"kjønn" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

IPA: /çœnː/ Audio: Nb-kjønn.ogg Forms: kjønnet [definite, singular], kjønn [indefinite, plural], kjønna [definite, plural], kjønnene [definite, plural]
Rhymes: -œnː Etymology: From Old Norse kyn (“kin”), from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, family, clan”), from Pre-Germanic *ǵn̥h₁-yo-m, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”). Doublet of kyn. Cognate with Icelandic kyn, Faroese kyn, Danish køn and Swedish kön. The sense of grammatical gender is a calque of Latin genus (“birth, origin, lineage”). Etymology templates: {{root|nb|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{inh|nb|non|kyn||kin}} Old Norse kyn (“kin”), {{inh|nb|gem-pro|*kunją||kin, family, clan}} Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, family, clan”), {{m|ine-pro||*ǵn̥h₁-yo-m}} *ǵn̥h₁-yo-m, {{inh|nb|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-||to produce, to beget, to give birth}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”), {{doublet|nb|kyn}} Doublet of kyn, {{cog|is|kyn}} Icelandic kyn, {{cog|fo|kyn}} Faroese kyn, {{cog|da|køn}} Danish køn, {{cog|sv|kön}} Swedish kön, {{cal|nb|la|genus||birth, origin, lineage|nocap=1}} calque of Latin genus (“birth, origin, lineage”)
  1. (obsolete, only in compounds) kind, species (a type, race or category) Tags: in-compounds, neuter, obsolete Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-kjønn-nb-noun-~MSH5LC4 Disambiguation of Zoology: 19 6 15 7 3 11 20 15 4
  2. (collectively) descendants, lineage (descent in a line from a common progenitor) Tags: collective, neuter Synonyms: etterkommer, ætt
    Sense id: en-kjønn-nb-noun-ZwKiWFaI
  3. (countable) sex (recognition in humans of aspects of the only two human sexes as a man (adult human male), or a woman (adult human female), and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person normally belongs on this basis, including a legal recording of this category. This is the category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species) Tags: countable, neuter Categories (topical): Linguistics, Zoology
    Sense id: en-kjønn-nb-noun-YWuHCbyd Disambiguation of Linguistics: 1 9 12 7 2 13 2 27 27 Disambiguation of Zoology: 19 6 15 7 3 11 20 15 4
  4. (countable) sex (the members of such a category, taken collectively) Tags: countable, neuter
    Sense id: en-kjønn-nb-noun-LFx9fEDM
  5. (obsolete or literary, uncountable, definite) sex (women; the human female sex and those who belong to it) Tags: definite, literary, neuter, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-kjønn-nb-noun-nb:kjønnet
  6. (uncountable) erotic temperament; sexuality (the quality of being sexual; that which is characterized or distinguished by sex) Tags: neuter, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Zoology
    Sense id: en-kjønn-nb-noun-SQV1~ZAb Disambiguation of Linguistics: 1 9 12 7 2 13 2 27 27 Disambiguation of Zoology: 19 6 15 7 3 11 20 15 4
  7. (countable, literary) sex, genitalia (penis or vagina) Tags: countable, literary, neuter Categories (topical): Sex, Zoology
    Sense id: en-kjønn-nb-noun-9zV6iEi4 Disambiguation of Sex: 1 2 11 12 11 23 33 5 1 Disambiguation of Zoology: 19 6 15 7 3 11 20 15 4
  8. (grammar) gender (a division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate) Tags: neuter Categories (topical): Grammar, Linguistics, Zoology
    Sense id: en-kjønn-nb-noun-Yo9q-uv- Disambiguation of Linguistics: 1 9 12 7 2 13 2 27 27 Disambiguation of Zoology: 19 6 15 7 3 11 20 15 4 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: alskjøns, enkjønna, enkjønnet, felleskjønn, hankjønn, hunkjønn, intetkjønn, kjønna, kjønnet, kjønnsakt, kjønnsbalanse, kjønnsbundet, kjønnsbøying, kjønnscelle, kjønnsdel, kjønnsdeling, kjønnsdimorf, kjønnsdiskriminering, kjønnsdrift, kjønnsflytende, kjønnsforsker, kjønnsforsking, kjønnsforskning, kjønnshistorie, kjønnshistorikk, kjønnshormon, kjønnshår, kjønnsidentifikasjon, kjønnsidentitet, kjønnsinkongruens, kjønnskamp, kjønnskarakter, kjønnskategori, kjønnskjennemerke, kjønnskjennetegn, kjønnskjertel, kjønnskromosom, kjønnskvotering, kjønnslem, kjønnslemlestelse, kjønnslemlesting, kjønnsleppe, kjønnslig, kjønnsliv, kjønnsløs, kjønnsmetafor, kjønnsmoden, kjønnsnøytral, kjønnsobjekt, kjønnsoperert, kjønnsorgan, kjønnsrolle, kjønnsseleksjon, kjønnsselektiv, kjønnssjukdom, kjønnsskifte, kjønnssykdom, kjønnssymbol, kjønnstest, kjønnsteste, kjønnsuttrykk, kjønnsvesen, kjønnsvorte, kvinnekjønn, særkjønna, særkjønnet, transkjønnet, tvekjønn, tvekjønnet, ukjønna, ukjønnet

Noun

Forms: kjønnet [definite, singular], kjønn [indefinite, plural], kjønna [definite, plural], kjønnene [definite, plural]
Etymology: Alternative or dialectal form of tjern (“small lake (in a forest or mountain)”), from Old Norse tjarn n, tjǫrn f (“small lake, pond, tarn; pool”), from Proto-Germanic *ternō (“a mountain lake without tributaries; watering hole; small pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to shatter”). Etymology templates: {{root|nb|ine-pro|*der-}}, {{l|nb|tjern||small lake (in a forest or mountain)}} tjern (“small lake (in a forest or mountain)”), {{inh|nb|non|tjarn|g=n}} Old Norse tjarn n, {{m|non|tjǫrn||small lake, pond, tarn; pool|g=f}} tjǫrn f (“small lake, pond, tarn; pool”), {{inh|nb|gem-pro|*ternō||a mountain lake without tributaries; watering hole; small pool}} Proto-Germanic *ternō (“a mountain lake without tributaries; watering hole; small pool”), {{inh|nb|ine-pro|*der-||to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to shatter}} Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to shatter”)
  1. (dialectal) pronunciation spelling of tjern Tags: alt-of, dialectal, neuter, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: tjern Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-kjønn-nb-noun-KTphIO0d Disambiguation of Linguistics: 1 9 12 7 2 13 2 27 27 Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål pronunciation spellings
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "alskjøns"
    },
    {
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      "word": "enkjønna"
