jour

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «jour».ogg

Only used in à jour (“up to date, transparent”)

Only used in a jour (“up to date, transparent”)

Only used in ha jour (“to have a day of service; have a guard (or certain specific duties) on a certain day”)


nu

(archaic or dialectal) now; Alternative form of nå


tempo

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «tempo».ogg

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «tempo (italiensk)».ogg

From Italian tempo (“time, age, period, tense”), from Latin tempus (“portion or period of time”), either from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“to stretch, extend”), from *temp- (“to stretch, extend”), or from Proto-Indo-European *temh₂- (“to cut”).


for

for ung

for langt


ad hoc

From the Latin phrase ad hoc (“for this”).


hit

From Middle Norwegian hít. Compare Swedish hit.

Kom hit!


vel

From Old Norse vel, from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.


a cappella

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «a cappella».ogg

synge a cappella

fremføre a cappella

platen vil … inneholde noen mindre motetter for kor a capella og for kor med orgel

the plate will … contain some minor motets for choir a capella and for choir with organ

i forrige århundre hadde fargede stått i kirkekor og sunget a cappella

in the last century, colored people had stood in church choirs and sung a cappella

(music) a cappella (in a manner of a choir with no instrumental accompaniment)


due

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «due».ogg

From Italian due (“two”), from Latin duae, feminine plural of duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō (“two”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”).

Only used in a due (“indicating two musicians or sections play together”)


mer

more; used in forming the comparative form of long/foreign adjectives


lite

lite kjent


nord

From Danish nord, from Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.


mode

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «mode».ogg

From French mode (“fashion, trend”), from Middle French mode, from Old French mode, from Latin modus (“measure, manner”), from Proto-Italic *modōs, from Proto-Indo-European *mod-ōs (“measure”), from *med- (“to measure”). Doublet of mote.


hen

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


nei

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


da

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


prestissimo

From Italian prestissimo, superlative of presto.


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


fortissimo

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


videre

inntil videre

og så videre (osv.)


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”).


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


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.


like

Han er like lang som henne.


nest

nest største


mest

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

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


lys

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

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


jo

Du har ikke pusset tennene vel? - Jo, det har jeg.

You haven't brushed your teeth, have you? - Yes, I have.

yes; in disagreement with the last speaker's negative statement.

Vil du være med? - Jo...

yes or no; expressing doubt. (colloquial)


splitter

From Danish splitter- and German splitter- (inseparable in both languages).

splitter naken

splitter ny


ned

From Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer.


sia

From Norwegian dialectal sia, from Old Norse síðan. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sidan.


a priori

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «a priori».ogg

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ā priōrī (“involving reasoning from cause to effect; from first principles”, literally “from the former”).

bor

førmoderne samfunn … hvor forskjell ennå ikke betraktes a priori som en mangel

pre-modern societies… where difference is not yet considered a priori as a deficiency

viten a priori

(logic, philosophy) a priori; based on hypothesis rather than experiment.

adskillige snes ungdom, som a priori kan henregnes til det overflødige proletariat

several dozen youth, who a priori can be attributed to the superfluous proletariat

to former for apriori innsikt

han [vil] ikke a priori utelukke at [sjalusien] kan være noe av årsaken til at han nå drives rundt av en uro

he [will] not a priori rule out that [jealousy] may be part of the reason why he is now driven around by a turmoil

a priori kunne man vente at...

presumed without analysis, self-evident, intuitively obvious.


prompt

From French prompt, from Latin promptus, from promere (“bring out”).


a posteriori

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «a posteriori».ogg

Learned borrowing from Latin ā posteriōrī (“from what follows; from what [ must ] follow”), first part from Latin ā (“from, away from, out of”), alternative form of ab (“from, away from, out of, down from”) by apocope (not used before a vowel or h), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Last part from Latin posteriōrī, dative singular of posterior (“after, next”), comparative degree of posterus (“next, after”), from post (“behind, after”), from earlier poste, from Proto-Italic *posti, from Proto-Indo-European *pósti, from *pós (“afterwards; by, at”).

learned borrowing

from what follows; from what 􂀿 must 􂁀 follow

at 2+2 er 4 som er a priori viten og at vi har sanseerfaring som er a posteriori viten er ikke et bevis for at Jesus ikke eksisterer

that 2 + 2 is 4 which is a priori knowledge and that we have sensory experience which is a posteriori knowledge is not a proof that Jesus does not exist

viten a posteriori

a posteriori knowledge; knowledge based on experience

(logic, philosophy) a posteriori, involving deduction of theories from facts.


ille

[ˈɪ̂l̺.l̺ɛ̝]

ille bra


fort

head

fort (comparative fortere, superlative fortest)

fortere (comparative)
fortest (superlative)


solo

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus (“alone”).


ute

ute av kontroll

out; the state of being out. compare: ut


alltid

Compound word of all (“all”) + tid (“time”), literally "all time", loan-translation of Middle Low German alletit.

Skal du alltid klage?

Vi skal være sammen for alltid.

Slik har det alltid vært, og slik vil det alltid bli.

Thus it has always been, and thus it will always come to be.

Alderdommen tror alltid at den blir visere og visere, mens den i virkeligheten blir dummere.

Old age always thinks it becomes wiser and wiser, while it in reality becomes stupider. (Knut Hamsun)

Det er da alltid noe.

At least that's something. (literally. "well, that's always/surely something")

Det kan vi alltid diskutere en annen gang, hva?

