønnesuppe med surt og søtt var like vondt som den viste seg å være

1987, Ebba Haslund, Som plommen i egget, page 55:

it occurred to me that bean soup with sour and sweet was as painful as it turned out to be

det [begynte] å ane henne at hun ikke kunne stille noe opp mot dette mønsteret

1983, Liv Køltzow, April/November, page 54:

she [began] to suspect that she could not stand up to this pattern

det ante meg at det ville gå slik

suspect, assume (to imagine or suppose (something) to be true without evidence)

en vandrer standser og ser [edderkoppens] verk og kommer dens anende drift ihu

1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker III, page 55:

a wanderer stops and sees the work of [the spider] and remembers its suspicious drift

denne længselsfulde skuen er kun anet harmoni

1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker II, page 128:

this yearning sight is only a hint of harmony

(obsolete, literary) to be a glimpse (something barely noticeable), to spot

jeg opfattet ikke navnet i surret omkring mig, og dessuten så ante jeg altså ikke pastor Heuch til Slottskapellet

1936, Sfinx, Kjent folk gjennem årene, page 100:

I did not perceive the name in the buzz around me, and besides, I did not anticipate Pastor Heuch to the Castle Chapel

ingen aner, at der er noget imellem os to

1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 146:

no one knows, that there is anything between the two of us

Ludvig aner jo ingenting om det hele

det farlige begyndte under disse … samtaletimer, uden at jeg anede det

1898, Kristian Elster, Samlede Skrifter II, page 234:

the danger began during these … conversation hours, without me knowing it

du aner mig ikke. Du har ikke sett mig en gang!

1930, Sigurd Hoel og Helge Krog, Don Juan, page 152:

you have no idea me. You haven't even seen me!

utenfor [min tankes] baner ligger der lande, som jeg neppe aner

1924, Arnulf Øverland, Brød og vin, page 15:

outside [my thought] paths lie there lands, which I have little idea

du ser rødt og slår om deg, uten å ane hvem du kjemper mot

you look red and turn around, having no idea who you are fighting against

jeg avskydde ham. Han var så ekkel, dere aner ikke

I despised him. He was so disgusting, you have no idea

han nikker, later som han forstår selv om han ikke aner hva jeg snakker om

2000, Trude Marstein, Plutselig høre noen åpne en dør, page X:

he nods, pretending to understand even though he has no idea what I'm talking about

der er Veigård med bøker under armen, intet ondt anende naturligvis, som mannfolk er det

1931, Cora Sandel, Alberte og friheten, page 148:

there is Veigård with books under his arm, sensing nothing bad of course, as men are

han ante ikke at du var her

jeg aner ikke!

intet ondt anende

knowing nothing bad (without knowing anything bad or evil)

(used with a pronoun or adverb, in a negative manner) to know


ane

anen (definite singular)
aner (indefinite plural)
anene (definite plural)

From Middle Low German ane, an, from Proto-Germanic *anô (“male ancestor; forefather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”).
Cognate with German Ahn, Latin anus, Yiddish אָן (on), Danish ane and possibly Icelandic ái.

der

Ha fine aner.

den norske tunges odelsbaarne afætlinger af gammelnorske aner

1853, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter VII, page 472:

the Norwegian noble ancestral descendants of Old Norse ancestry

anerne stirrer … ned paa en eller anden svakhodet efterkommer i store chateauer

1927, Øvre Richter Frich, Slangeblomsten fra Magdala, page 28:

the ancestors stare… down at some weak-headed offspring in large chateaus

Brenda hadde norske aner

(chiefly plural) an ancestor; ancestry (deceased relative a good distance back in time)

isbjørnen og brunbjørnen har … felles aner

the polar bear and the brown bear have … common ancestry

(biology, chiefly plural) a concestor (the last common ancestor, especially of several different species)

som ane betraktet virker jo Johan Sverdrup betydelig flottere [enn Jaabæk]

1934, Olaf Gjerløw, Norges politiske historie I, page 73:

as a predecessor, Johan Sverdrup seems significantly nicer [than Jaabæk]

a predecessor (person who is the origin of something)

gymnasiesamfunnet på Bergens Katedralskole hadde aner fra før 1860, da den offisielle stiftelsen fant sted

the high school community at Bergen Cathedral School had ancestry from before 1860, when the official foundation took place

(dignified, in the plural) origins, history


ane

Alternative form of ånde (“breath”), from Danish ånde (“breath”), from Old Danish andæ, from Old Norse andi (“breath; spirit, soul”), from Proto-Germanic *anadô (“breath; spirit, zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-dʰō, from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”), likely of onomatopoeic origin.


pest

pesta (definite singular)
pesten (definite singular)
pester (indefinite plural)
pestene (definite plural)

sky (noe/noen) som pesten

avoid (something/someone) like the plague

velge mellom pest og kolera


parameter

head

parameter m (definite singular parameteren, indefinite plural parametere or parametre or parametrer, definite plural parameterne or parametrene)

parameteren (definite singular)
parametere (indefinite plural)
parametre (indefinite plural)
parametrer (indefinite plural)
parameterne (definite plural)
parametrene (definite plural)


film

filmen (definite singular)
filmer (indefinite plural)
filmene (definite plural)

a film (for taking photographs in a camera)

a film (thin material, layer or coating)


essay

essayet (definite singular)
essay (indefinite plural)
essayer (indefinite plural)
essaya (definite plural)
essayene (definite plural)

Borrowed from English essay, from Middle French essai.

an essay, a written composition of moderate length exploring a particular subject


ciao

From Italian ciao, from Venetian sciavo (“slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus (“Slav”) (as Slavs were often forced into slavery in the Middle Ages), from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ. Doublet of slave and slaver.


liter

liter m (definite singular literen, indefinite plural liter, definite plural literne)

literen (definite singular)
liter (indefinite plural)
literne (definite plural)

From French litre, Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”).


bio-

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”), either from *gʷih₃wós (“alive, living”), with the suffix *-wós, or from βίοτος (bíotos, “life”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ or *gʷih₃-etos (“life”), both from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).


tier

tieren (definite singular)
tiere (indefinite plural)
tierne (definite plural)

something or someone that has the number ten (ti)


sperm

From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma) (sense 1).

short for spermasett (spermaceti); see spermhval.


bue

buen (definite singular)
buer (indefinite plural)
buene (definite plural)

From Danish bue, from Old Norse bogi, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.

no:bue (arkitektur)
no:bue (geometri)
no:bue (våpen)


natur

naturen (definite singular)
naturer (indefinite plural)
naturene (definite plural)

(uncountable) nature (natural landscape, animal and plant life)


tema

head

tema n (definite singular temaet, indefinite plural tema or temaer, definite plural temaene)

temaet (definite singular)
tema (indefinite plural)
temaer (indefinite plural)
temaene (definite plural)


neo-

From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”).


Praha

From Czech Praha (“Prague”), from práh (“threshold”), from Old Czech práh (“threshold”), from Proto-Slavic *porgъ (“threshold, doorstep”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *porgos.

der

Praha har helt siden middelalderen vært et naturlig kommunikasjons- og handelssentrum

Since the Middle Ages, Prague has been a natural center of communication and trade

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


Thor

a male given name, a less common spelling of Tor


endo-

From Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “in, within”), from Proto-Hellenic *éndon, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm, from *h₁n̥dó (“into, inside”), from both *h₁én (“in”) and *do (and but; towards).

bor

endo-, end- (internal, within, inside, into)


whisky

whiskyen (definite singular)
whiskyer (indefinite plural)
whiskyene (definite plural)

From English whisky, originally from Gaelic.


toast

toasten (definite singular)
toaster (indefinite plural)
toastene (definite plural)


cowboy

cowboyen (definite singular)
cowboyer (indefinite plural)
cowboyene (definite plural)

cowboyer og indianere


for-

for- + side (“page”) → forside (“front page”)


kenguru

kenguruen (definite singular)
kenguruer (indefinite plural)
kenguruene (definite plural)

From an Australian Aboriginal language, via English kangaroo.


-er

(added to numbers) order, position, value or similar indicated by the numeral


-er

From Danish -er, from Old Norse -ari, from Medieval Latin and Middle Low German words, both from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, from Latin -ārius.

