aberrant

aberranten (definite singular)
aberranter (indefinite plural)
aberrantene (definite plural)

From Latin aberrāns (“wandering, straying or deviating from”), present active participle of aberrō (“I wander, stray; aberr”), from both ab- (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from errō (“I wander, astray; err”), from Proto-Italic *erzāō (“to roam, wander; go astray, waver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers-eh₂-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of aberrasjon.
The noun is a substantivisation of the adjective, with the same etymology.

der

(botany, zoology) an aberrant (a group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number)


abdomen

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abdomen n (definite singular abdomenet, indefinite plural abdomen or abdomina, definite plural abdomena or abdomenene or abdominaene)

abdomenet (definite singular)
abdomen (indefinite plural)
abdomina (indefinite plural)
abdomena (definite plural)
abdomenene (definite plural)
abdominaene (definite plural)

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «abdomen».ogg

From Latin abdōmen (“belly, abdomen; gluttony”), possibly from both abdō (“I hide, conceal”), from ab- (“from, away, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) (+ the ending *dō (“put”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”)) + and from -men (forms neuter nouns), from Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ (creates action nouns or result nouns).

der

(zoology, entomology) abdomen (the posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda)


lake

laken (definite singular)
laker (indefinite plural)
lakene (definite plural)

(fish) burbot, eelpout (species Lota lota)


due

dua (definite singular)
duen (definite singular)
duer (indefinite plural)
duene (definite plural)

From Old Norse dúfa (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“hazy, unclear, dark; deep”). Cognate with Danish due, Swedish duva, Icelandic dúfa, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove. The sense “politician favouring conciliation” is a semantic loan from English dove.

inh

hej, øves leg af kælne duer på disse ørkenbrune tuer!

hey, practice playing with cuddly pigeons on these desert brown tufts!

(zoology) a dove or pigeon; culver (one of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species)

(humorous, in the plural) a couple that is very much in love

lukk opp for mig, min søster, min elskede, min due, min fullkomne

(Can we date this quote?), The Bible, Song of Songs 5,2:

open up to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect

(poetic) a dove (term of endearment for a woman one holds dearly)

fredens due

(figuratively) a symbol of peace and reconciliation

den selvsamme «hauk» som tapte for den republikanske «duen» Hatfield ved senatsvalget

the very "hawk" who lost to the Republican "dove" Hatfield in the Senate election

senator Edward M. Kennedy – en av «duene» i amerikansk politikk når det gjelder Vietnam-krigen

Senator Edward M. Kennedy - one of the "doves" of American politics in the Vietnam War

(politics) a dove (a person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict)

[Jesus] så Guds ånd komme ned over seg som en due

(Can we date this quote?), The Bible, Matt 3,16:

[Jesus] saw the Spirit of God coming down upon him like a dove

Guds klarheds due sidder skjult; ve, aldrig over mig den dalte

The dove of God's clarity sits hidden; woe, never upon me it fell

(Christianity) a symbol of the Holy Spirit

vær kloke som slanger og troskyldige som duer

(Can we date this quote?), The Bible, Matt 10,16:

be wise as serpents and faithful as doves

enkelte av disse blide duer var tilmed så foretaksomme at de ikke nøyde seg med å legge brev og aviser fra seg på det store bordet i hålen

1949, Johan Borgen, Jenny og påfuglen, page 34:

some of these cheerful pigeons were even so enterprising that they did not content themselves with leaving letters and newspapers on the big table in the hole

falk og due, due og falk

1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 161:

leke hauk og due

play hawk and dove; a game in which one participant tries to catch the other


horn

hornet (definite singular)
horn (indefinite plural)
horna (definite plural)
hornene (definite plural)

From Old Norse horn, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.


admiral

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

Northern Sami: admirála

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

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

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

Vanessa atalanta
Vanessa atalanta#Translingual

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


menneske

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

From Old Norse manneskja (“human being”).

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

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

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

gøre menneske til dyr!