We can always discuss that another time, right?

used in expressions in the sense surely, certainly


amok

From English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”).


ovo

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «ovo».ogg


aller

aller første

aller siste


vista

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «vista».ogg

From Italian vista (“sight, vision”), from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin vīsa, inflected form of vīsus (“looking; sight”), perfect passive participle of videō (“I see, perceive”), from Proto-Italic *widēō (“see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

a prima vista
a prima vista#Norwegian_Bokmål

Only used in a prima vista (“sight-read”)


prima

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «prima».ogg

From Italian prima (“before, once, at first, earlier”), feminine singular of primo (“first, initial, main”), from Latin prīmus (“first”), from earlier prīsmos, from Proto-Italic *priisemos (“foremost, first”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before, in front”).


a fortiori

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «a fortiori».ogg

From both Latin ā (“from, away from, out of”), alternative form of ab (“from, away from, out of, down from”) by apocope (not used before a vowel or h), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), and from fortiōrī, comparative of fortis (“strong”), from Proto-Italic *forktis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

begrepet «a fortiori» anvendes i matematiske og logiske argumenter, hvis f.eks. a er større enn b og b større enn c, så er «a fortiori» a større enn c
the term «a fortiori» is used in mathematical and logical arguments, if e.g. a is greater than b and b greater than c, then «a fortiori» a is greater than c

Norge … har vært forpliktet til ikke å bestride den danske suverenitet over hele Grønland og à fortiori til å avholde sig fra å okkupere en del av landet

Norway… has been obliged not to contest the Danish sovereignty over the whole of Greenland and a fortiori to refrain from occupying part of the country

hvis man … kan vise at fengslet faktisk ikke er så gjennomsyret av disiplinformer som Foucault vil ha det til, så faller følgelig også a fortiori påstanden om at samfunnet skulle være disiplinært

1997, Espen Schaanning, Vitenskap som skapt viten, page 298:

if one… can show that the prison is in fact not as permeated by forms of discipline as Foucault wants it to be, then consequently also falls a fortiori the claim that society should be disciplinary

de kan ikke a fortiori – desto mer – utelukke å finne semantisk innhold også i religiøse ytringer

they cannot a fortiori - all the more - exclude finding semantic content also in religious utterances

(rhetoric, logic) a fortiori (with stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim.)


ner

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


à la carte

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «a la carte».ogg

Unadapted borrowing from French à la carte (“on the menu”).

ubor

spise à la carte
eating à la carte

jeg [skal] ærlig tilstaa at jeg foretrækker at spise à la carte

1926, Alf B. Bryn, Peter van Heeren gjør hvad der falder ham ind, page 95:

I [must] honestly admit that I prefer to eat à la carte

gjestene [på restauranten] kan selv velge om de vil spise à la carte eller hive seg på dagens seksretter til 745 kroner

the guests [at the restaurant] can choose whether they want to eat à la carte or indulge in today's six-course meal for 745 kroner

(cooking) à la carte, allowing selection only from a fixed list of options, typically shown on a menu

et nær sagt fullstendig à la carte-tilbud i alle studieretninger som faller inn under det videregående skoleverk

an almost complete à la carte offering in all fields of study that falls under the high school system

det [er] heller ikke å anbefale at Norge boikotter deler av EMDs [dvs. Den europeiske menneskerettighetsdomstolens] praksis: en slik a la carte-strategi kan gi inspirasjon til at også andre land unnlater å gjennomføre dommer de ikke liker

nor is it recommended that Norway boycott parts of the EMDs [ie The case law of the European Court of Human Rights: such an a la carte strategy may inspire other countries to refrain from enforcing sentences they do not like

(figuratively) from any longlist of options, or even free choice, as opposed to a shortlist


à la mode

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «à la mode».ogg

Borrowed from French à la mode (“in fashion”).

bor+

her gis ingen konsesjoner til à-la-mode-radikalisme

here no licenses are granted for à-la-mode radicalism

Bertha trengte naturligvis et utall kjoler – og ingen vet hvor mange hatter – for å kunne kle seg kongelig à la mode til hver middag

2008, Nils Johan Ringdal, Georg Valentin von Munthe af Morgenstiernes forunderlige liv og reiser, page 43:

Bertha naturally needed countless dresses - and no one knows how many hats - to be able to dress royally à la mode for every dinner

à la mode, fashionable; in a particular style or fashion.

sangerens bryllup ble et kjendisbryllup à la mode
the singer's wedding became a celebrity wedding à la mode


på

Rebracketing of Old Norse upp á, compare English upon.

(of machines, etc) turned on; functioning


heim

Nå går vi heim.


langt

head

langt (comparative lenger, superlative lengst)

lenger (comparative)
lengst (superlative)

ikke langt fra

så langt som mulig


så

From Old Norse svá, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē.

så hvit som et laken


efter

From Danish efter, from Old Norse eptir, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after. Related to Norwegian Bokmål etter, Swedish efter, and English after.


til

From Old Norse til, from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”).

En kaffe til, takk.

Bare tre til!


ab ovo

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «ab ovo».ogg

Learned borrowing from Latin ab ōvō (literally “from the egg”).

learned borrowing

å begynne ab ovo

hele første akt [er] en overflødig akt, der kun viser stymperens kamp med sit stof, og hans sidste tilflugt: at begynde ab ovo

1867, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Skrifter I, page 28:

the whole first act [is] a superfluous act showing only the stumper's struggle with his substance, and his last refuge: to begin ab ovo

forfatteren fortæller sin egen livshistorie … lige ab ovo

the author tells his own life story… just ab ovo


hvordan

From Danish hvordan, from Old Danish hurædan, from Middle Low German wōdān, from wo (“how”) + doon (“do”). Equivalent to German wo (“where”) + tun (“do”).


bak

From Old Norse bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką.

bak fram

for langt bak


ikke

From Danish ikke, from Old Norse ekki (“not”). Cognate with Swedish icke, Norwegian Nynorsk ikkje, Faroese ikki, and Icelandic ekki.