(added to verbs) person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb

(added to place names) person or thing that originates in the place indicated by the place name


-er

suffix added to most of indefinite plural nouns, usually identical to Danish, but unlike Nynorsk and Swedish


wienerbrød

head

wienerbrød n (definite singular wienerbrødet, indefinite plural wienerbrød, definite plural wienerbrøda or wienerbrødene)

wienerbrødet (definite singular)
wienerbrød (indefinite plural)
wienerbrøda (definite plural)
wienerbrødene (definite plural)


anno Domini

First part anno from Latin annō, ablative of annus (“year; time”), from Proto-Italic *atnos (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, from *h₂et- (“to go”).
Last part Domini from Latin Dominī, genitive singular of Dominus (“The Lord”), of dominus (“lord, master of a house”), from Proto-Italic *domanos, from Proto-Indo-European *domh₂nos (“subduing”), from *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”).

[AD] kan også bety noe annet enn Angel Devious, det kan bety Anno Domini

[AD] can also mean something other than Angel Devious, it can mean Anno Domini

anno Domini (the current date era beginning approximately 2000 years ago in the Gregorian calendar, based on the assumed birth of Jesus Christ.)


malt

malt (grain prepared for brewing and distilling)


a la carte

a la carten (definite singular)
a la carter (indefinite plural)
a la cartene (definite plural)


kebab

kebaben (definite singular)
kebaber (indefinite plural)
kebabene (definite plural)

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb).

kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)


prestissimo

From Italian prestissimo, superlative of presto.


prestissimo

prestissimoet (definite singular)
prestissimo (indefinite plural)
prestissimoer (indefinite plural)
prestissimoa (definite plural)
prestissimoene (definite plural)


brød

brødet (definite singular)
brød (indefinite plural)
brøda (definite plural)
brødene (definite plural)

From Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

ristet brød - toast (see also toast (Bokmål))


-ing

Inherited from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.

Han var lei av masing.

Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing.

Færøyene + -ing → færøying


rime

rime (imperative rim, present tense rimer, simple past rimte or rimet or rima, past participle rimt or rima)

rim (imperative)
rimer (present)
rimte (past)
rimet (past)
rima (past)
rimt (participle past)
rima (participle past)

From the noun rim, from Old Norse rím, from French rime.

Informasjonen han ga rimte ikke med det vi allerede viste.

The information he gave us didn't match with what we already knew.


rime

rime (imperative rim, present tense rimer, simple past rimet or rima, past participle rimt or rima)

rim (imperative)
rimer (present)
rimet (past)
rima (past)
rimt (participle past)
rima (participle past)


fred

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.


starter

starteren (definite singular)
startere (indefinite plural)
starterne (definite plural)

a starter (person who gives a starting signal)


single

Borrowed from English single and singles.


single

singular singlen (definite)
singler (indefinite plural)
singlene (definite plural)


single

single (imperative single, present tense singler, simple past and past participle singla or singlet)

single (imperative)
singler (present)
singla (participle past)
singla (past)
singlet (participle past)
singlet (past)


ufo

ufoen (definite singular)
ufoer (indefinite plural)
ufoene (definite plural)


ek

eken (definite singular)
eker (indefinite plural)
ekene (definite plural)

From Danish eg, from Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”). Cognate with Swedish ek, Norwegian Nynorsk, Faroese, and Icelandic eik, German Eiche, and English oak.


av

From Old Norse af (“of, from, off, by”), from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”).

inh

å slå av

å bite av

fra barndom av

bli av med

av og til


av

Huset ble malt av ham.

by (in construction of the passive tense)

Avhengig av.


fortissimo

Borrowed from Italian fortissimo (“strongest, very strong”).


fortissimo

fortissimoen (definite singular)
fortissimoer (indefinite plural)
fortissimoene (definite plural)


eufemisme

eufemismen (definite singular)
eufemismer (indefinite plural)
eufemismene (definite plural)


protein

proteinet (definite singular)
protein (indefinite plural)
proteiner (indefinite plural)
proteina (definite plural)
proteinene (definite plural)


amen

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).


amen

amenet (definite singular)
amen (indefinite plural)
amener (indefinite plural)
amena (definite plural)
amenene (definite plural)


tsunami

tsunamien (definite singular)
tsunamier (indefinite plural)
tsunamiene (definite plural)

From Japanese 津波 (tsunami), via English tsunami.


tornado

tornadoen (definite singular)
tornadoer (indefinite plural)
tornadoene (definite plural)

From Spanish tronada, via English tornado.


hat

hatet (definite singular)
hat (indefinite plural)
hata (definite plural)
hatene (definite plural)

From Old Norse hatr, from Proto-Germanic *hataz.


kike

head

kike (imperative kik, present tense kiker, past tense keik or kek, past participle kiket, present participle kikende)

kik (imperative)
kiker (present)
keik (past)
kek (past)
kiket (participle past)
kikende (participle present)

From Middle Low German kîken. Related to Swedish kika.


toga

togaen (definite singular)
togaer (indefinite plural)
togaene (definite plural)


genitalia

genitalia m pl (definite plural genitaliene)

form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by genitalier


bonus

bonusen (definite singular)
bonuser (indefinite plural)
bonusene (definite plural)

Borrowed from English bonus or Latin bonus.


adverbial

adverbialet (definite singular)
adverbial (indefinite plural)
adverbialer (indefinite plural)
adverbiala (definite plural)
adverbialene (definite plural)


lederskap

lederskap n (definite singular lederskapet)


under

From Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under.


under

under n (definite singular underet or undret, indefinite plural under or undere or undre, definite plural undera or underne or undra or undrene)

underet (definite singular)
undret (definite singular)
under (indefinite plural)
undere (indefinite plural)
undre (indefinite plural)
undera (definite plural)
underne (definite plural)
undra (definite plural)
undrene (definite plural)

From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”).


rok

roket (definite singular)
rok (indefinite plural)
roka (definite plural)
rokene (definite plural)

form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by rokk


patron

patronen (definite singular)
patroner (indefinite plural)
patronene (definite plural)

From Latin patronus (sense 1), and French patron (senses 2 & 3).

a patron (person who gives financial or other support)


videre

inntil videre

og så videre (osv.)


sabel

sabelen (definite singular)
sabler (indefinite plural)
sablene (definite plural)

From Hungarian szablya, via German Säbel.


term

termen (definite singular)
termer (indefinite plural)
termene (definite plural)

From Latin terminus, via French terme and English term.


baud

(non-standard since 2005) past tense of byde


engel

engelen (definite singular)
engler (indefinite plural)
englene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos), via Old Norse engill.


narkoman

narkomanen (definite singular)
narkomaner (indefinite plural)
narkomanene (definite plural)


program

programmet (definite singular)
program (indefinite plural)
programmer (indefinite plural)
programma (definite plural)
programmene (definite plural)


smart

head

smart (neuter singular smart, definite singular and plural smarte, comparative smartere, indefinite superlative smartest, definite superlative smarteste)

smart (neuter singular)
smarte (definite plural singular)
smartere (comparative)
smartest (indefinite superlative)
smarteste (definite superlative)


Genova

Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)

Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)


vase

vasen (definite singular)
vaser (indefinite plural)
vasene (definite plural)

From Latin vas, via French vase and German Vase.


filter

filteret (definite singular)
filtret (definite singular)
filter (indefinite plural)
filtre (indefinite plural)
filtra (definite plural)
filtrene (definite plural)


tunge

tunga (definite singular)
tungen (definite singular)
tunger (indefinite plural)
tungene (definite plural)


dime

dimen (definite singular)
dimes (indefinite plural)
dimene (definite plural)

Borrowed from English. Ultimately from Latin decimus (“tenth”).


porno

porno (plural singular)
mer porno (comparative)
mest porno (superlative)


cappella

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «cappella».ogg

From Italian cappella (“chapel”), from Medieval Latin or Late Latin cappella (“chapel”), from cappa (“cape”), from either capitulāre (“head tax”), from caput (“head, top”), from Proto-Italic *kaput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *káput- (“head”), from *kap- (“to seize”), or perhaps of substrate origin or from Ancient Greek [Term?] + and from -ellus (“diminutive suffix”), alternative form of -ulus (forms diminutive), from Proto-Italic *-olos, from earlier *-elos, from Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European *-lós (“forms agent nouns”).


ut

From Old Norse út, from Proto-Germanic *ūt.


adagio

Borrowed from Italian adagio (“slowly”).


adagio

adagioen (definite singular)
adagioer (indefinite plural)
adagioene (definite plural)


sorg

sorga (definite singular)
sorgen (definite singular)
sorger (indefinite plural)
sorgene (definite plural)

From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”).


pasta

pastaen (definite singular)
pastaer (indefinite plural)
pastaene (definite plural)


veg

vegen (definite singular)
veger (indefinite plural)
vegene (definite plural)