[jeg] beundrer hvad menneskene kan utrette

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

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

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

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

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

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


hals

halsen (definite singular)
halser (indefinite plural)
halsene (definite plural)

From Old Norse hals (“neck”), from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (“neck, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos.
Cognate with English halse, Dutch hals, German Hals, Swedish hals and Danish hals.

tag grimen af min hals

1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kærlighedens komedie, page 125:

[Hedvig] lægger armen om hans hals

[kledd] i sort helt op til halsen

1888, Henrik Ibsen, Fruen fra havet, page 207:

[hun] tog hende om halsen

1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 156:

håret var satt opp, i halsen hadde hun et enkelt gullkjede med hjerte

1997, Gerd Brantenberg, Augusta og Bjørnstjerne, page 128:

her hair was up, around her neck she had a simple gold chain with a heart

hun har en blomstrete, V-ringet kjole på seg og et enkelt perlekjede i halsen

2021, Linn Ullmann, Jente, 1983, page 203:

she is wearing a floral V-neck dress and a simple pearl necklace around her neck

vi sitter i halsen i dette [hjernens belønningssystem som trigges av det uforutsigbare], og ingen slipper unna

2019, Nina Lykke, Full spredning, page 147:

we're stuck in this [brain's reward system triggered by the unpredictable] and no one escapes

de kastet seg om halsen på hverandre og klemte og gråt

they embraced each other and hugged and cried

kan du fatte det, sa Trine [Hattestad etter å ha blitt verdensmester i spydkast] og falt om halsen på sin trener

1993 August 23, Bergens Tidende, page 24:

can you imagine that, said Trine [Hattestad after becoming world champion in the javelin throw] and embraced her coach

kommunistene og de borgerlige falt om halsen på hverandre og stilte fellesliste ved valg til formannskapet

the communists and the bourgeois came to an agreement and put up a joint list in elections for the chairmanship

Dostojevskij … trodde at Russland og Europa ville falle om halsen på hverandre i kjølvannet av reformene og de store forandringene

Dostoevsky ... believed that Russia and Europe would come to an agreement in the wake of the reforms and the great changes

vi [burde] falt om halsen på innvandrerne og tryglet om tilgivelse

we [should] show great gratitude to the immigrants and beg for forgiveness

han [hørte] kjærrerne komme. Og nu gjorde han lang hals

1900, Vilhelm Krag, Isaac Seehuusen, page 283:

he [heard] the carts coming. And now he was stretching to get a good look

hun skjøt hals

[jeg] strekker hals for å se best mulig mellom hodene på dem som sitter foran

[I] stretch out my neck to see as best as possible between the heads of those sitting in front

partiprogrammerne vri’r halsen om på alle unge levedygtige sandheder

1882, Henrik Ibsen, En folkefiende, page 215:

the party programs kills all young viable truths

skrækken havde rystet Aline så forfærdelig stærkt. Brandlarmen, – udflytningen – så’n over hals og hode

1892, Henrik Ibsen, Bygmester Solness, page 116:

the terror had shaken Aline so horribly. The fire alarm, - the eviction - so hastily

markmus og kjøttmeiser flygted hals over hoved

1904, Jacob Breda Bull, Folkelivsbilleder II, page 243:

digter-komponisten havde over hals og hoved maattet flygte fra Østerriges hovedstad

1917, Clara Tschudi, Ludwig den anden, page 22:

the poet-composer had to hastily flee from Austria's capital

jeg er altså i Deres magt, assessor. De har hals og hånd over mig fra nu af

1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, page 232:

I am therefore in your power, assessor. You have power over my destiny from now on

sitte til halsen i

kaste seg om halsen på

falle om halsen på

to embrace; come to an agreement; be grateful

gjøre lang hals; strekke/skyte hals

vri/dreie halsen om på noen

hals over hode; over hode og hals

hastily and without time for further preparation

ha hals og hånd over

(anatomy, zoology) a neck (the part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.)

hans kejserdom er om en hals!

1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 137:

det var ikke frit for at jeg blev om en hals naar at hun saa paa mig

it was not free for me to be in a life-threatening situation when she looked at me

Nå, nå, nå! Ikke så ivrig! Det har været figurligt ment, det gi’er jeg min hals på

1874, Henrik Ibsen, De unges forbund, page 22:

Well, well, well! Not so eager! It was meant figuratively, I swear by it

jeg er folkets mand paa min hals

1899, Alexander Kielland, Garman og Worse, page 161:

være om en hals

gi sin hals på noe

være noe på sin hals

(chiefly literary) Used in fixed expressions related to execution by decapitation.


tart

tarten (definite singular)
tarter (indefinite plural)
tartene (definite plural)


sild

head

sild m or f (definite singular silda or silden, indefinite plural sild or silder, definite singular sildene)

silda (definite singular)
silden (definite singular)
sild (indefinite plural)
silder (indefinite plural)
sildene (definite singular)


hann

hann m (definite singular hannen, indefinite plural hanner, definite plural hannene)

hannen (definite singular)
hanner (indefinite plural)
hannene (definite plural)


dronning

dronninga (definite singular)
dronningen (definite singular)
dronninger (indefinite plural)
dronningene (definite plural)

(zoology, entomology) queen (the reproductive female in social insect species)


fennek

fenneken (definite singular)
fenneker (indefinite plural)
fennekene (definite plural)

From German Fennek, from Arabic فَنَك (fanak).