Jeg kan ikke!

ikke-anerkjent


helst

superlative degree of gjerne (“willingly”)


òg

De var der òg.


kor

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


inni

denotes movement into – into, inside, within

denotes static location; also internal state – within, internally, (on the) inside


helt

completely, altogether, quite, fully, totally, absolutely, wholly


nær

head

nær (comparative nærere or nærmere, superlative nærest or nærmest)

nærere (comparative)
nærmere (comparative)
nærest (superlative)
nærmest (superlative)

From Old Norse nær, comparative form of ná (“near”).


ende

From Old Norse endi, endir (“end, conclusion”), from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“front, forehead”), from *h₂ent- (“face, forehead, front”), perhaps from *h₂en- (“on, onto”).
Cognate with German Ende, Danish ende, Swedish ände, Dutch einde and English end.

inh

De skrek ende over seg.

Jeg gir meg ende over!

[tiuren] hoppede ende til veirs

1879, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norske Folke- og Huldre-Eventyr, page 81:

[the male western capercaillie] jumper straight up

[bukken] gik ende op

1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 230:

[hun] så ende ud for sig

1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 112:

om så månen faldt ende ned

1886, Henrik Ibsen, Rosmersholm, page 86:

snakke ende ud

lange stunder sad de ende ned og glante

1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land II, page 284:

for long periods they sat straight down and glared

huij! skrattet de ende over sig

1919, Hans E. Kinck, Sneskavlen brast II, page 2:

huij! they laughed right in front of them

[sjøgresset] staar ende op ifra bunden

[the seagrass] stands straight up from the bottom

ende med ett skralt et skudd

(emphazising) straight, right (describes a movement being performed vertically up in great height, down in great depth or straight forward)


koss

(non-standard since 1959) alternative form of åssen


dårlig

head

dårlig (comparative dårligere, superlative dårligst)

dårligere (comparative)
dårligst (superlative)


nok

From Middle Low German nôch. Compare with Old Norse nógr.


heller

heller ... enn


ofte

ofte (comparative oftere, superlative oftest)

oftere (comparative)
oftest (superlative)


dess

Dess tynnere røret er, dess større er høydeforskjellen, ...

The thinner the tube, the greater the difference in height, ... (Wikipedia Kapillarkrefter)


minst

sist, men ikke minst


viso

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «viso».ogg

From Italian viso (“face”), from Latin vīsus (“looking; sight”), perfect passive participle of videō (“I see, perceive”), from Proto-Italic *widēō (“see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).


evig

Borrowed from Middle Low German êwich; related to Old Norse ævi.

eternally, forever or for ever (also for evig)


forbi

Et tog gikk forbi.


pære

Possibly humorous remolding of pur (“pure”)


verbo

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «verbo».ogg

From Latin verbō, dative/ablative singular of verbum (“word, verb”), from Proto-Italic *werβom (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om (“word”), from *werh₁- (“to speak, say”), with the extension *-dʰh₁ (“to do, put, place”).

Only used in a verbo (“the main grammatical forms of a verb”)


bort

From Old Norse burt, burtu, brott, brottu.

gå bort

gifte bort sin datter


snart

snart (comparative snarere, superlative snarest)

snarere (comparative)
snarest (superlative)


à la grecque

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «à la grecque».ogg

poteter servert à la grecque

(cooking) served in a sauce made of olive oil, lemon juice, and several seasonings (such as fennel, coriander, sage, and thyme), and usually served cold.


grecque

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «grecque».ogg

From French grecque, feminine singular of grec (“Greek”), from Middle French grec (“Ancient Greek”), from Latin Graecus (“Greek, Grecian”), from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós, “Graecian”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old, mature”).

der

à la grecque
à la grecque#Norwegian_Bokmål

Only used in à la grecque (“food served with olive oil, lemon juice and certain seasonings”)

a la grecque
a la grecque#Norwegian_Bokmål

Only used in a la grecque (“food served with olive oil, lemon juice and certain seasonings”)


hoss

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


nere

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


heima

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


desto

Vel, han røyker jo mye, men drikker desto mer.

Well, he does smoke a lot, but drinks even more.

(used before a comparative with jo to express comparison) even, all the more

Jo mer jeg tenker over det, desto merkeligere virker det.

The more I think about it, the stranger it seems.

(forming the parallel comparative with jo) the, more


samtidig

sam- (“co-, together-, same-”) + tid (“time, era”) + -ig, from Old Norse samtíða


t.d.

Abbreviation of til dømes (“for example”).


aldri

Jeg har aldri løyet!


enda

enda større


ekspress

From Latin expresse, expressus; the noun coming from the adverb.


posteriori

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «posteriori».ogg

From Latin posteriōrī, dative singular of posterior (“after, next”), comparative degree of posterus (“next, after”), from post (“behind, after”), from earlier poste, from Proto-Italic *posti, from Proto-Indo-European *pósti, from *pós (“afterwards; by, at”).

a posteriori
a posteriori#Norwegian_Bokmål

Only used in a posteriori (“a posteriori”)


in flagranti

From Medieval Latin in flagrante delicto; from Latin in + flagrare (“burn”).

in the act of committing a misdeed; red-handed.


battuta

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «battuta».ogg


nyss

Actually genitive of ny (“new”), from Old Norse nýr, probably from Middle Low German nies.


priori

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «priori».ogg

From Latin priōrī, dative singular of Medieval Latin prior (“former, prior, previous”), from Proto-Italic *priōs (“former”), from earlier *prijōs, from *pri + *-jōs, from Proto-Indo-European *-yōs ~ *-is-.


m.m.

Abbreviation of med mer; = etc., et cetera


summa summarum

From Latin summa summārum (“sum of sums”).


flytende

snakke fransk flytende


opp

spise opp

brenne opp

låse opp

kneppe opp
unbutton


kanskje

From kan (“may, might”) + skje (“happen”). Compare with Danish måske.


akkurat

From Latin accūrātus, past participle of accūrō. Cognate with English accurate.


inkognito

From Latin incognitus, via Italian incognito.


gjennom

From Old Norse gegnum (dative of gegn/gjegn).


distré

From French distrait, past participle of distraire ("distract"), from Latin distrahere, dis- "away" and trahere "to draw". Cognate with Swedish disträ and akin to English distract.