From Old Norse vegr, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.


madam

madammen (definite singular)
madammer (indefinite plural)
madammene (definite plural)


gruppe

gruppa (definite singular)
gruppen (definite singular)
grupper (indefinite plural)
gruppene (definite plural)

From German Gruppe (“group”), from French groupe (“group”), from Italian gruppo (“group, cluster, party”), from Vulgar Latin *cruppo, Renaissance Latin grupus (“group”), from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“lump, round mass, body, crop”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to crumple, bend, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”).


gong

gongen (definite singular)
gonger (indefinite plural)
gongene (definite plural)


fleste

inflection of mange:
definite singular superlative degree

inflection of mange:
plural superlative degree

de fleste


mulig

head

mulig (neuter singular mulig, definite singular and plural mulige)

mulig (neuter singular)
mulige (definite plural singular)

så langt som mulig

så snart som mulig


absurdist

absurdisten (definite singular)
absurdister (indefinite plural)
absurdistene (definite plural)

From absurdisme or absurd + -ist, first parts both stem from the word absurd (“absurd”), from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to resound; ringing, whistling”). Last part from French -iste (“-ist, -istic”), from Latin -ista (“-ist; one who practises or believes”), from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), alternative form of -τής (-tḗs), from Proto-Hellenic *-tās, probably from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ (forms nouns representing state of being).

der

«Mens vi venter på Godot» [av Samuel Beckett] sto lenge som absurdistenes bibel

1971, Anton Rønneberg, Ti års fjernsynsteater, page 212:

"While We Wait for Godot" [by Samuel Beckett] stood for a long time as the Bible of the absurdists

de virkelige absurdister hevder … at sproget hverken har sammenheng eller mening

the real absurdists claim… that language has neither context nor meaning

han overveide å ta toakteren tilbake, men den gang trengte absurdistene all den støtte de kunne få

1992, Finn Alnæs, Restdjevelens karneval, page 462:

he considered taking the two act play back, but at that time the absurdists needed all the support they could get

den franske absurdisten og filosofen Albert Camus

the French absurdist and philosopher Albert Camus

an absurdist (an advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics)


hol

holen (definite singular)
holer (indefinite plural)
holene (definite plural)

a low hillock, a mound in a bog or on a flat


hol

hol (feminine masculine)
holt (neuter)
hole (definite plural singular)
holere (comparative)
holest (indefinite superlative)
holeste (definite superlative)


hol

holet (definite singular)
hol (indefinite plural)
hola (definite plural)
holene (definite plural)

form removed by a 2021 spelling decision; superseded by høl


taste

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taste (imperative tast, present tense taster, passive tastes, simple past and past participle tasta or tastet, present participle tastende)

tast (imperative)
taster (present)
tastes (passive)
tasta (participle past)
tasta (past)
tastet (participle past)
tastet (past)
tastende (participle present)

to type (on a computer keyboard or typewriter)


menneske

mennesket (definite singular)
mennesker (indefinite plural)
menneska (definite plural)
menneskene (definite plural)

From Old Norse manneskja (“human being”).

mennesker og dyr og træer og urter skabte sine lige efter evige love

1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 421:

humans and animals and trees and herbs created its just according to eternal laws

gøre menneske til dyr!

[jeg] beundrer hvad menneskene kan utrette

1929, Ronald Fangen, Nogen unge mennesker, page 88:

[de bygde] enkle hus til periodevis opphold for mennesker og dyr

[they built] simple houses for periodic stays for humans and animals

i forhold til et voksent menneske er cellen ikke større enn et sesamfrø ved foten av Eiffeltårnet – men … minst like komplisert som hele mennesket

in relation to an adult human, the cell is no larger than a sesame seed at the foot of the Eiffel Tower - but… at least as complicated as the whole human

(zoology) a human or human being; man (the tallest, most abundant, and most intelligent of primates; Homo sapiens.)

min færd kan jeg forsvare for Gud og mennesker

1874, Henrik Ibsen, De unges forbund, page 119:

my conduct I can defend before God and men

det er jo ikke så godt for et ensligt fruentimmer at stå imod, kan jeg tro. – Vi er jo alle sammen mennesker

1886, Henrik Ibsen, Rosmersholm, page 167:

it is not so good for a single lady to resist, I can believe. - We are all human

han havde tigget Gud om kraft og naade til at bli et nyt menneske

1905, Amalie Skram, Samlede Værker II, page 490:

he had begged God for power and grace to become a new man

det gamle menneske

the fallen man (who has not accepted Jesus Christ)

det nye mennesket

(biblical) man (humans created in the image of God)

(biblical) man (the opposite of God, the fallen, as opposed to the heavenly and sacred)

man (humans created in the image of God)

syvti til otteti favne er menneskens alder

seventy to eighty fathoms is the age of man

menneskens sind

1906, Hans E. Kinck, Livsaanderne, page 61:

ligedan er det i menneskens ark

1904, Knut Hamsun, Det vilde Kor, page 68:

menneskens sønn

(biblical, obsolete, singular definite with genitive) mankind's

mennesket i ham var blit saa lidet

[jeg] tyggede hver dag paa den bitre moral for at styrke mit indre menneske mod anfægtelser

1898, Kristian Elster, Samlede Skrifter II, page 242:

[I] chewed every day on the bitter morality to strengthen my inner man against challenges

han har gjort et slags virkeligt menneske ud af mig

1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, page 57:

he has made a kind of real human being out of me

hun var for optat til at tænke videre paa sit ytre menneske nu

1913, Knut Hamsun, Børn av Tiden, page 33:

she was too busy to think further about her outer human now

hva er du egentlig for et menneske, Paul?

1952, Jens Bjørneboe, Før hanen galer, page 145:

what kind of human being are you really, Paul?

jeg kjente Sven, mennesket Sven bak all glansen av rik skipsreder

1960, Gerd Nyquist, Avdøde ønsket ikke blomster, page 28:

I knew Sven, the human Sven behind all the splendor of a rich shipowner

en minister er bare et menneske, det forstår jeg jo flere saker jeg gjør på politikere

2012, Mette Anthun, Kari Birkeland, Emmas avec:

a minister is just a human being, I understand that the more things I do to politicians

bare et menneske

an individual, person; human being (especially a sensible, civilised and moral person)

jeg [syntes] synd i det lærde menneske

1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, page 97:

stakkers menneske

1888, Henrik Ibsen, Fruen fra havet, page 60:

har De hørt sligt menneske til at snakke?

1874, H. Meltzer, Politinotitser, page 54:

å nej, for en mund der sidder på det menneske

1874, Henrik Ibsen, De unges forbund, page 29:

hvad sier mennesket? Er han gal?

1918, Gunnar Heiberg, Samlede dramatiske verker II, page 212:

å, men jeg tankeløse menneske, som sidder her og snakker!

1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 20:

oh, but I am a thoughtless man, sitting here talking!

tal da ikke så højt, menneske!

1874, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, En fallit, page 63:

nu har han lagt paa sig adskillige pund menneske

1994, Knut Hamsun, Knut Hamsuns brev I, page 479:

a particular or specific person (usually with a clear emotional emphasis, such as a condescending, compassionate or sympathetic intent)

det kan være godt at have, naar der engang kommer et menneske

1871, P.Chr. Asbjørnsen, Norske Folke-Eventyr, page 26:

it can be good to have, when a human once arrives

hvorledes kan noget levende menneske falde paa at indbilde sig, ja at drømme om, at alt dette nogensinde skulde kunne forandres?

