"gøy" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

See gøy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: gøy [indefinite, singular], gøye [definite, plural, singular], gøyere [comparative], gøyest [indefinite, superlative], gøyeste [definite, superlative]
Etymology: There are two competing explanations. One traces the origin to English gay (“joyful, lively”), from Old French gai; the other to English guy (“to ridicule, mock”) or Dutch guich (“grimace”). Etymology templates: {{bor|nb|en|gay|t=joyful, lively}} English gay (“joyful, lively”), {{bor|nb|fro|gai}} Old French gai, {{der|nb|en|guy|t=to ridicule, mock}} English guy (“to ridicule, mock”), {{der|nb|nl|guich|t=grimace}} Dutch guich (“grimace”) Head templates: {{nb-adj-2}} gøy (indefinite singular gøy, definite singular and plural gøye, comparative gøyere, indefinite superlative gøyest, definite superlative gøyeste)
  1. fun Synonyms: morsom, gøyal
    Sense id: en-gøy-nb-adj-AMQoUnT8

Noun

Etymology: There are two competing explanations. One traces the origin to English gay (“joyful, lively”), from Old French gai; the other to English guy (“to ridicule, mock”) or Dutch guich (“grimace”). Etymology templates: {{bor|nb|en|gay|t=joyful, lively}} English gay (“joyful, lively”), {{bor|nb|fro|gai}} Old French gai, {{der|nb|en|guy|t=to ridicule, mock}} English guy (“to ridicule, mock”), {{der|nb|nl|guich|t=grimace}} Dutch guich (“grimace”) Head templates: {{nb-noun|n|g2=m|unc=1}} gøy n or m (definite singular, uncountable)
  1. fun Tags: definite, masculine, neuter, singular, uncountable Synonyms: moro, leven, skjemt
    Sense id: en-gøy-nb-noun-AMQoUnT8 Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål terms with collocations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 38 37 0 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 38 37 0 25

Verb

Etymology: There are two competing explanations. One traces the origin to English gay (“joyful, lively”), from Old French gai; the other to English guy (“to ridicule, mock”) or Dutch guich (“grimace”). Etymology templates: {{bor|nb|en|gay|t=joyful, lively}} English gay (“joyful, lively”), {{bor|nb|fro|gai}} Old French gai, {{der|nb|en|guy|t=to ridicule, mock}} English guy (“to ridicule, mock”), {{der|nb|nl|guich|t=grimace}} Dutch guich (“grimace”) Head templates: {{head|nb|verb form}} gøy
  1. imperative of gøye Tags: form-of, imperative Form of: gøye
    Sense id: en-gøy-nb-verb-VscQ9CrD Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 38 37 0 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 38 37 0 25

Inflected forms

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      "form": "gøyest",
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