Distré leste hun den samme siden gang på gang.

Absent-mindedly she read the same page again and again.


høyt

De elsket hverandre høyt = They loved each other deeply

Debattantene snakket høyt i munnen på hverandre = the debaters loudly spoke all at once


uansett

From u- + ansett (“past participle of anse”).

prefix

past participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">anse</i>


hvorfor

From Danish hvorfor, compare Swedish varför, English wherefore, Dutch waarvoor, German wofür.


igjen

From Old Norse í gegn ("against"), from í ("in, on") and gegn ("straight, direct"). Probably through Danish. Compare Old English gegn and ongean (the origin of "again"); English again, Danish igen and German gegen.
The form igjen spelled as ᛁᚵᛁ+ᚳ instead of igen is known from a danicized Norwegian neo-runic inscription from 1791.

Vi sees vel snart igjen?

Æsj, nå må jeg gjøre det igjen.

Ta det med ro, du skal få igjen pengene dine.

Jeg har bare to kjeks igjen.

Lukk igjen døren!

Klapp igjen!

Hun sa det til læreren, som igjen sa det til rektoren.

She told her teacher, who in turn told the Principal.


à jour

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «à jour».ogg

From French à jour (“up-to-date”), first part from Middle French [Term?], from Old French a (“to”), from Latin ad (“to”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to”). Last part from French jour (“day”), from Old French jorn, jor (“day”), from Latin diurnum [tempus], from diurnus (“daily”), from earlier *diusnus, from both diūs, from Old Latin, from Proto-Italic *djous (“day”) from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“sky”), from earlier *dyéws, from *dyew- (“to be bright”) and *s (creates nouns) + and from -nus (forms adjectives), from Proto-Italic *-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós (forms verbal adjectives).

der

der laa arbeide der i denne tid mindst for to, før han kom à jour

1920, Jonas Lie, Samlede Digterverker III, page 357:

there was work there at this time at least for two, before he came up to date

jeg [måtte] gjøre et alvorlig forsøk på å komme litt mer ajour med listen min

2013, Tor Åge Bringsværd, Ikke fordi den har et svar, men fordi den har en sang, page X:

I [had to] make a serious effort to get a little more up to date with my list

du har selvfølgelig krav på å være ajour med det vi har av funn

2013, Karin Fossum, Carmen Zita og døden:

you are of course entitled to be up to date with what we have of discoveries

skolebøkene bagatelliserer [språkforskeren Ivar] Aasen. De skriver om den fattige stakkaren og er ikke faglig à jour

the textbooks downplay [linguist Ivar] Aasen. They write about the poor poor man and are not professionally up to date

nå var det ikke om å gjøre å holde seg ajour med kalenderen, den var ikke lenger en nødsrasjon, en siste reserve

now it was not about keeping up with the calendar, it was no longer an emergency ration, a last resort

det er her [hos frisøren] og hos tannlegen man holder seg ajour med hva Se og Hør velger å skrive om

it is here [at the hairdresser] and at the dentist that you stay up to date with what Se og Hør chooses to write about

bringe/føre/holde à jour

komme/bli à jour

become up to date (with all of today's work, finish all of today's tasks)

være à jour ― be up to date (in accounting), be oriented about something, have the most knowledge about a subject

holde (seg/noen) à jour

keep (themselves or someone) up to date, keep (themselves or someone) informed of something

en edelsten som er à jour


straks

From Middle Low German strak (“straight”).


alene

From Middle Low German alene (or allene?).


nettopp

From nett + opp. Cf. Norwegian Nynorsk nettopp, Danish netop and rarely used Swedish nättupp.


noe

From Norwegian dialectal noe, a g-less form of nogo (cf. noo), from Old Norse nǫkkut n. Replaced older nogen, from Danish nogen. Cognate with Swedish något, Norwegian Nynorsk noko, nokot, and Icelandic nokkuð.


dessverre

Compound word, from dess (“the more, "even more”) + verre (“worse, literally: even worse”).

compound

Jeg har dessverre sett meg nødt til å avslå søknaden din.

I regret to inform that your application has not been successful. (literally: I have unfortunately seen myself forced to decline your application)

Har dere sjokolade? Nei, dessverre.


rett og slett

rett (“straight”) og (“and”) slett (“plain”)

Snart orker jeg rett og slett ikke mer.

Soon I simply won't be able to take it anymore.

(idiomatic, figuratively) plainly and simply, quite simply


også

og + så, from Old Norse ok and svá. Compare Swedish också.


sådan

From Middle Low German sōdān, a compound of 1. sō (“so”) from Proto-Germanic *swa, and 2. dān (“done”), past participle of dōn (“to do”), from Proto-Germanic *dōną.

like this, like that, in this way, in that way


bl.a.

blant annet
blant annet#Norwegian_Bokmål

blant andre
blant andre#Norwegian_Bokmål


forresten

From for + resten (“definite singular of rest”).

af

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">rest</i>

by the way; however; moreover; besides; as a matter of fact; otherwise


når

Når kommer du?


siden

From Danish siden, compare the Norwegian-derived sia, from Old Norse síðan. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk sidan and Swedish sen.

for lenge siden


særlig

From Old Norse sérligr. Cf. Norwegian Nynorsk særleg and Danish særlig. Related to Swedish särskilt. The Swedish and Danish word is never used as an interjection.


dødsens

Genitive of definite singular of død (“dead, death”)

Dette er dødsens alvor; dødsens alvorlig

Dødsens trett


absolutt

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «absolutt».ogg

From Latin absolūtus (“concluded, absolute”), perfect passive participle of absolvō (“complete, finish”), from both ab- (“from, off, away from”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from solvō (“release, loosen, dissolve, take apart”), from both sē- (“apart-, aside-, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *s(w)ēd, the ablative singular of *s(w)é (“self”) + and from luō (“I untie, set free, separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).

der

behøvte han absolut noget at leve for, så er han jo juridisk kandidat

1874, Henrik Ibsen, De unges forbund, page 103:

if he absolutely needed something to live on, then he is a legal candidate

nogen maa absolut ha krogen i næsen paa mig, mener du?