1877, Arne Garborg, Den ny-norske Sprog- og Nationalitetsbevægelse, page 150:

how can any living person imagine imagining, even dreaming, that all this could ever be changed?

kan noe levende menneske i vårt fedreland egentlig gi oss en klar og utvetydig innføring i det fjerne obscur hvor vår tankeverden idag befinner seg[?]

can any living human being in our fatherland really give us a clear and unambiguous introduction to the distant obscur where our world of thought is today[?]

alt det her kunne ikke noe levende menneske klare å holde rede på

1995, Mari Osmundsen, Sju sannferdige fortellinger, page 108:

all this no living man could keep track of

han hadde ikke fått et levende menneske i tale der heller

2005, Elisabeth Botterli et al., Madonna-gåten:

he had not got a living person to speak there either

noe levende menneske

[han] bluedes ved at blotte sit indre menneske

1877, Jørgen Moe, Samlede Skrifter II, page 294:

vi to gamle mennesker

1881, Henrik Ibsen, Gengangere, page 27:

unge, kække, frejdige mennesker

1882, Henrik Ibsen, En folkefiende, page 15:

da får min mand rigtig se, hvilket slet menneske De er

1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 58:

then my husband will really see what a person you are

jeg har levet her som et fattigt menneske

1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 167:

[jeg er ikke bare hustru og mor, men] først og fremst menneske

1879, Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem, page 171:

[I am not just a wife and mother, but] first and foremost an individual

en pestagtig syge myrded mennesker for fode

1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 31:

a plague-sickly murdered people for fodder

jeg er da ikke mere end et menneske

1918, Gunnar Heiberg, Samlede dramatiske verker II, page 33:

[hunden] undersøger hans knær og hele lavere menneske

1904, Jacob B. Bull, Folkelivsbilleder II, page 3:

[the dog] examines his knees and the whole lower man

jeg må gi dig den store kompliment at jeg synes du er et menneske

1929, Ronald Fangen, Nogen unge mennesker, page 92:

I have to give you the big compliment that I think you are a person

kystboerne kunne i de små samfunnene sine være ordentlige nok mot hverandre, men den fremmede angikk dem ikke som menneske

1950, Aksel Sandemose, Eventyret fra kong Rhascall den syttendes tid om en palmegrønn øy, pages 5–6:

the coastal inhabitants could in their small communities be proper enough towards each other, but the stranger did not concern them as human beings

her var alt et menneske kunne ønske seg

here was everything a person could wish for

dette var mennesker som følte ansvar for sin neste på alle måter, som respekterte nudel-selgeren like mye som sine lærerkolleger

these were people who felt responsible for their neighbor in every way, who respected the noodle salesman as much as their teacher colleagues

Susanne brydde seg om mennesker, og passet på å følge opp folk hun intervjuet

2012, Mette Anthun, Kari Birkeland, Emmas avec:

Susanne cared about people, and made sure to follow up on people she interviewed

selv om det var ulv, fik en være menneske og vise barmhjerlighed

1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land II, page 285:

even though it was a wolf, one got to be human and show mercy

han ber om nåde. – La oss være mennesker! formaner han

1973, Odd Solumsmoen, Nærme seg livet, page 105:

he asks for mercy. - Let's be human! he exhorts

Føle seg som et nytt og bedre menneske

la oss være mennesker


være

være (imperative vær, present tense er, simple past var, past participle vært, present participle værende)

vær (imperative)
er (present)
var (past)
vært (participle past)
værende (participle present)

All forms except the present are from Danish være, from Old Norse vera, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, live, reside”). The present tense is derived from a different root: Proto-Germanic *izum, *izud, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”), which is also the origin of English is, are, Latin sum, and German ist.


være

head

være (imperative vær, present tense værer, simple past and past participle væra or været, present participle værende)

vær (imperative)
værer (present)
væra (participle past)
væra (past)
været (participle past)
været (past)
værende (participle present)

From Old Norse viðra, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.

Jeg værer fiendtlighet mellom Ola og Per.

I can sense hostility between Ola and Per.


med

From Old Norse með (“with, along with”), from Proto-Germanic *midi (“with, by, through; along, together”), from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂, from *me (“in the middle of, near, by, around, with”).

inh

med båt / tog

fat med olje


album

albumet (definite singular)
album (indefinite plural)
albumer (indefinite plural)
albuma (definite plural)
albumene (definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin album, from albus (“white”); or English album (in the music sense).

an album (book for a collection of photographs, stamps etc; a collection of recordings on a CD, LP record etc.)


ord

ordet (definite singular)
ord (indefinite plural)
orda (definite plural)
ordene (definite plural)

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”). Cognates include Danish ord, Swedish ord, German Wort, and English word.

Jeg forstår ikke dette ordet.

a word (a distinct unit of language with a particular meaning)

Jeg gir deg mitt ord på at jeg skal være der i tide.

I give you my word that I will be there on time.

Kunne vi få et ord med deg?

Han har godt ord på seg.

Jeg overlater ordet til min kollega.

(definite singular only) permission to speak


bane

banen (definite singular)
baner (indefinite plural)
banene (definite plural)

From Middle Low German bane, compare with German Bahn.

orbit (of a satellite, including the moon)


bane

head

bane (imperative ban, present tense baner, passive banes, simple past bana or banet or bante, past participle bana or banet or bant, present participle banende)

ban (imperative)
baner (present)
banes (passive)
bana (past)
banet (past)
bante (past)
bana (participle past)
banet (participle past)
bant (participle past)
banende (participle present)

From Middle Low German bane, compare with German bahnen.

bane vei for


fot

foten (definite singular)
føtter (indefinite plural)
føttene (definite plural)

From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

a foot (unit of measurement = 12 inches)


spørsmål

spørsmålet (definite singular)
spørsmål (indefinite plural)
spørsmåla (definite plural)
spørsmålene (definite plural)

From Old Danish spørsmaal. Compare to modern Danish spørgsmål.


sove

sove (imperative sov, present tense sover, simple past sov, past participle sovet, present participle sovende)

sov (imperative)
sover (present)
sov (past)
sovet (participle past)
sovende (participle present)

From Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“sleep”).


tenor

tenoren (definite singular)
tenorer (indefinite plural)
tenorene (definite plural)

From Italian tenore, via French ténor and German Tenor.

tenor (singing voice or singer; pitch of a musical instrument)


albino

albinoen (definite singular)
albinoer (indefinite plural)
albinoene (definite plural)

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

an albino (person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one afflicted with albinism)

(as a noun modifier) albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism


format

formatet (definite singular)
format (indefinite plural)
formater (indefinite plural)
formata (definite plural)
formatene (definite plural)

Most likely from Italian formato (“size, dimension (on paper)”), of formare (“to form, create”), from Latin formāre, present active infinitive of formō (“I shape, form”), from fōrma (“form, figure, shape, appearance”) with an unknown descent, perhaps from some Etruscan *morma, connected by some with Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, form, appearance”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin.


ess

esset (definite singular)
ess (indefinite plural)
essa (definite plural)
essene (definite plural)

From Latin as, via Middle Low German es.

an ace (playing card; or someone very proficient)


protest

protesten (definite singular)
protester (indefinite plural)
protestene (definite plural)

From Latin protestari, as for protestere.


premiere

premieren (definite singular)
premierer (indefinite plural)
premierene (definite plural)


det

Er det det det er? Det er det det er.

it; third person singular, neuter gender. Nominative, accusative or dative.


det

huset: the house → det røde huset: the red house

the; only used if there is an adjective in front of the noun


anno

From Latin annō, ablative of annus (“year; time”), from Proto-Italic *atnos (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, from *h₂et- (“to go”).

anno dazumal

materialet havde ligget færdigt anno 1755

1920, Jonas Lie (writer), Samlede Digterverker IV, page 177:

slik de nå befant seg nede i Frankfurt skilte ikke 1990-tallets frankfurter seg det minste fra en frankfurter anno 1914

as they were now down in Frankfurt, the Frankfurt of the 1990s did not differ in the least from a Frankfurt in 1914

1980-tallets borettslag [var ikke] så veldig eksotiske, sammenlignet med Groruddalen anno 2005

The housing association of the 1980s [was not] very exotic, compared to Groruddalen in 2005

[AD] kan også bety noe annet enn Angel Devious, det kan bety Anno Domini

[AD] can also mean something other than Angel Devious, it can mean Anno Domini

[Wildenveys] poesier fra de senere årene forbinder jeg med ungdommen anno dazumal

[Wildenvey's] poems from recent years I associate with youth that time

man burde hatt parasoll og kysehatt for å passe inn i denne atmosfæren av annodazumal

1976, Ebba Haslund, Hver i sin verden, page 52:

one should have parasol and kiss hat to fit into this atmosphere of that time

mors badedrakt fra annodazumahl [sic]

1941, Paul Lorck Eidem, En herre på byen, page 113:

mother's swimsuit from the olden days [sic]

når [brevet] her gjengis i tidens språkdrakt, er det fordi det har en duft av anno dazumal som beretteren ikke har hjerte til å fjerne

when [the letter] is reproduced here in the language of the time, it is because it has a scent of the olden days that the narrator has no heart to remove


student

studenten (definite singular)
studenter (indefinite plural)
studentene (definite plural)

Borrowed from German Student, from Latin studēns.