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      "word": "enkjønnet"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "felleskjønn"
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    {
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      "word": "hankjønn"
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      "word": "hunkjønn"
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      "word": "intetkjønn"
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      "word": "kjønna"
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      "word": "kjønnet"
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      "word": "kjønnsakt"
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      "word": "kjønnsbalanse"
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      "word": "kjønnsbundet"
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      "word": "kjønnsbøying"
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    {
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      "word": "kjønnscelle"
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    {
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      "word": "kjønnsdel"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsdeling"
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      "word": "kjønnsdimorf"
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      "word": "kjønnsdiskriminering"
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      "word": "kjønnsdrift"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsflytende"
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      "word": "kjønnsforsker"
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      "word": "kjønnsforsking"
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      "word": "kjønnshistorikk"
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      "word": "kjønnshormon"
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      "word": "kjønnshår"
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    },
    {
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      "word": "kjønnsidentitet"
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      "word": "kjønnsinkongruens"
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    {
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      "word": "kjønnskamp"
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      "word": "kjønnskarakter"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnskategori"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnskjennemerke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnskjennetegn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnskjertel"
    },
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      "word": "kjønnskromosom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnskvotering"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnslem"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnslemlestelse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnslemlesting"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsleppe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnslig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsløs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsmetafor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsmoden"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsnøytral"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsobjekt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsoperert"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsorgan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsrolle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsseleksjon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsselektiv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnssjukdom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsskifte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnssykdom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnssymbol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnstest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsteste"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsuttrykk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsvesen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kjønnsvorte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kvinnekjønn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "særkjønna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "særkjønnet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "transkjønnet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tvekjønn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tvekjønnet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ukjønna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ukjønnet"
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        "1": "nb",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "non",
        "3": "kyn",
        "4": "",
        "5": "kin"
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      "expansion": "Old Norse kyn (“kin”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kunją",
        "4": "",
        "5": "kin, family, clan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, family, clan”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*ǵn̥h₁-yo-m"
      },
      "expansion": "*ǵn̥h₁-yo-m",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to produce, to beget, to give birth"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "kyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of kyn",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "kyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic kyn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "kyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese kyn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "køn"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish køn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "kön"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish kön",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "genus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "birth, origin, lineage",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "calque of Latin genus (“birth, origin, lineage”)",