1899, Jonas Lie, Faste Forland, page 57:

someone must absolutely have the hook in my nose, do you mean?

når det gjelder konsentrasjon av makt, er det et tema vi absolutt skal se på

when it comes to concentration of power, it is a topic we should definitely look at

vi skulle absolutt hatt en høyere kvinneandel. Norges idrettsforbund jobber kontinuerlig med dette

2014 October 15, Fædrelandsvennen, page 48:

we should definitely have had a higher proportion of women. The Norwegian Sports Confederation works continuously with this

hun vilde absolut spendere vin

1917, Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Skrifter II, page 63:

hvorfor ville du absolutt danse med Malin?

why did you absolutely want to dance with Malin?

du burde absolutt bli med

1996, Kjersti Scheen, Ingen applaus for morderen, page 81:

absolutely, finally, unconditionally, definitely

det var ikke saa meget med penger nei, men det var med alle livets nødvendigheter, absolut alle

1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde II, page 159:

it was not so much with money no, but it was with all the necessities of life, absolutely all

betyr ytringsfrihet at vi kan publisere absolutt alt vi vil, til tross for at vi vet at noen blir dypt fornærmet og såret

2015 January 14, f-b.no (Fredriksstad Blad):

freedom of speech means that we can publish absolutely anything we want, even though we know that someone will be deeply offended and hurt

det var den eneste ting, han absolut ikke kunde udholde

1884, Alexander L. Kielland, Fortuna, page 274:

it was the only thing he absolutely could not endure

[ordføreren] synes absolutt ikke det er noe gøy å foreslå innsparinger

2015 January 14, ringblad.no (Ringerikes Blad):

[the mayor] certainly does not think it's fun to suggest savings

vi ante absolutt ingenting

(with refusal or denial) absolutely, completely


prompte

From French prompt, from Latin promptus, from promere (“bring out”).


innmari

Unknown, but identical to Nynorsk innmari. Perhaps related to mare (“evil night spirit”) or marig (“rotting, difficult”). Probably also related to Swedish marig.

innmari bra


veldig

Borrowed from Middle Low German weldich, probably through Danish vældig. Related to Swedish väldig.

very, really, highly (used with adjectives/adverbs in the positive degree)


fremdeles

still (up to a time, as in the preceding time)


feil

Borrowed from Middle Low German feil, fēl, which is borrowed from Old French faille, which is derived from Latin fallō. Cognate with Danish fejl, Swedish fel, German Fehler and English fail. Adverb and adjective derived from the noun.


omtrent

om + trent, from Middle Low German umtrent, ummetrent.


synlig

From syn (“sight, vision”) + -lig; or from Old Norse sýnn, sýniligr.


overalt

From Middle Low German [Term?], compare with German überall.

overalt i

(of a boat) lengde overalt - length overall


tilbake

From til + bak. Cognate with Danish tilbage and Swedish tillbaka.

Han kom tilbake fra ferie.

back (to or in a previous condition or place)


overhodet

From German überhaupt (“at all; anyway”), originally about buying horned cattle: "gathered, without counting the individuals in the herd".

Jeg er overhodet ikke interessert i å snakke med ham.

I'm not at all interested in talking to him.

Det kommer overhodet ikke på tale.

Hun har overhodet ikke spist.

altogether, at all, on the whole, in general


iallfall

i alle fall
i alle fall#Norwegian_Bokmål


i alle fall

in any case, at any rate, anyhow, at least


hjemme

From Danish hjemme (“at home, home”), from Old Danish hemæ, hemmæ, from Old Norse heima, genitive indefinite plural form of heimr (“realm, region, village, home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, house, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), *tḱóymos (“settlement, dwelling”), from o-grade form of *tḱey- (“to settle, dwell”) + *-mos (action/result noun forming suffix).


a tempo

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «a tempo».ogg

From Italian a tempo (“in time”), first part from Italian a (“in, at, to”), from Latin ad (“toward, to”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward, to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Last part from Italian tempo (“time, age, period, tense”), from Latin tempus (“portion or period of time”), either from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“to stretch, extend”), from *temp- (“to stretch, extend”), or from Proto-Indo-European *temh₂- (“to cut”).

der

(music) return to normal tempo from a deviation


a vista

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «a vista».ogg

Borrowed from Italian a vista (“at sight”), first part from Italian a (“in, at, to”), in most cases from Latin ad (“to, towards, up to, at”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward, to, on, up to, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”), in certain cases, from Latin a (“from, away from, out of”), from ab (“from, away from, out of, down from”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Last part from Italian vista (“sight, vision”), from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin vīsa, inflected form of vīsus (“looking; sight”), perfect passive participle of videō (“I see, perceive”), from Proto-Italic *widēō (“see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

der

betalbar a vista

(economics) upon showing, upon presentation

prima vista
prima vista#Norwegian_Bokmål

(music) shortening of prima vista or a prima vista (“without rehearsal”)


altfor

altfor mye

altfor snill


hovedsakelig

mainly, chiefly, primarily, predominantly


nylig

From Old Norse nýligr and nýliga, equivalent to ny + -lig.


ganske

From Middle Low German gans or Middle Dutch gansch; both from Old High German ganz (“whole, entire, sound, complete”), from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“all, whole, complete”).


akkurat nå

Jeg spiser akkurat nå.


i fjor

From the Old Norse prepositional phrase í fjǫrð. See fjor for more.


hverken

From Danish hverken, from Old Norse hvárgi.

hverken … eller – neither … nor, (after a negative) either … or


engang

Rolf Jacobsen, "Om å sovne i en åker" ("On Falling Asleep in a Field").
Jeg kan huske jeg har sovnet i en åker, engang / da jeg var liten, fem-seks år og dum, engang, / og våknet av en frosk som satt på foten min / midt i en skog av grønnere enn grønt, engang.