henge

head

henge (imperative heng, present tense henger, simple past hang, past participle hengt, present participle hengende)

heng (imperative)
tense henger (present)
hang (past)
hengt (participle past)
hengende (participle present)


henge

henge (imperative heng, present tense henger, simple past hengte, past participle hengt, present participle hengende)

heng (imperative)
tense henger (present)
hengte (past)
hengt (participle past)
hengende (participle present)


regn

Inherited from Old Norse regn n; common pronunciation is from Danish regn c

influenced by Norwegian dialects, sometimes considered as colloquial


kondom

kondomet (definite singular)
kondom (indefinite plural)
kondomer (indefinite plural)
kondoma (definite plural)
kondomene (definite plural)


brett

brettet (definite singular)
brett (indefinite plural)
bretter (indefinite plural)
bretta (definite plural)
brettene (definite plural)

From Middle Low German bret; compare with German Brett and Danish bræt.


relative

inflection of relativ:
definite singular


baking

baking m or f (definite singular bakinga or bakingen)

bakinga (definite singular)
bakingen (definite singular)


fragment

fragmentet (definite singular)
fragment (indefinite plural)
fragmenter (indefinite plural)
fragmenta (definite plural)
fragmentene (definite plural)


vite

vite (imperative vit, present tense vet or veit, passive vites, simple past visste, past participle visst, present participle vitende)

vit (imperative)
vet (present)
veit (present)
vites (passive)
visste (past)
visst (participle past)
vitende (participle present)

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).

to know (be certain or sure about (something); have knowledge of)


telefon

telefonen (definite singular)
telefoner (indefinite plural)
telefonene (definite plural)


bachelor

bacheloren (definite singular)
bachelorer (indefinite plural)
bachelorene (definite plural)

From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler.

a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)


alba

albaen (definite singular)
albaer (indefinite plural)
albaene (definite plural)


data

data m or n (definite singular dataen or dataet, indefinite plural data, definite plural dataene)

dataen (definite singular)
dataet (definite singular)
data (indefinite plural)
dataene (definite plural)

From Latin data, plural of datum (“gift, present”), neuter past participle of dō (“I give, offer”), from Proto-Italic *didō (“give”), from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti (“to be giving”), from *deh₃- (“give”).


ire

iren (definite singular)
irer (indefinite plural)
irene (definite plural)


spiral

spiralen (definite singular)
spiraler (indefinite plural)
spiralene (definite plural)

From Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira.


jus

jusen (definite singular)
juser (indefinite plural)
jusene (definite plural)

From Latin jus, ius (broth), via English juice.


il

ila (definite singular)
ilen (definite singular)
iler (indefinite plural)
ilene (definite plural)


jarl

jarlen (definite singular)
jarler (indefinite plural)
jarlene (definite plural)

(historical) jarl (a title given to the highest noblemen in Norse times. Went out of use in the 14th century.)


sju

From Old Norse sjau, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.


meny

menyen (definite singular)
menyer (indefinite plural)
menyene (definite plural)

From French menu (“menu; detailed list”), from Middle French menu (“small”), from Old French menu (“small”), from Latin minūtus (“minute, tiny”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“I make smaller, diminish”), from Proto-Italic *minwō, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”), either *mi-néw-ti or *mi-néh₁-ti.


ayatollah

form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by ayatolla


din

head

din m (feminine di, neuter ditt, plural dine)

di (feminine)
ditt (neuter)
dine (plural)


kai

kai m or f (definite singular kaia or kaien, indefinite plural kaier, definite plural kaiene)

kaia (definite singular)
kaien (definite singular)
kaier (indefinite plural)
kaiene (definite plural)

From Old French kay, cail (modern French quai), from Gaulish cagiíum (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”)).


hate

hate (imperative hat, present tense hater, passive hates, simple past and past participle hata or hatet, present participle hatende)

hat (imperative)
hater (present)
hates (passive)
hata (participle past)
hata (past)
hatet (participle past)
hatet (past)
hatende (participle present)


avise

avise (imperative avis, present tense aviser, passive avises, simple past aviset or aviste, past participle aviset or avist, present participle avisende)

avis (imperative)
aviser (present)
avises (passive)
aviset (past)
aviste (past)
aviset (participle past)
avist (participle past)
avisende (participle present)


glace

glaceen (definite singular)
glaceer (indefinite plural)
glaceene (definite plural)


pant

pantet (definite singular)
pant (indefinite plural)
panta (definite plural)
pantene (definite plural)

From Middle Low German pant and Old Norse pantr.


pant

panten (definite singular)
panter (indefinite plural)
pantene (definite plural)

a (refundable) deposit (e.g. on bottles)


inn

From Old Norse inn (“in, into”), from Proto-Germanic *inn (“in, into”), from *in (“in, into”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

La oss gå inn.

Hun gikk inn i huset.


insekt

insektet (definite singular)
insekt (indefinite plural)
insekter (indefinite plural)
insekta (definite plural)
insektene (definite plural)


professor

professoren (definite singular)
professorer (indefinite plural)
professorene (definite plural)

professor (the highest academic rank at a university)


tolv

From Old Norse tolf, from Proto-Germanic *twalif. Compare Swedish and Danish tolv, Faroese tólv, Icelandic tólf.


rote

roter (present)
rota (past)
rotet (past)
rota (participle past)
rotet (participle past)

(slang) to fool around (engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts)


press

presset (definite singular)
press (indefinite plural)
pressa (definite plural)
pressene (definite plural)


fin

fin (neuter singular fint, definite singular and plural fine, comparative finere, indefinite superlative finest, definite superlative fineste)

fint (neuter singular)
fine (definite plural singular)
finere (comparative)
finest (indefinite superlative)
fineste (definite superlative)

From late Old Norse finn, from Latin finis.


sebra

sebraen (definite singular)
sebraer (indefinite plural)
sebraene (definite plural)


gate

gata (definite singular)
gaten (definite singular)
gater (indefinite plural)
gatene (definite plural)


fem

From Old Norse fimm (“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf, ultimately from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.


nerve

nerven (definite singular)
nerver (indefinite plural)
nervene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron), and Latin nervus.


fotograf

fotografen (definite singular)
fotografer (indefinite plural)
fotografene (definite plural)


skala

skalaen (definite singular)
skalaer (indefinite plural)
skalaene (definite plural)

a scale (of measurement, including magnitude; on a map; in music)


bake

bake (imperative bak, present tense baker, passive bakes, simple past bakte, past participle bakt)

bak (imperative)
baker (present)
bakes (passive)
bakte (past)
bakt (participle past)


vagina

vaginaen (definite singular)
vaginaer (indefinite plural)
vaginaene (definite plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of vanilje.


fotografia

definite plural of fotografi (Etymology 2)


kobra

kobraen (definite singular)
kobraer (indefinite plural)
kobraene (definite plural)

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, cobra de capelo (“snake with hood”), based on Latin colubra.


visum

visum n (definite singular visumet, indefinite plural visa or visumer, definite plural visaene or visuma or visumene)

visumet (definite singular)
visa (indefinite plural)
visumer (indefinite plural)
visaene (definite plural)
visuma (definite plural)
visumene (definite plural)

a visa (permit to visit a certain country)


ave

avet (definite singular)
aver (indefinite plural)
ava (definite plural)
avene (definite plural)


pate

pateen (definite singular)
pateer (indefinite plural)
pateene (definite plural)


kamera

kameraet (definite singular)
kamera (indefinite plural)
kameraer (indefinite plural)
kameraene (definite plural)

a camera (device for recording visual images, either on film or digitally)


elev

eleven (definite singular)
elever (indefinite plural)
elevene (definite plural)

From French élève, from élever (“bring up”).


va

var (present)
vadde (past)
vadd (participle past)

From Old Norse vaða, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną.


bana

past participle of bane (both Etymology 3)


joystick

joysticken (definite singular)
joysticker (indefinite plural)
joystickene (definite plural)


taxi

taxien (definite singular)
taxier (indefinite plural)
taxiene (definite plural)


trist

trist (neuter singular trist, definite singular and plural triste, comparative tristere, indefinite superlative tristest, definite superlative tristeste)

trist (neuter singular)
triste (definite plural singular)
tristere (comparative)
tristest (indefinite superlative)
tristeste (definite superlative)

From Latin tristis, via French triste and German trist.


determinant

determinanten (definite singular)
determinanter (indefinite plural)
determinantene (definite plural)

From Latin determinant, from determinare.

Determinanten til identitetsmatrisa er 1.

The determinant of the identity matrix equals 1.