      "name": "cal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse kyn (“kin”), from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, family, clan”), from Pre-Germanic *ǵn̥h₁-yo-m, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”).\nDoublet of kyn.\nCognate with Icelandic kyn, Faroese kyn, Danish køn and Swedish kön.\nThe sense of grammatical gender is a calque of Latin genus (“birth, origin, lineage”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kjønnet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kjønn",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kjønna",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kjønnene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "kjønn"
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 6 15 7 3 11 20 15 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nb",
          "name": "Zoology",
          "orig": "nb:Zoology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kind, species (a type, race or category)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kjønn-nb-noun-~MSH5LC4",
      "links": [
        [
          "kind",
          "kind#English"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, only in compounds) kind, species (a type, race or category)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "neuter",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "descendants, lineage (descent in a line from a common progenitor)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kjønn-nb-noun-ZwKiWFaI",
      "links": [
        [
          "descendants",
          "descendants#English"
        ],
        [
          "lineage",
          "lineage#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(collectively) descendants, lineage (descent in a line from a common progenitor)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "etterkommer"
        },
        {
          "word": "ætt"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 9 12 7 2 13 2 27 27",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nb",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "nb:Linguistics",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 6 15 7 3 11 20 15 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nb",
          "name": "Zoology",
          "orig": "nb:Zoology",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "biological sex",
          "text": "naturlig kjønn",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the stronger sex; men (from Latin sexus potior)",
          "text": "det sterke kjønn",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the weaker sex; women (from Latin sexus sequior)",
          "text": "det svake kjønn",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the fairer sex; women (from French le beau sexe)",
          "text": "det smukke kjønn",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "det annet kjønn ― the second sex; women (from French le deuxième sexe)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "many… are interested in how the previously stronger sex is dressed",
          "ref": "1927 April 14, A-magasinet, page 15",
          "text": "mange … interesserer sig for, hvorledes det tidligere sterkere kjøn gaar antrukket",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "the weaker sex is not always as weak as you think, said the grandmother annoyed and moved on",
          "ref": "1988, Arild Nyquist, Giacomettis forunderlige reise",
          "text": "det svake kjønn er ikke alltid så svakt som du tror, sa bestemoren irritert og skred videre",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1924, Rudolf Muus, Kristiania forstadsscener og deres skuespillere, page 94",
          "roman": "a passionate worshiper of the fairer sex",
          "text": "en lidenskapelig tilbeder av det smukke kjøn",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "[Schubert's] behavior toward the fairer sex was… so cool that Hiittenbrenner thought he was not attracted to them at all",
          "ref": "1952, Børre Qvamme, Franz Schubert og hans verk, page 79",
          "text": "[Schuberts] oppførsel overfor det smukke kjønn var … så kjølig at Hiittenbrenner trodde at han ikke var tiltrukket av dem i det hele tatt",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "it was hardly good for his career if a historian was interested in the power of action that the history major's nestor showed in his connections with the fairer sex",
          "ref": "2007 November 18, Per Egil Hegge for Aftenposten",
          "text": "det var neppe godt for karrieren hvis en historiker interesserte seg for den handlekraft som historiefagets nestor la for dagen i sine forbindelser med det smukke kjønn",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "for the sake of our own convenience, we [men] ruthlessly oppressed the opposite sex",
          "ref": "2004, Fredrik Skagen, En by som ingen ainnen",
          "text": "av hensyn til egen bekvemmelighet bedrev vi [mannfolk] hensynsløs undertrykkelse av det annet kjønn",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "he realized that if he was to make contact with a friendly representative of the second sex, he would have to weigh his words",
          "ref": "1997, Ola Bauer, Magenta",
          "text": "han skjønte at hvis han skulle oppnå kontakt med en vennlig representant for det annet kjønn, så måtte han veie sine ord",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "the bar is the woman's only equal rival. It is the third sex. Neuter",
          "ref": "1930, Sigurd Hoel, Helge Krog, Don Juan, page 23",
          "text": "baren er kvinnens eneste jevnbyrdige rivalinne. Den er det tredje kjønn. Intetkjønn",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Germany now, as the first country in Europe, gives parents the opportunity to check for a \"third sex\" on the birth certificate of children with atypical gender characteristics",
          "ref": "2013 November 15, Agderposten, page 22",
          "text": "Tyskland gir nå, som første land i Europa, foreldre mulighet til å krysse av for et «tredje kjønn» på fødselsattesten til barn med utypiske kjønnskarakteristikker",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "SV has… introduced the possibility of defining itself as a third gender in its member lists",