I can remember I fell asleep in a field, once / when I was little, five or six years old and foolish, once, / and woken by a frog that sat on my foot / in the middle of a forest greener than green, once.

Nye fortellinger om det som engang var.

2004, Astri, My Astri: Norwegian Heritage Stories, page 242:

2012, Naomi Wood, De gudløse (= The Godless Boys), tr. by Bjørn Alex Herrman, Font Forlag (publ.)

Before she had time to turn once, he had put his arms around her.

Før hun rakk å snu seg engang, hadde han lagt armene rundt henne.

Hver far og mor vet at de engang skal stå den Allmektige til ansvar for hvordan de har oppdratt eller har latt oppdra sine barn.

1945, Ingvald Bernhard Carlsen, Kirkefronten i Norge Under Okkupasjonen 1940-1945, page 82:

Every father and mother knows that they shall one day stand before the Almighty to answer for how they have raised their children or how they allowed them to be raised.

Fra lenge før den tid at Charles fikk sin solskade borte i California, har han vært klar over sin oppfatning: engang skal han fortsette sin vandring her i Miledalen.

1950, Sven Edvin Salje, Livet skal være en gave, page 178:

From long before the time that Charles got his sun damage away in California, he has been clear about his conception: he would continue his wandering here in Miledalen some day.

[…] for at hun kanskje engang skal kunne bli en av dem som får lov å gi.

[…] for perhaps one day she could become one of those that are allowed to give.

one day, sometime, some day (in the future)

kan ikke engang

Ikke engang far kunne få en spade til å stå på steingrunn.

Even father couldn't get a spade to stand in stony ground.


meget

very (used with adjectives/adverbs in the positive degree)

(archaic) Alternative form of mye: much, a lot (used with verbs and adjectives/adverbs in the comparative degree)


cirka

Han skal komme cirka klokka 17.

Vi blir cirka ti stykker.

Lunsjen der koster cirka 150 kroner.


først

den som kommer først til mølla, får først malt


dobbelt

dobbelt så mange / mye / stor


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”).

anno Domini
anno Domini#Norwegian_Bokmål

Only used in anno Domini (“Anno Domini”)


kl.

Møtet er kl. 12.


bestandig

From Low German bestendich and German beständig.


forskjellig

From forskjell + -ig; compare with Dutch verschillend.


likevel

nevertheless, nonetheless (in spite of what preceded)


temmelig

From Middle Low German temmelik, temmeliken.


hittil

so far, hitherto (until now; previously; yet)


liksom

expressing that something should be otherwise than it is, allegedly, apparently


fortiori

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «fortiori».ogg

From Latin fortiōrī, dative of fortis (“strong, powerful”), from Proto-Italic *forktis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise; high, hill”).


skrevs

with one leg on each side (of whatever one is sitting on)


historisk

From Latin historicus, via German historisch.


frem

From Danish frem, from Old Danish fræm, by analogy with the comparative and superlative forms, displacing older fram (cf. Old Norse fram).

frem til

frem til i dag


fortsatt

still (up to and including the present time)


faktisk

From German faktisch and the Bokmål noun faktum.


provocatus

/prʊʋʊˈkɑːtʉs/

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «provocatus».ogg

From New Latin prōvocātus (“challenged, provoked”), perfect passive participle of prōvocō (“I challenge, provoke”), from both prō- (“in front of”), from prō (“for, before”), from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“toward, forward”), from *pró (“toward, leading to”), from *per- (“before”) + and from vocō (“I call”), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ- (“voice, speech”), from *wekʷ- (“to speak”).

der

abortus provocatus
abortus provocatus#Norwegian_Bokmål

Only used in abortus provocatus (“induced abortion”)


bakerst

Superlative of the preposition and adverb bak


m.a.o.

med andre ord
med andre ord#Norwegian_Bokmål

Abbreviation of med andre ord (“in other words”).


neppe

Compare with Old Norse hneppr, neppr (“limited”) and hneppiliga (“unlikely”).


sydvest

From syd + vest; the hat possibly from Dutch zuidwester (as in Danish).


en gang

Det angripes ikke av noen syrer, ikke en gang kongevann, men løses opp av flytende salter.

It is not attacked by any acids, not even aqua regia, but is dissolved by liquid salts. (Wikipedia Iridium)


borte

Når katten er borte, danser musene på bordet.

When the cat's away, the mice will play.


derfor

Jeg tenker, derfor er jeg.

Det regna, derfor tok han med seg paraplyen.

It was raining, therefore he brought his umbrella.


a prima vista

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «a prima vista».ogg

From Italian a prima vista, meaning "at first glance". First part from Italian a (“in, at, to”), in most cases from Latin ad (“to, towards, up to, at”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward, to, on, up to, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”), in certain cases, from Latin a (“from, away from, out of”), from ab (“from, away from, out of, down from”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off”). Middle part from Italian prima (“before”), feminine singular of primo (“first”), from Latin prīmus (“first”), from earlier prīsmos, from Proto-Italic *priisemos (“foremost, first”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”). Last part from Italian vista (“sight, vision”), from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin vīsa, inflected form of vīsus (“looking”), perfect passive participle of videō (“I see, perceive”), from Proto-Italic *widēō (“see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

synge og spille 'a prima vista'

(music) sight-read; to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time, without rehearsal.

primavistaspill

a play that take place without rehearsal


hundrevis

hundrevis av år


sporløst

without (a) trace (forsvinne sporløst - disappear / vanish without trace)


lenge

head

lenge (comparative lenger, superlative lengst)

for lenge

for lenge siden

så lenge (som)


deretter

From der + etter, similar to English thereafter, Swedish därefter and Danish derefter

afterwards; after that; then; thereafter; subsequently


nøyaktig

From Middle Low German nochaftik, nochhaftik, nochachtik; compare with Danish nøjagtig.


sykt

Det var sykt gøy. – It was crazy fun.


i morges

From i (“in”) + morgen (“morning”) (with fossilized casus ending)


i kveld

Of Norwegian descent (compare Norwegian Nynorsk i kveld), instead of Danish i aften.


metervis

(often: i metervis) by the metre (UK), by the meter (US) (selling or buying a product by the metre, usually off a roll)


noen ganger

Noen ganger tar jeg meg en kopp kaffe til lunsjen. Andre ganger tar jeg meg en kopp te istedenfor.