(linear algebra) determinant (mathematical term)


sirup

sirupen (definite singular)
siruper (indefinite plural)
sirupene (definite plural)


silo

siloen (definite singular)
siloer (indefinite plural)
siloene (definite plural)


morbror

morbroren (definite singular)
morbrødre (indefinite plural)
morbrødrene (definite plural)


park

parken (definite singular)
parker (indefinite plural)
parkene (definite plural)

From Medieval Latin parricus, via French parc.

a park (preserved green open space, usually open to the public)


baker

bakeren (definite singular)
bakere (indefinite plural)
bakerne (definite plural)

From Danish bager, from Old Norse bakari, from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz.

a baker (person who bakes professionally)


dinosaur

dinosauren (definite singular)
dinosaurer (indefinite plural)
dinosaurene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós) + σαῦρος (saûros).


moster

moster m or f (definite singular mosteren or mostra, indefinite plural mostrer or mostre, definite plural mostrene)

mosteren (definite singular)
mostra (definite singular)
mostrer (indefinite plural)
mostre (indefinite plural)
mostrene (definite plural)


diameter

diameteren (definite singular)
diametere (indefinite plural)
diametre (indefinite plural)
diametrer (indefinite plural)
diameterne (definite plural)
diametrene (definite plural)


chinchilla

chinchillaen (definite singular)
chinchillaer (indefinite plural)
chinchillaene (definite plural)

From Spanish chinchilla, from either Aymara or Quechua.


par

par n (definite singular paret, indefinite plural par, definite plural para or parene)

paret (definite singular)
par (indefinite plural)
para (definite plural)
parene (definite plural)

et par sko

for et par dager siden


par

ett slag under par


virus

viruset (definite singular)
virus (indefinite plural)
virusa (definite plural)
virusene (definite plural)

(computing) virus (computer virus) (see datavirus)


val

valen (definite singular)
valer (indefinite plural)
valene (definite plural)

From Old Norse vaðill (“ford, shallow water”).


val

form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by valg


takk

From Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz. Equivalent cognates: Danish tak, Faroese tøkk, Icelandic þökk, Swedish tack.


moderne

From Medieval Latin modernus, via French moderne.

modern (pertaining to the current time and style)


seder

sederen (definite singular)
sedere (indefinite plural)
sedre (indefinite plural)
sedrer (indefinite plural)
sederne (definite plural)
sedrene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros), via Latin cedrus.


flamma

simple past and past participle of flamme


grus

head

grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)

grusen (definite singular)
gruset (definite singular)


senator

senatoren (definite singular)
senatorer (indefinite plural)
senatorene (definite plural)


faster

nb-noun

faster f or m (definite singular fasteren or fastra, indefinite plural fastrer or fastre, definite plural fastrene)

fasteren (definite singular)
fastra (definite singular)
fastrer (indefinite plural)
fastre (indefinite plural)
fastrene (definite plural)

From Old Norse fǫðursystir f (“father's sister”).


oktober

From Latin Octōber, from octō (“eight”).

October (tenth month of the Gregorian calendar)


like

head

like (imperative lik, present tense liker, simple past likte, past participle likt)

lik (imperative)
liker (present)
likte (past)
likt (participle past)

From Old Norse líka, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną.


like

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


like

Han er like lang som henne.


bro

broa (definite singular)
broen (definite singular)
broer (indefinite plural)
broene (definite plural)

From Danish bro, from Old Danish bro, from Old East Norse brō, from Proto-Germanic *brōwō (“bridge; brow”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruH- (“beam; bridge”), which may be the same root as *h₃bʰrúHs (“(eye)brow”), whence brun. Close cognate with Swedish bro. Compare also Norwegian bru (“bridge”) and Icelandic brú (“bridge”), from Proto-Germanic *brū-.


database

databasen (definite singular)
databaser (indefinite plural)
databasene (definite plural)


tater

tateren (definite singular)
tatere (indefinite plural)
taterne (definite plural)

(sometimes offensive) a Scandoromani person, a Traveller Norwegian (a kind of Norwegian Gypsies)


prosit

Borrowed from Latin prōsit (“may it be good”), the third-person singular present active subjunctive of prōsum (“be good”)

bor+

bless you! exclamation said to someone who has just sneezed


zombie

zombien (definite singular)
zombier (indefinite plural)
zombiene (definite plural)

From a Bantu language, via English zombie.


testament

testamentet (definite singular)
testament (indefinite plural)
testamenter (indefinite plural)
testamenta (definite plural)
testamentene (definite plural)

From Latin testāmentum, via Old Norse testament.


danse

head

danse (imperative dans, present tense danser, simple past and past participle dansa or danset, present participle dansende)

dans (imperative)
tense danser (present)
dansa (participle past)
dansa (past)
danset (participle past)
danset (past)
dansende (participle present)

From Old Norse dansa, from Old French dancier.


opium

From Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion).


prost

prosten (definite singular)
proster (indefinite plural)
prostene (definite plural)

From Old Norse prófasti, prófastr, from Low German [Term?], from Latin propositus, from praepositus.


fang

fanget (definite singular)
fang (indefinite plural)
fanga (definite plural)
fangene (definite plural)


blogger

bloggeren (definite singular)
bloggere (indefinite plural)
bloggerne (definite plural)

blogg + -er, possibly from English blogger

(Internet) a blogger (person who writes a blog)


slut

form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by sludd


-ium

From Latin -ium (forms names of chemical elements), from -ius (forms adjectives), from Old Latin -iōs, from Proto-Italic *-jos (forms comparative adverbs), from Proto-Indo-European *-yōs ~ *-is- (forms adjectives).

der

akvarium, evangelium, kriterium, kollegium, laboratorium, medium, privilegium, sanatorium, studium

aquarium, gospel, criterion, college, laboratory, medium, privilege, sanatorium, study

Used to form nouns (loanwords) of Greek or Latin origin; -ium

barium, aluminium, beryllium, ammonium

chemical compounds
chemical compounds#English

(chemistry) Used to form nouns denoting chemical compounds, especially elements; -ium

geranium

(botany) Used to form nouns denoting plant designations; -ium

alluvium, kambrium, ordovicium

(geology) Used to form nouns denoting geological designations; -ium


artist

artisten (definite singular)
artister (indefinite plural)
artistene (definite plural)


administrativ

head

administrativ (neuter singular administrativt, definite singular and plural administrative)

administrativt (neuter singular)
administrative (definite plural singular)


absurditet

absurditeten (definite singular)
absurditeter (indefinite plural)
absurditetene (definite plural)

From French absurdité (“absurdity”), from Middle French absurdité, from Latin absurditās (“dissonance, absurdity”), from Latin absurdus (“incongruous, dissonant, out of tune”) (with the suffix -tās, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, from *-teh₂ + *-ts), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from surdus (“silent, deaf, dull-sounding”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to resound; ringing, whistling”).
Equivalent to absurd + -itet, with the suffix from German -ität, from French -ité, from the suffix -itātem, accusative of -itās, from Proto-Italic *-itāts and *-otāts, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts, from *-teh₂ + *-ts.

der

dette kvindelige herskervæsen, der sammen med al unatur forøvrigt gør livet til en absurditet

this female ruler who, together with all the unnatural, makes life an absurdity

absurditeten af de forklaringer, [dikteren] underskyter sine oplevelser

1892, Nils Kjær, Samlede Skrifter III, page 211:

the absurdity of the explanations [the poet] underlies his experiences

avhandling om livets absurditet

1974, Dag Coucheron, Nattsider, page 30:

begge verk har en fortellende struktur og en leken absurditet

both works have a narrative structure and a playful absurdity

absurdity (the quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth)

å komme med absurditeter

de får utgyte sine absurditeter uten motvekt fra den andre siden

they are allowed to shed their absurdities without counterweight from the other side

an absurdity or absurdism (that which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction)

Ionescos absurditeter er kommet til veis ende

Ionesco's absurdities have come to an end

[Gunvor] Hofmos tankespinn leder til absurditeter og groteskerier hinsides det rimelige

2000, Jan Erik Vold, Mørkets sangerske, page 525:

[Gunvor] Hofmo's thoughts lead to absurdities and grotesques beyond the reasonable

words, expressions, actions, etc. which show that life is absurd


ritual

ritualet (definite singular)
ritual (indefinite plural)
ritualer (indefinite plural)
rituala (definite plural)
ritualene (definite plural)


le

head

le (imperative le, present tense ler, passive -, simple past lo, past participle ledd, present participle leende)

le (imperative)
ler (present)
lo (past)
ledd (participle past)
leende (participle present)

From Old Norse hlæja (“to laugh”), from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *klek-, *kleg- (“to shout”).


begi

begi (imperative begi, present tense begir, passive begis, simple past bega or begav, past participle begitt, present participle begiende)

begi (imperative)
begir (present)
begis (passive)
bega (past)
begav (past)
begitt (participle past)
begiende (participle present)

From Low German (sik) begeven, compare with Swedish bege.