(zoology) Vulpes zerda; species of the family Canidae


antenne

antenna (definite singular)
antennen (definite singular)
antenner (indefinite plural)
antennene (definite plural)


snabel

snabelen (definite singular)
snabler (indefinite plural)
snablene (definite plural)


trekke

trekke (imperative trekk, present tense trekker, passive trekkes, simple past trakk, past participle trukket, present participle trekkende)

trekk (imperative)
trekker (present)
trekkes (passive)
trakk (past)
trukket (participle past)
trekkende (participle present)

From Middle Low German trecken; cognate with Danish trække.

(zoology, of animals, birds etc.) to migrate


harr

harren (definite singular)
harrer (indefinite plural)
harrene (definite plural)

Thymallus thymallus
Thymallus thymallus#Translingual


abbor

abboren (definite singular)
abborer (indefinite plural)
abborene (definite plural)

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «abbor».ogg

Common nordic root, from Old Danish aghborre (“perch”) and Old Swedish aghborre, aborre (“perch”), the beginning of the word comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”) + the end of the word comes from Old Norse borrablað, from Proto-Germanic *burzô.
Cognate with Danish aborre (“perch”), Swedish abborre (“perch”), Elfdalian abuorr (“perch”), as well as cognate with German Barsch (“perch”) and English barse.

der

jeg har aldri fått annet enn abbor da jeg har vært på fisketur

I have never caught anything but perch when I have been on a fishing trip

det [var] ikke sjeldent å få nøgda av øbbør og gjedde på fisketurene

it [was] not uncommon to get enough of perch and pike on fishing trips

enda [biter] åboren villig i mange sjøer og tjern

yet [bites] the perch willingly in many lakes and ponds

det skal være bra med harr og røye. Men jeg har aldri fått annet enn abbor

1976, Torfinn Haukås, Svindlere, page 24:

grayling and char should be good. But I have never had anything but perch

det hendte at vi en mørk kveld greide å fange en ørret eller helst en abbor i noen av hølene under brua

2008, Karsten Alnæs, Bakenfor alle farger:

it happened that one dark night we managed to catch a trout or preferably a perch in some of the ponds under the bridge

Perca fluviatilis
Perca fluviatilis#Translingual

(zoology) a perch, specifically the European perch (Perca fluviatilis)


amfibium

head

amfibium n (definite singular amfibiet, indefinite plural amfibier, definite plural amfibia or amfibiene)

amfibiet (definite singular)
amfibier (indefinite plural)
amfibia (definite plural)
amfibiene (definite plural)


primat

primat m (definite singular primaten, indefinite plural primater, definite plural primatene)

primaten (definite singular)
primater (indefinite plural)
primatene (definite plural)


laue

laua (definite singular)
lauen (definite singular)
lauer (indefinite plural)
lauene (definite plural)

Alburnus alburnus
Alburnus alburnus#Translingual


hunn

hunn m (definite singular hunnen, indefinite plural hunner, definite plural hunnene)

hunnen (definite singular)
hunner (indefinite plural)
hunnene (definite plural)


vekselvarm

vekselvarm (feminine masculine)
vekselvarmt (neuter)
vekselvarme (definite plural singular)


krypdyr

krypdyr n (definite singular krypdyret, indefinite plural krypdyr, definite singular krypdyra or krypdyrene)

krypdyret (definite singular)
krypdyr (indefinite plural)
krypdyra (definite singular)
krypdyrene (definite singular)


trekk

trekket (definite singular)
trekk (indefinite plural)
trekka (definite plural)
trekkene (definite plural)

(zoology) migration (of animals, birds etc.)


altetende

From alt + etende (present participle of ete).

qualifier

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


feromon

feromonet (definite singular)
feromon (indefinite plural)
feromoner (indefinite plural)
feromona (definite plural)
feromonene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) "pherein" + hormon.


virveldyr

virveldyret (definite singular)
virveldyr (indefinite plural)
virveldyra (definite plural)
virveldyrene (definite plural)


trost

trosten (definite singular)
troster (indefinite plural)
trostene (definite plural)

From Old Norse þrǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *þrasduz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos. Compare Swedish trast, Icelandic þröstur, Faroese trøstur.