Sometimes I have a cup of coffee with my lunsj. Other times I have a cup of tea instead.


henholdsvis

i henholdsvis 2013 og 2012


hhv.

Abbreviation of henholdsvis. (respectively)


antakelig

From anta + -lig (the Danish verb is antage, but this is shortened in Norwegian).


a due

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «a due».ogg

From Italian a due (“for two”), first part from Italian a (“in, a”), in most cases from Latin ad (“to, towards”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to”), in certain cases, from Latin a (“from, away”), from ab (“from”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Last part from Italian due (“two”), from Latin duae, feminine plural of duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō (“two”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”).

der

a due corde

a due voci

a due mani

(music) a due (indicating both musicians or sections play together)

(music) in an orchestral score, indication of two instruments (group) which are to play the same voice (eg 1st and 2nd violin)


bratt

From Old West Norse brattr, from Proto-Germanic *brantaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm., of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“project”), related to Old English brant (“steep”), Latvian bruôds (“roof ridge”).
Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Swedish brant, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).


gjerne

head

gjerne (comparative heller, superlative helst)

heller (comparative)
helst (superlative)


allment

Det er allment kjent.


over bord

Mann over bord!

overboard (over the side of a boat or ship)


utenlands

uten + lands. Compare Danish udenlands, Swedish utomlands.


imidlertid

From Middle Low German middeler tit. Cognate with Swedish emellertid, Danish imidlertid.


underveis

From under + vei, after German unterwegs.


i bunn og grunn

essentially; in essence; basically; deep down


utenat

lære / kunne noe utenat


vesentlig

From German Low German wesenlich, wesentlich, and German wesentlich, also cognate to Danish væsentlig, Swedish väsentlig.


innenfra

Skjønnhet kommer innenfra.


antagelig

Inherited from Danish antagelig, which in Danish and Riksmål consists of antage + -lig. In modern Bokmål, the verb antage is replaced with anta.


på rad

in a row (successively, one after the other)


sjelden

From Old Norse sjaldan (adverb; adjective derived from the adverb).


i forveien

From for- + vei (but only used in the form "i forveien"). Similar to i forvejen in Danish.

qualifier

gå i forveien

dagen i forveien


betydelig

From bety + -lig (betyde occurs in Danish, as well as betydelig).


snarest

(also snarest mulig) as soon as possible


fortløpende

From fort (“adverb”) + løpende (present participle of løpe).


grundig

From grunn + -ig; same as Danish grundig, which is derived from the Danish noun grund.


heldigvis

Jeg hadde ikke nok tid i går. Heldigvis er det ingenting som jeg trenger å gjøre i dag.

I didn't have enough time yesterday. Fortunately there's nothing I need to do today.


unntaksvis

exceptionally, in exceptional cases / circumstances


aldeles

From Danish aldeles, from older Danish alledeles and old Danish allelethes.


innimellom

occasionally, now and then, once in a while


sakte

sakte, men sikkert


av gårde

(Dialect: Oslo)

From av + gårde, an older dative form of gård.

Send jentungen av gårde.

2013, Atla Lund, Akkerman 1917, Wigestrand Forlag:


hvordan det

"Har du vært i Vestvågøy noen gang?", "Ja, det har jeg. Hvordan det? — "Have you ever been to Vestvågøy?", "Yes, I have. Why?"

why; asked after a question to enquire about the intention of the question


til slutt

finally, eventually, in the end, ultimately


allikevel

From Middle Low German allike wol; compare with Danish alligevel.


atskillig

Probably from Danish adskillig, which in turn is from Swedish åtskillig


tidsnok

From Middle Low German or Low German, via Danish tidsnok, tids nok.


av og til

Literally, “of and to”, compare Swedish av och till, Dutch af en toe, German ab und zu.

at times, from time to time, now and then, occasionally, off and on, sometimes


i forgårs

[i ˈfɔʁɡo̞ːʁs]

day before yesterday
day before yesterday


høylytt

From høy + lytt (neuter singular of ly).

q

neuter singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">ly</i>


for øvrig

besides, for that matter, incidentally, furthermore, moreover, in addition, otherwise


forøvrig

Misspelling of for øvrig (“besides, furthermore”).


bakover

(år) bakover i tid


sammenhengende

From sammen + hengende (present participle of henge).

qualifier

present participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">henge</i>


simpelthen

From simpelt (“neuter of simpel”) + hen.

affix

neuter of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">simpel</i>


åssen

From Old Norse hosso, hvorsu. Cognate with hossen, hoss, koss and dialectal kossen.

Åssen kunne det gå til?


særs

especially, exceedingly, exceptionally, extremely, particularly, tremendously, very


hjemover

på vei hjemover


hvi

From Old Norse hví; cognate with Icelandic hví, Faroese hví, Norwegian Nynorsk kvi , Old English hwi (English why).