(reflexive) to go, proceed, to set off, set out, start out (for somewhere)

Han begav sjøen

He left the sea. (to give up working at sea)


tam

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

tamt (neuter singular)
tamme (definite plural singular)


dose

dosen (definite singular)
doser (indefinite plural)
dosene (definite plural)


mett

mett (neuter singular mett, definite singular and plural mette, comparative mettere, indefinite superlative mettest, definite superlative metteste)

mett (neuter singular)
mette (definite plural singular)
mettere (comparative)
mettest (indefinite superlative)
metteste (definite superlative)

satisfied, full, full up (having eaten enough food)


ull

ulla (definite singular)
ullen (definite singular)

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō.


jak

jaken (definite singular)
jaker (indefinite plural)
jakene (definite plural)

From languages such as English yak, German Jak or French yak, all from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag, “yak”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ (“sheep, yak”).

der

a yak (an ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Burma, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane; scientific name Bos grunniens)


pule

puler (present)
pulte (past)
pult (participle past)


fitte

fitta (definite singular)
fitten (definite singular)
fitter (indefinite plural)
fittene (definite plural)

Uncertain, possibly related to Old Norse fita (“greasy fluid, fat”) or Old Norse fit (“meadowy plain adjacent to lake”) or more possible to Old Norse fitje (“rift in rock, cliff”) according to Wikipedia.no. Cognate with Swedish fitta, probably also with Danish fisse, German Fotze.

Ikke slipp noen inn i fitta di som du ikke vil ha der.

Don't let anyone inside your cunt who you don't want (to be) there.

Fikk du deg noe fitte på byen i går?

Did you get some pussy in town yesterday?

Kjæresten hans er ei jævla fitte.


golf

head

golf m (definite singular golfen, uncountable)

golf (a game played with a golf club and golf ball)


golf

golfen (definite singular)
golfer (indefinite plural)
golfene (definite plural)


busk

busken (definite singular)
busker (indefinite plural)
buskene (definite plural)

From Old Norse buskr, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Compare with Danish busk, Swedish buske, Icelandic búskur, English bush, Dutch bos, German Busch.


normal

normal (neuter singular normalt, definite singular and plural normale)

normalt (neuter singular)
normale (definite plural singular)


pote

poten (definite singular)
poter (indefinite plural)
potene (definite plural)


diktator

diktatoren (definite singular)
diktatorer (indefinite plural)
diktatorene (definite plural)

a dictator (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)


bushel

nb-noun

bushel m (definite singular bushelen, indefinite plural bushel or bushels, definite plural bushelene)

bushelen (definite singular)
bushel (indefinite plural)
bushels (indefinite plural)
bushelene (definite plural)


nest

nest største


mat

From Old Norse matr. Cognates include: Danish mad, Swedish mat, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 (mats), Old English mete (English meat).


mild

head

mild (neuter singular mildt, definite singular and plural milde, comparative mildere, indefinite superlative mildest, definite superlative mildeste)

mildt (neuter singular)
milde (definite plural singular)
mildere (comparative)
mildest (indefinite superlative)
mildeste (definite superlative)


moa

moaen (definite singular)
moaer (indefinite plural)
moaene (definite plural)

moa (large, extinct flightless bird of New Zealand)


terror

Borrowed from English terror, from Latin terror.


abstrakt

abstraktet (definite singular)
abstrakt (indefinite plural)
abstrakter (indefinite plural)
abstrakta (definite plural)
abstraktene (definite plural)

From English abstract, from Middle English abstract (“abstract”), from Latin abstractus (“drawn away from, abstract”).

der

Kan du lese abstraktet til kapitlet høyt?

Could you read out aloud the abstract to the chapter?

abstrakter fra tekniske tidsskrifter

han er en av mange norske leger og forskere som i år presenterte funn i form av abstrakter på kreftkongressen ASCO i Chicago

he is one of many Norwegian doctors and researchers who this year presented findings in the form of abstracts at the ASCO Cancer Congress in Chicago

an abstract (an abridgement or summary of a longer publication)


abstrakt

Northern Sami: abstrákta

Kjærlighet er et abstrakt.

Å tenke i abstrakter.

snakke seg bort fra det nære, konkrete og stige til værs i abstraktenes tynne luft

1976, Ebba Haslund, Hver i sin verden, page 85:

talk away from the near, concrete and ascend into the thin air of the abstracts

abstraktene … tildeles roller på Historiens scene

1989, Karin Gundersen, Roland Barthes, page 15:

the abstracts… are assigned roles on the Stage of History

et slikt abstrakt [«det moderne jeg»] kan neppe forventes å forholde seg til noe som helst, og i særdeleshet ikke til dette konkrete

2000, Karin Sveen, Klassereise, page 16:

such an abstract ["the modern self"] can hardly be expected to relate to anything, and in particular not to this particular

som essayist gransker [Ole Robert] Sunde detaljene i tilværelsen, enten det dreier seg om konkrete gjenstander eller abstrakter som for eksempel musikk

as essayist examines [Ole Robert] Healthy details of life, whether they are concrete objects or abstracts such as music

abstract (phenomenon or concept that is thought or intangible)

Konkreter og abstrakter.

Skjønnhet, storhet, fred og løping er abstrakter.

Beauty, greatness, peace and running are abstract nouns.

forbindelsen mellom tast og pipe … består [blant annet av] abstrakter [som er] trelister som overfører bevegelse i lengderetningen

the connection between key and pipe… consists [among other things of] abstracts [which are] wooden strips that transmit movement in the longitudinal direction


abstrakt

abstrakt (indefinite singular)
abstrakte (definite plural singular)
mer abstrakt (comparative)
mest abstrakt (superlative)

From Latin abstractus (“drawn away, abstract”).

bor

Ordet "dumhet" har en abstrakt betydning.

The word "stupidity" has an abstract meaning.

sosialøkonomen Simiand kjempet mot den oppfatning at sosialøkonomien er en abstrakt vitenskap om forhold uavhengige av menneskelig vilje

social economist Simiand fought against the notion that the social economy is an abstract science of conditions independent of human will

det følelsesmessige dominerer vår hukommelse, vi husker det som rører oss følelsesmessig og ikke den abstrakte kunnskapen

the emotional dominates our memory, we remember what moves us emotionally and not the abstract knowledge

abstract (which has been created by abstraction; which is without direct connection with reality)

Matematikk er for abstrakt etter min smak.

Mathematics is too abstract for my liking.

[frigjøringsteologien] var opptatt av å tale de fattiges sak, men kampen kan ha blitt for abstrakt for mange vanlige folk

[liberation theology] was concerned with speaking out on behalf of the poor, but the struggle may have become too abstract for many ordinary people

abstract (which to a large extent requires the ability to abstract; something which is hard to imagine)

assuranceselskabet – banken – saadanne abstrakte personligheder uden blod i sig

1921, Jonas Lie, Samlede Digterverker VIII, page 430:

the insurance company - the bank - such abstract personalities without blood in them

(rare) abstract, imaginary (not concrete: conceptual, ideal.)

Substantivet «belysning» kan ha både abstrakt og konkret betydning.

The noun lighting can have both abstract and concrete meaning.

kort og konsist følger Johan Vogt opp kampen mot de abstrakte substantiver, ord som frihet, fred, demokrati, sosialisme, liberalisme, rettferd osv.