          "ref": "2015 October 4, Sosialistisk Venstreparti",
          "text": "SV har … innført muligheten for å definere seg som et tredje kjønn i sine medlemslister",
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      "glosses": [
        "sex (recognition in humans of aspects of the only two human sexes as a man (adult human male), or a woman (adult human female), and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person normally belongs on this basis, including a legal recording of this category. This is the category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species)"
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          "man",
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        "(countable) sex (recognition in humans of aspects of the only two human sexes as a man (adult human male), or a woman (adult human female), and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person normally belongs on this basis, including a legal recording of this category. This is the category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species)"
      ],
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        "countable",
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        {
          "english": "artists and women who trade seek to hide their gender",
          "ref": "1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 312",
          "text": "kunstnerinder og kvinder, som driver handel, søger at dølge deres kjøn",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "but as these children aged from six to fourteen, without distinction of sex, number and case, housed in the salon!",
          "ref": "1918, Amalie Pettersen, Pettersens paa Persroas Pensjonat, page 43",
          "text": "men som disse unger i alder fra seks til fjorten, uden forskjel paa kjøn, tal og kasus, huserede i salonen!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "her long hands are like her mother's full of tenderness, full of sex",
          "ref": "1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde II, page 112",
          "text": "hendes lange hænder er som morens fulde av ømhet, fulde av kjøn",
          "type": "quotation"
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      ],
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          "english": "Nicolai… was a very handsome man and made great happiness among the sexes, of which he was also an avid worshiper",
          "ref": "1848, Conrad N. Schwach, Erindringer af mit Liv indtil Ankomsten til Throndhjem, page 486",
          "text": "Nicolai … var en udmærket smuk mand og gjorde stor lykke hos kjønnet, som han ogsaa var en ivrig tilbeder af",
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        },
        {
          "english": "the speakers at the price of gender",
          "ref": "1894, Camilla Collett, Camilla Colletts Skrifter X, page 14",
          "text": "talerne til kjønnets pris",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "[they] laughed according to the custom of sex loudly and loudly out of nowhere",
          "ref": "1927, Sigurd Hoel, Syndere i sommersol, page 47",
          "text": "[de] lo efter kjønnets skik høit og lydelig av ingenting",
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          "_dis": "1 9 12 7 2 13 2 27 27",
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            "Communication",
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            "Society",
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          "_dis": "19 6 15 7 3 11 20 15 4",
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        {
          "english": "Aase Bye was Estelle. She's just sexuality - and so a little raw sense",
          "ref": "1957, Paul Gjesdahl, Premièrer og portretter, page 88",
          "text": "Aase Bye var Estelle. Hun er bare kjønn – og så litt rå forstand",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "it is the ugly who are loved the most. They have the most erotic temperament",
          "ref": "1891, Arne Garborg, Trætte Mænd, page 58",
          "text": "det er de stygge som elskes mest. De har mest kjøn",
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        },
        {
          "english": "when there was no sex between them, they had nothing to say to each other",
          "ref": "1954, Agnar Mykle, Lasso rundt fru Luna, page 205",
          "text": "når det ikke var kjønn mellom dem, hadde de intet å si til hverandre",
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            "Life",
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        },
        {
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          "english": "his sex stood menacing from the black hair wreath",
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          "text": "kjønnet hans stod truende fra den svarte hårkransen",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "he stood behind her [the cow] with the inverted, hammering sex",
          "ref": "1967, Agnar Mykle, Largo, page 69",
          "text": "han stod bak henne [kua] med vrengt, hamrende kjønn",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "he looked down at himself and saw the sex pointing stiffly in the air",
          "ref": "1991, Erik Fosnes Hansen, Falketårnet, page 58",
          "text": "han så nedover seg selv og så kjønnet peke stivt ut i luften",
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        },
        {
          "english": "[she had] the duvet half over her, so her sex could be seen",
          "ref": "1992, Vigdis Hjorth, Fransk åpning, page 15",
          "text": "[hun hadde] dynen halvveis over seg, så kjønnet hennes syntes",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "his sex [will] sink like a sad dog paw from her lap",
          "ref": "1968, Bjørg Vik, Det grådige hjerte, page 36",
          "text": "kjønnet hans [vil] synke som en trist hundelabb fra fanget hennes",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "she comes across his sex, it's stiff",
          "ref": "1997, Hanne Ørstavik, Kjærlighet, page 131",