Men hvi skal jeg være så hardt beklemt?


til stede

present (being available in a determined place and time)


hundretusenvis

hundreds of thousands
hundreds of thousands


for så vidt

Related to Swedish försåvitt and Danish for så vidt


per stykk

Eplene koster åtte kroner per stykk.


vestafjells

west of a (given) mountain or mountain range; i Norway specifically about the western part of Norway


etappevis

From etappe + -vis, compare with Swedish etappvis.


uhyre

From Middle Low German unhure, ungehure.

exceedingly, exceptionally, extremely, tremendously, terribly


i hjel

Inherited from Danish ihjel, from Old Norse í hel. Compare to Swedish ihjäl and Norwegian Nynorsk i hel.

sulte i hjel

i hel

as Nynorsk, but now non-standard in Bokmål


i vente

in prospect, in store, ahead, coming, on the way


faretruende

From fare + truende (“present participle of true”).

af

present participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nb">true</i>


støtvis

spasmodically, intermittently, in fits and starts


dessuten

also, besides, furthermore, moreover, in addition


likeledes

From like + -ledes, from Danish ligeledes; compare with Swedish likaledes.


ingenlunde

(archaic) by no means, in no way, not by any means


likeså

likeså rik som


a battuta

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «a battuta».ogg

(music) a battuta (with the beat, a direction to resume strict time after the free declamation of a singer; chiefly used in recitatives.)


i godlag

[i ˈɡuːˌlɑːɡ]


på landjorden

[pʰɔ ˈlɑnˌjuːʁn̩]


ikke det plukk

[ˈɪkə de̞ː ˈpʰlʉk]


iblant

From Old Norse í bland með, compare with Swedish ibland.


vestenfor

From the dated adverb and preposition vesten + for.


a konto

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «a konto».ogg

From Italian acconto (“advance, deposit”).

betale a konto

fakturere a konto

betale strømmen a konto

jeg og er for snill med å betale ut a konto til håndverkere, og jeg hjelper folk mer enn jeg burde

2003 September 12, bt.no (Bergens Tidende):

I'm too kind to pay an account to artisans, and I help people more than I should

man betaler inn a konto, leser av strømforbruket og får en avregning mot slutten av året

you pay into an account, read the power consumption and get a settlement towards the end of the year

(economics) payment on account (paid in part, in the form of installments or advances, with a final settlement coming)


a jour

From French à jour (“up-to-date”), first part from Middle French [Term?], from Old French a (“to, towards, belonging to”), from Latin ad (“to, towards, up to, at”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward, to, on, up to, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”). Last part from French jour (“day, daylight, light”), from Old French jorn, jor (“day”), from Latin diurnum [tempus], from diurnus (“of the day, daily”), from earlier *diusnus, from both diūs, from Old Latin, from Proto-Italic *djous (“day, sky; Jupiter”) from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“sky, heaven; sky god”), from earlier *dyéws, from *dyew- (“to be bright; sky, heaven”) and *s (creates nouns) + and from -nus (forms adjectives), from Proto-Italic *-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós (forms verbal adjectives).


a verbo

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «a verbo».ogg

First part from Latin ā (“from, away from, out of”), alternative form of ab (“from, away from, out of, down from”) by apocope (not used before a vowel or h), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Last part from Latin verbō, dative/ablative singular of verbum (“word, verb”), from Proto-Italic *werβom (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om (“word”), from *werh₁- (“to speak, say”), with the extension *-dʰh₁ (“to do, put, place”).

når vi bøyer verb a verbo, pleier vi å ta med infinitiv, preteritum og perfektum partisipp

when we inflect verbs a verbo, we tend to include infinitive, preterite and perfect participle

«gå» bøyes a verbo: «gå», «gikk», «gått»

"go" is inflected a verbo: "go", "went", "gone"

(grammar) the main grammatical forms of a verb


a viso

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «a viso».ogg

From Italian a viso (“to face”), first part from Italian a (“in, at, to”), in most cases from Latin ad (“to, towards, up to, at”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward, to, on, up to, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”), in certain cases, from Latin a (“from, away from, out of”), from ab (“from, away from, out of, down from”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Last part from Italian viso (“face”), from Latin vīsus (“looking; sight”), perfect passive participle of videō (“I see, perceive”), from Proto-Italic *widēō (“see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

(economics, rare) after showing, after presentation

avisoveksel

bill of exchange that falls due a certain time after it has been presented

siktveksel

bill of exchange due at presentation, at sight


pinadø

A minced oath of Jesu pine og død (“Jesus' pain and death”).

(colloquial) truly; Used as an intensifier


hyklerisk

hykler (“hypocrite”) + -isk. Compare Swedish hycklerisk and German heuchlerisch.


forleden

Jeg så ham forleden.


a dato

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «a dato».ogg

From Italian a dato (“from date”), first part from Italian a (“in, at, to”), in most cases from Latin ad (“to, towards, up to, at”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward, to, on, up to, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”), in certain cases, from Latin a (“from, away from, out of”), from ab (“from, away from, out of, down from”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Last part from Latin datus (“given, offered”), perfect passive participle of dō (“I give”), from Proto-Italic *didō (“give”), from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti (“to be giving”), from the root *deh₃- (“give”).


hulter

hulter til bulter
hulter til bulter#Norwegian_Bokmål

Used only in the phrase hulter til bulter.


åffer

(nonstandard, eye dialect) why (form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hvorfor)


månedsvis

From måned (“month”) + -s- + vis (“-wise”).

på månedsvis

the occurrence of a thing for several consecutive months


alt i alt

overall; all in all; generally, with everything considered


i beste velgående

Indicates that something or someone is fully existent/alive/etc. and in no immediate danger of dying/receding/etc.


døgnet rundt

Vi jobber døgnet rundt.


helt sikkert

(idiomatic) certainly, definitely, for sure


etterhvert

etter hvert
etter hvert#Norwegian_Bokmål

Misspelling of etter hvert (“eventually”).


enn så lenge

Enn så lenge har det gått bra.