Johan Vogt briefly and concisely follows up the struggle against the abstract nouns, words such as freedom, peace, democracy, socialism, liberalism, justice, etc.

et overordentlig rikt, overmåte blomstrende sprog, full av abstrakte substantiver og poetiske verb

an extraordinarily rich, exceedingly flourishing language, full of abstract nouns and poetic verbs

(linguistics, grammar) abstract as a noun, denoting an intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person

abstrakt kunst

musikken er en underlig kunstart – helt abstrakt, og samtidig helt konkret

2006, Lars Roar Langslet, Når fuglen letter, page 178:

music is a strange art - completely abstract, and at the same time very concrete

kunsten, alle kunstarter, beveget seg henimot det abstrakte; maleri og skulptur var kjed av menneskekroppen

1964, Lorentz Eckhoff, En verden, page 98:

art, all art forms, moved towards the abstract; painting and sculpture were bored of the human body

det ville være bedre med en retrospektiv utstilling, for å sette den abstrakte kunsten i perspektiv

2014 May 7, Helgeland Arbeiderblad, page 28:

it would be better with a retrospective exhibition, to put the abstract art in perspective

i hans nye utstilling «Ship of Fools» vises nyproduserte figurative og abstrakte malerier av ulike fartøyer, hovedsakelig skip og fly

his new exhibition «Ship of Fools» shows newly produced figurative and abstract paintings of various vessels, mainly ships and aircraft

(art, dance, music) abstract (pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them)


rest

resten (definite singular)
rester (indefinite plural)
restene (definite plural)

resten av

rester


meteor

meteoren (definite singular)
meteorer (indefinite plural)
meteorene (definite plural)


dividere

head

dividere (imperative divider, present tense dividerer, simple past dividerte, past participle dividert, present participle dividerende)

divider (imperative)
dividerer (present)
dividerte (past)
dividert (participle past)
dividerende (participle present)


latest

indefinite singular superlative degree of lat


stripe

stripa (definite singular)
stripen (definite singular)
striper (indefinite plural)
stripene (definite plural)

Related to Old Norse strípaðr, stripóttr, stríprendr and strip n.


terrorist

terroristen (definite singular)
terrorister (indefinite plural)
terroristene (definite plural)

terrorist (person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle)


torsk

torsken (definite singular)
torsker (indefinite plural)
torskene (definite plural)


grave

grave (imperative grav, present tense graver, passive graves, simple past gravde or grov, past participle gravd, present participle gravende)

grav (imperative)
graver (present)
graves (passive)
gravde (past)
grov (past)
gravd (participle past)
gravende (participle present)

From Old Norse grafa, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).

inh

grave ut


grave

graven (definite singular)
graver (indefinite plural)
gravene (definite plural)

From French grave (“serious, low-pitched; back”), from Middle French grave, from Old French grave, from Latin gravis (“heavy, grave, serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”), from *gʷreh₂- (“heavy”) + *-us (forms adjectives).

bor

accent grave
accent grave#Norwegian_Bokmål

Only used in accent grave (“grave accent”)


bud

budet (definite singular)
bud (indefinite plural)
buda (definite plural)
budene (definite plural)

From Danish boð, from Old Danish buth, from Old East Norse buð, from Proto-Germanic *budą.


prosa

prose (written or spoken language without metrical structure)


maritime

inflection of maritim:
definite singular


pine

pina (definite singular)
pinen (definite singular)
piner (indefinite plural)
pinene (definite plural)


pine

head

pine (present tense piner, past tense pinte, past participle pint)

piner (present)
pinte (past)
pint (participle past)


Sicilia

Sicily (The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)


superlativ

superlativ m (definite singular superlativen, indefinite plural superlativer, definite plural superlativene)

superlativen (definite singular)
superlativer (indefinite plural)
superlativene (definite plural)

From Late Latin superlātīvus (“superlative”), from Latin superlātus (“extravagant, of hyperbole”), past participle of superfero (“carry over”), from both super (“above, on top of, upon”), from *eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out of”), and *uperi (“above, over”), from *upó (“under, below”), perhaps from *h₃ewp- + and from fero (“I bear, carry”), from Proto-Italic *ferō (“carry, bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to be carrying”), from *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).

der

(grammar) a superlative (adjective or adverb in superlative form)


jar

jaren (definite singular)
jarer (indefinite plural)
jarene (definite plural)

form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by jare


bever

head

bever m (definite singular beveren, indefinite plural bevere or bevre or bevrer, definite plural beverne or bevrene)

beveren (definite singular)
bevere (indefinite plural)
bevre (indefinite plural)
bevrer (indefinite plural)
beverne (definite plural)
bevrene (definite plural)

From Middle Low German bever (compare with Dutch bever, German Biber and English beaver). The word replaced Old Norse bjórr (compare with Norwegian Nynorsk bjor).

En bever kan veie opptil 40 kg.

Kåpen er av bever.


temporal

temporal (neuter singular temporalt, definite singular and plural temporale)

temporalt (neuter singular)
temporale (definite plural singular)

Borrowed from Late Latin temporālis, from Latin tempus (“time”).


A-dur

A-duren (definite singular)
A-durer (indefinite plural)
A-durene (definite plural)


B-dur

B-duren (definite singular)
B-durer (indefinite plural)
B-durene (definite plural)


Milano

Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)

Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy)


fiber

fiberen (definite singular)
fibere (indefinite plural)
fibre (indefinite plural)
fibrer (indefinite plural)
fiberne (definite plural)
fibrene (definite plural)

From Latin fibra (“fiber, filament”), possibly from *fidber or *findber, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).


ion

ionet (definite singular)
ioner (indefinite plural)
iona (definite plural)
ionene (definite plural)


chausse

chausseen (definite singular)
chausseer (indefinite plural)
chausseene (definite plural)


pampa

pampaen (definite singular)
pampaer (indefinite plural)
pampaene (definite plural)

form removed by a 1982 spelling decision; superseded by pampas


vest

From Danish vest, from Old Norse vestr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą.


vest

head

vest m (definite singular vesten, indefinite plural vester, definite plural vestene)

vesten (definite singular)
vester (indefinite plural)
vestene (definite plural)

From Latin vestis, via French [Term?] and Italian [Term?].


statist

statisten (definite singular)
statister (indefinite plural)
statistene (definite plural)

supernumerary, walk-on, extra (background actor)


mest

From Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic *maist.

indefinite singular superlative degree of mye


mest

most; used in construction of superlative of long/foreign adjectives


lys

lys (neuter singular lyst, definite singular and plural lyse, comparative lysere, indefinite superlative lysest, definite superlative lyseste)

lyst (neuter singular)
lyse (definite plural singular)
lysere (comparative)
lysest (indefinite superlative)
lyseste (definite superlative)

From Danish lys, from Old Norse ljóss, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsaz.

en lys idé


lys

lys blå ― light blue (blå being an adjective; however it can also be written as a compound: lyseblå)


lys

lyset (definite singular)
lys (indefinite plural)
lysa (definite plural)
lysene (definite plural)

From Danish lys, from Old Danish liūs, from Old Norse ljós, Proto-Germanic *leuhsą.

se dagens lys

see the light of day (be born, begin to exist)

levende lys, stearinlys


lys

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


balrog

balrogen (definite singular)
balroger (indefinite plural)
balrogene (definite plural)


fetter

fetteren (definite singular)
fettere (indefinite plural)
fetterne (definite plural)


studio

studioet (definite singular)
studio (indefinite plural)
studioer (indefinite plural)
studioa (definite plural)
studioene (definite plural)

From English studio, from Italian studio, from Latin studium.


pus

pusen (definite singular)
puser (indefinite plural)
pusene (definite plural)

Anne har en kjempesøt pus.


strand

stranda (definite singular)
stranden (definite singular)
strender (indefinite plural)
strendene (definite plural)


toll

tollen (definite singular)
toller (indefinite plural)
tollene (definite plural)

From Late Latin teloneum and Old Norse tollr.

gå gjennom tollen


stemming

stemminga (definite singular)
stemmingen (definite singular)

Det holder ikke stemmingen.


representative

inflection of representativ:
definite singular


Daffy Duck

(cartoon) Daffy Duck (One of the Warner Bros. cartoon characters, an anthropomorphic black-feathered duck is known for his lisp.)


material

materialet (definite singular)
material (indefinite plural)
materialer (indefinite plural)
materiala (definite plural)
materialene (definite plural)


magnet

magneten (definite singular)
magneter (indefinite plural)
magnetene (definite plural)


rap

rapet (definite singular)
rap (indefinite plural)
rapa (definite plural)
rapene (definite plural)


ark

arken (definite singular)
arker (indefinite plural)
arkene (definite plural)

From Old Norse ǫrk (“chest”), from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚱᚲᚢ (*arku), borrowed during pre-Christian time from Latin arca (“chest, box”), from arceō (“enclose, box in”), from Proto-Italic *arkeō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (“to protect, guard”).


ark

From Old Danish ark, arken, arkens, through Middle Low German or Low German arkener (“breast protection”), from Old French arquiere (“shooting range”).


ark

arket (definite singular)
ark (indefinite plural)
arka (definite plural)
arkene (definite plural)

From Low German ark, from Latin arcus (“arc, arch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).