(zoology) thrush, one of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae


virvelløs

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virvelløs (neuter singular virvelløst, definite singular and plural virvelløse)

virvelløst (neuter singular)
virvelløse (definite plural singular)

virvelløse dyr - invertebrates


rødrev

rødreven (definite singular)
rødrever (indefinite plural)
rødrevene (definite plural)

[ˈɾøʷː.ˌɾeːʋ]

Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes#Translingual

(zoology) Vulpes vulpes; species of the family Canidae


stepperev

steppereven (definite singular)
stepperever (indefinite plural)
stepperevene (definite plural)

Vulpes corsac
Vulpes corsac#Translingual

(zoology) Vulpes corsac; species of the family Canidae


bengalrev

bengalreven (definite singular)
bengalrever (indefinite plural)
bengalrevene (definite plural)

[bɛŋ.ˈɡaːl.ˌɾeːʋ]

Vulpes bengalensis
Vulpes bengalensis#Translingual

(zoology) Vulpes bengalensis; species of the family Canidae


ørkenrev

ørkenreven (definite singular)
ørkenrever (indefinite plural)
ørkenrevene (definite plural)

[ˈœʷɾ.kən.ˌɾeːʋ]


fjellrev

fjellreven (definite singular)
fjellrever (indefinite plural)
fjellrevene (definite plural)

fjell + rev. Compare Icelandic fjallarefur and Swedish fjällräv.

Vulpes lagopus
Vulpes lagopus#Translingual

(zoology) arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus; species of the family Canidae


pilleskrukketroll

pilleskrukketrollet (definite singular)
pilleskrukketroll (indefinite plural)
pilleskrukketrolla (definite plural)
pilleskrukketrollene (definite plural)

(zoology) pill bug, roly-poly, Armadillidiidae; family of the order Isopoda


hamskifte

hamskiftet (definite singular)
hamskifter (indefinite plural)
hamskifta (definite plural)
hamskiftene (definite plural)

From ham (“outer skin, fur, feathers”) + skifte.

af

(zoology, also figurative) shedding of skin, moult, moulting


steinbit

steinbiten (definite singular)
steinbiter (indefinite plural)
steinbitene (definite plural)

(zoology) The taxonomic family of Anarhichadidae


planteetende

From plante + etende (“present participle of ete”).

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


aberrasjon

aberrasjonen (definite singular)
aberrasjoner (indefinite plural)
aberrasjonene (definite plural)

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «aberrasjon».ogg

Learned borrowing from Latin aberrātiō (“relief, diversion”), from aberrātus (“wandered, strayed, deviated”) (with the suffix -tiō (“-tion, -ation, -ing”), from Proto-Italic *-tjō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tis), perfect passive participle of aberrō (“I wander, stray; aberr”), from both ab- (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from errō (“I wander, astray; err”), from Proto-Italic *erzāō (“to roam, wander; go astray, waver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers-eh₂-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of aberrant.
Compare French aberration, Portuguese aberração, Spanish aberración and English aberration.

der

(zoology, botany) an aberration (atypical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ)


fjesing

fjesingen (definite singular)
fjesinger (indefinite plural)
fjesingene (definite plural)

(zoology) a weever (fish of the family Trachinidae), especially the greater weever (Trachinus draco)


kverke

kverka (definite singular)
kverken (definite singular)
kverker (indefinite plural)
kverkene (definite plural)


sildekonge

sildekongen (definite singular)
sildekonger (indefinite plural)
sildekongene (definite plural)

From sild (“herring”) + -e- + konge (“king”).

Regalecus glesne
Regalecus glesne#Translingual

(zoology) an oarfish, king of herrings (Regalecus glesne)


abborfamilien

abbor + familie, first part from Old Danish aghborre (“perch”) and Old Swedish aghborre, aborre (“perch”), the beginning of the word comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”) + the end of the word comes from Old Norse borrablað, from Proto-Germanic *burzô. Last part familie (“family”), from German Familie (“family”), from Latin familia (“household, family”), from Proto-Italic *fameljā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-m-eló-m (“fundament”), from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”).

(zoology) the perch family; Percidae (a taxonomic family within order Perciformes)


brugde

brugda (definite singular)
brugden (definite singular)
brugder (indefinite plural)
brugdene (definite plural)

(zoology) a basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus


ørekyt

head

ørekyt m or f (definite singular ørekyta or ørekyten, indefinite plural ørekyter, definite plural ørekytene)

ørekyta (definite singular)
ørekyten (definite singular)
ørekyter (indefinite plural)
ørekytene (definite plural)

Phoxinus phoxinus
Phoxinus phoxinus#Translingual

(fish) Common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)