          "text": "hun kommer borti kjønnet hans, det er stivt",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "he brought his hand impatiently down to her sex",
          "ref": "1997, Gunnar Staalesen, 1900 Morgenrød",
          "text": "han førte hånden utålmodig ned til kjønnet hennes",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "sex, genitalia (penis or vagina)"
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        {
          "english": "grammatical gender",
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        "1": "nb",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kyn",
        "4": "",
        "5": "kin"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kyn (“kin”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kunją",
        "4": "",
        "5": "kin, family, clan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, family, clan”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*ǵn̥h₁-yo-m"
      },
      "expansion": "*ǵn̥h₁-yo-m",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to produce, to beget, to give birth"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "kyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of kyn",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "kyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic kyn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "kyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese kyn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "køn"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish køn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "kön"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish kön",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "genus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "birth, origin, lineage",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "calque of Latin genus (“birth, origin, lineage”)",
      "name": "cal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse kyn (“kin”), from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, family, clan”), from Pre-Germanic *ǵn̥h₁-yo-m, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”).\nDoublet of kyn.\nCognate with Icelandic kyn, Faroese kyn, Danish køn and Swedish kön.\nThe sense of grammatical gender is a calque of Latin genus (“birth, origin, lineage”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kjønnet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kjønn",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kjønna",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kjønnene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "kjønn"
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kind, species (a type, race or category)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kind",
          "kind#English"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, only in compounds) kind, species (a type, race or category)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "neuter",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål collective nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "descendants, lineage (descent in a line from a common progenitor)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "descendants",
          "descendants#English"
        ],
        [
          "lineage",
          "lineage#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(collectively) descendants, lineage (descent in a line from a common progenitor)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "etterkommer"
        },
        {
          "word": "ætt"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål countable nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "biological sex",
          "text": "naturlig kjønn",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the stronger sex; men (from Latin sexus potior)",
          "text": "det sterke kjønn",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the weaker sex; women (from Latin sexus sequior)",
          "text": "det svake kjønn",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the fairer sex; women (from French le beau sexe)",
          "text": "det smukke kjønn",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "det annet kjønn ― the second sex; women (from French le deuxième sexe)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "many… are interested in how the previously stronger sex is dressed",
          "ref": "1927 April 14, A-magasinet, page 15",
          "text": "mange … interesserer sig for, hvorledes det tidligere sterkere kjøn gaar antrukket",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "the weaker sex is not always as weak as you think, said the grandmother annoyed and moved on",
          "ref": "1988, Arild Nyquist, Giacomettis forunderlige reise",
          "text": "det svake kjønn er ikke alltid så svakt som du tror, sa bestemoren irritert og skred videre",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1924, Rudolf Muus, Kristiania forstadsscener og deres skuespillere, page 94",
          "roman": "a passionate worshiper of the fairer sex",
          "text": "en lidenskapelig tilbeder av det smukke kjøn",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "[Schubert's] behavior toward the fairer sex was… so cool that Hiittenbrenner thought he was not attracted to them at all",
          "ref": "1952, Børre Qvamme, Franz Schubert og hans verk, page 79",
          "text": "[Schuberts] oppførsel overfor det smukke kjønn var … så kjølig at Hiittenbrenner trodde at han ikke var tiltrukket av dem i det hele tatt",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "it was hardly good for his career if a historian was interested in the power of action that the history major's nestor showed in his connections with the fairer sex",
          "ref": "2007 November 18, Per Egil Hegge for Aftenposten",
          "text": "det var neppe godt for karrieren hvis en historiker interesserte seg for den handlekraft som historiefagets nestor la for dagen i sine forbindelser med det smukke kjønn",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "for the sake of our own convenience, we [men] ruthlessly oppressed the opposite sex",
          "ref": "2004, Fredrik Skagen, En by som ingen ainnen",
          "text": "av hensyn til egen bekvemmelighet bedrev vi [mannfolk] hensynsløs undertrykkelse av det annet kjønn",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "he realized that if he was to make contact with a friendly representative of the second sex, he would have to weigh his words",
          "ref": "1997, Ola Bauer, Magenta",
          "text": "han skjønte at hvis han skulle oppnå kontakt med en vennlig representant for det annet kjønn, så måtte han veie sine ord",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "the bar is the woman's only equal rival. It is the third sex. Neuter",
          "ref": "1930, Sigurd Hoel, Helge Krog, Don Juan, page 23",
          "text": "baren er kvinnens eneste jevnbyrdige rivalinne. Den er det tredje kjønn. Intetkjønn",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Germany now, as the first country in Europe, gives parents the opportunity to check for a \"third sex\" on the birth certificate of children with atypical gender characteristics",
          "ref": "2013 November 15, Agderposten, page 22",
          "text": "Tyskland gir nå, som første land i Europa, foreldre mulighet til å krysse av for et «tredje kjønn» på fødselsattesten til barn med utypiske kjønnskarakteristikker",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "SV has… introduced the possibility of defining itself as a third gender in its member lists",
          "ref": "2015 October 4, Sosialistisk Venstreparti",
          "text": "SV har … innført muligheten for å definere seg som et tredje kjønn i sine medlemslister",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sex (recognition in humans of aspects of the only two human sexes as a man (adult human male), or a woman (adult human female), and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person normally belongs on this basis, including a legal recording of this category. This is the category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sex",
          "sex#English"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) sex (recognition in humans of aspects of the only two human sexes as a man (adult human male), or a woman (adult human female), and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person normally belongs on this basis, including a legal recording of this category. This is the category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål countable nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "artists and women who trade seek to hide their gender",
          "ref": "1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 312",
          "text": "kunstnerinder og kvinder, som driver handel, søger at dølge deres kjøn",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "but as these children aged from six to fourteen, without distinction of sex, number and case, housed in the salon!",
          "ref": "1918, Amalie Pettersen, Pettersens paa Persroas Pensjonat, page 43",
          "text": "men som disse unger i alder fra seks til fjorten, uden forskjel paa kjøn, tal og kasus, huserede i salonen!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "her long hands are like her mother's full of tenderness, full of sex",
          "ref": "1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde II, page 112",
          "text": "hendes lange hænder er som morens fulde av ømhet, fulde av kjøn",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sex (the members of such a category, taken collectively)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sex",
          "sex#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) sex (the members of such a category, taken collectively)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål literary terms",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with obsolete senses",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
        "Norwegian Bokmål uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Nicolai… was a very handsome man and made great happiness among the sexes, of which he was also an avid worshiper",
          "ref": "1848, Conrad N. Schwach, Erindringer af mit Liv indtil Ankomsten til Throndhjem, page 486",
          "text": "Nicolai … var en udmærket smuk mand og gjorde stor lykke hos kjønnet, som han ogsaa var en ivrig tilbeder af",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "the speakers at the price of gender",
          "ref": "1894, Camilla Collett, Camilla Colletts Skrifter X, page 14",
          "text": "talerne til kjønnets pris",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "[they] laughed according to the custom of sex loudly and loudly out of nowhere",
          "ref": "1927, Sigurd Hoel, Syndere i sommersol, page 47",
          "text": "[de] lo efter kjønnets skik høit og lydelig av ingenting",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sex (women; the human female sex and those who belong to it)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sex",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete or literary, uncountable, definite) sex (women; the human female sex and those who belong to it)"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "nb:kjønnet"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "literary",
        "neuter",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
        "Norwegian Bokmål uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Aase Bye was Estelle. She's just sexuality - and so a little raw sense",
          "ref": "1957, Paul Gjesdahl, Premièrer og portretter, page 88",
          "text": "Aase Bye var Estelle. Hun er bare kjønn – og så litt rå forstand",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "it is the ugly who are loved the most. They have the most erotic temperament",
          "ref": "1891, Arne Garborg, Trætte Mænd, page 58",
          "text": "det er de stygge som elskes mest. De har mest kjøn",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "when there was no sex between them, they had nothing to say to each other",
          "ref": "1954, Agnar Mykle, Lasso rundt fru Luna, page 205",
          "text": "når det ikke var kjønn mellom dem, hadde de intet å si til hverandre",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "erotic temperament; sexuality (the quality of being sexual; that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "erotic",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "temperament",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "sexuality",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) erotic temperament; sexuality (the quality of being sexual; that which is characterized or distinguished by sex)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål countable nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål literary terms",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "his sex stood menacing from the black hair wreath",
          "ref": "1957, Axel Jensen, Ikaros, page 64",
          "text": "kjønnet hans stod truende fra den svarte hårkransen",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "he stood behind her [the cow] with the inverted, hammering sex",
          "ref": "1967, Agnar Mykle, Largo, page 69",
          "text": "han stod bak henne [kua] med vrengt, hamrende kjønn",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "he looked down at himself and saw the sex pointing stiffly in the air",
          "ref": "1991, Erik Fosnes Hansen, Falketårnet, page 58",
          "text": "han så nedover seg selv og så kjønnet peke stivt ut i luften",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "[she had] the duvet half over her, so her sex could be seen",
          "ref": "1992, Vigdis Hjorth, Fransk åpning, page 15",
          "text": "[hun hadde] dynen halvveis over seg, så kjønnet hennes syntes",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "his sex [will] sink like a sad dog paw from her lap",
          "ref": "1968, Bjørg Vik, Det grådige hjerte, page 36",
          "text": "kjønnet hans [vil] synke som en trist hundelabb fra fanget hennes",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "she comes across his sex, it's stiff",
          "ref": "1997, Hanne Ørstavik, Kjærlighet, page 131",
          "text": "hun kommer borti kjønnet hans, det er stivt",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "he brought his hand impatiently down to her sex",
          "ref": "1997, Gunnar Staalesen, 1900 Morgenrød",
          "text": "han førte hånden utålmodig ned til kjønnet hennes",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sex, genitalia (penis or vagina)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sex",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "genitalia",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, literary) sex, genitalia (penis or vagina)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "literary",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples",
        "nb:Grammar"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the adjectives are inflected in gender, number and degree",
          "text": "adjektivene bøyes i kjønn, tall og grad",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "grammatical gender",
          "text": "grammatisk kjønn",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gender (a division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "gender",
          "gender#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) gender (a division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/çœnː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-œnː"
    },
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  "word": "kjønn"
}

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  "categories": [
    "nb:Linguistics",
    "nb:Sex",
    "nb:Zoology",
    "nn:Anatomy",
    "nn:Linguistics",
    "nn:Sex",
    "nn:Zoology"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "3": "*der-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "tjern",
        "3": "",
        "4": "small lake (in a forest or mountain)"
      },
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      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "tjarn",
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse tjarn n",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "tjǫrn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "small lake, pond, tarn; pool",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "tjǫrn f (“small lake, pond, tarn; pool”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ternō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a mountain lake without tributaries; watering hole; small pool"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ternō (“a mountain lake without tributaries; watering hole; small pool”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*der-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to shatter"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to shatter”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alternative or dialectal form of tjern (“small lake (in a forest or mountain)”), from Old Norse tjarn n, tjǫrn f (“small lake, pond, tarn; pool”), from Proto-Germanic *ternō (“a mountain lake without tributaries; watering hole; small pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to shatter”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kjønnet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kjønn",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kjønna",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kjønnene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "tjern"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål dialectal terms",
        "Norwegian Bokmål pronunciation spellings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pronunciation spelling of tjern"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pronunciation spelling",
          "pronunciation spelling"
        ],
        [
          "tjern",
          "tjern#Norwegian Bokmål"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal) pronunciation spelling of tjern"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "dialectal",
        "neuter",
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kjønn"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Norwegian Bokmål dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.