gorilla

gorillaen (definite singular)
gorillaer (indefinite plural)
gorillaene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”).


latter

en god latter


seks

From Old Norse sex, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”).


dildo

head

dildo m (definite singular dildoen, indefinite plural dildoer, definite plural dildoene)

dildoen (definite singular)
dildoer (indefinite plural)
dildoene (definite plural)


Gibraltar

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)


noob

nooben (definite singular)
noober (indefinite plural)
noobene (definite plural)


negative

inflection of negativ:
definite singular


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.


ravine

ravinen (definite singular)
raviner (indefinite plural)
ravinene (definite plural)


permanent

head

permanent (neuter singular permanent, definite singular and plural permanente)

permanent (neuter singular)
permanente (definite plural singular)


prompt

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


prompt

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


lade

lade (imperative lad, present tense lader, passive lades, simple past lada or ladet or ladde, past participle lada or ladet or ladd, present participle ladende)

lad (imperative)
lader (present)
lades (passive)
lada (past)
ladet (past)
ladde (past)
lada (participle past)
ladet (participle past)
ladd (participle past)
ladende (participle present)

From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.

(electricity) to charge (e.g. a battery)


vitamin

vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin or vitaminer, definite plural vitamina or vitaminene)

vitaminet (definite singular)
vitamin (indefinite plural)
vitaminer (indefinite plural)
vitamina (definite plural)
vitaminene (definite plural)


norm

normen (definite singular)
normer (indefinite plural)
normene (definite plural)


flod

floda (definite singular)
floden (definite singular)
floder (indefinite plural)
flodene (definite plural)

From Old Norse flóð, compare with German Flut.


flod

floden (definite singular)
floder (indefinite plural)
flodene (definite plural)

From Middle Low German vlot and German Fluß (now Fluss).


hump

humpen (definite singular)
humper (indefinite plural)
humpene (definite plural)

Possibly related to Low German humpel, compare with English hump.


variant

varianten (definite singular)
varianter (indefinite plural)
variantene (definite plural)


torpedo

torpedoen (definite singular)
torpedoer (indefinite plural)
torpedoene (definite plural)

From Latin torpedo, via English torpedo or German Torpedo.


salami

salami m (definite singular salamien, indefinite plural salamier, definite plural salamiene)

salamien (definite singular)
salamier (indefinite plural)
salamiene (definite plural)


attest

attesten (definite singular)
attester (indefinite plural)
attestene (definite plural)


binding

bindinga (definite singular)
bindingen (definite singular)
bindinger (indefinite plural)
bindingene (definite plural)

(chemistry) kjemisk binding


våg

vågen (definite singular)
våger (indefinite plural)
vågene (definite plural)

a narrow inlet (smaller than a fjord), a voe (Shetland and Orkney dialect)


CV

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

curriculum vitae
curriculum vitae#Norwegian_Bokmål


podium

podiet (definite singular)
podier (indefinite plural)
podia (definite plural)
podiene (definite plural)


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

der

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.


ounce

ouncen (definite singular)
ouncer (indefinite plural)
ouncene (definite plural)

From English ounce. Doublet of inch and unse.


landing

landinga (definite singular)
landingen (definite singular)
landinger (indefinite plural)
landingene (definite plural)


halogen

halogenet (definite singular)
halogen (indefinite plural)
halogener (indefinite plural)
halogena (definite plural)
halogenene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt" or "sea”) + -gen.


brunette

brunetta (definite singular)
brunetten (definite singular)
brunetter (indefinite plural)
brunettene (definite plural)

a brunette (woman or girl with dark brown hair)


ester

esteren (definite singular)
estere (indefinite plural)
esterne (definite plural)


Irak

Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


foster

head

foster n (definite singular fosteret or fostret, indefinite plural foster or fostre, definite plural fostra or fostrene)

fosteret (definite singular)
fostret (definite singular)
foster (indefinite plural)
fostre (indefinite plural)
fostra (definite plural)
fostrene (definite plural)


dim

dim (neuter singular dimt, definite singular and plural dimme, comparative dimmere, indefinite superlative dimmest, definite superlative dimmeste)

dimt (neuter singular)
dimme (definite plural singular)
dimmere (comparative)
dimmest (indefinite superlative)
dimmeste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse dimmr. Related to English dim and Icelandic dimmur.

Han er dim på synet


hyper-

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”).


ku

ku f or m (definite singular kua or kuen, indefinite plural kyr or kuer, definite plural kyrne or kuene)

kua (definite singular)
kuen (definite singular)
kyr (indefinite plural)
kuer (indefinite plural)
kyrne (definite plural)
kuene (definite plural)

From Old West Norse kýr (accusative singular kú), from Proto-Germanic *kōz.


aroma

aromaen (definite singular)
aromaer (indefinite plural)
aromaene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).


ille

head

ille (indeclinable, comparative verre, indefinite superlative verst, definite superlative verste)

verre (comparative)
verst (indefinite superlative)
verste (definite superlative)

From Danish ilde. The form ille introduced into Riksmål in 1907, but the form ilde was still used at least until 1919 (e.g. by Kristian Elster).


ille

[ˈɪ̂l̺.l̺ɛ̝]

ille bra


sink

sink m or n (definite singular sinken or sinket)

sinken (definite singular)
sinket (definite singular)


stad

staden (definite singular)
steder (indefinite plural)
stedene (definite plural)

From Danish stad, from Old Danish stath, from Old Norse staðr (“place, spot, city, town”), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place, location”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (“standing, position”), from *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”) + *-tis (“derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots”).

inh

(literary) a (large) city, (also in compounds) town


svastika

svastikaen (definite singular)
svastikaer (indefinite plural)
svastikaene (definite plural)

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).


tunnel

tunnelen (definite singular)
tunneler (indefinite plural)
tunnelene (definite plural)


déjà vu

Borrowed from French déjà vu, from déjà (“already”), + vu (“seen”), past participle of voir (“to see”).


sul

fat or hearty food eaten with soup, porridge, bread

milk porridge; milk with (grøt) or bread


bimbo

bimboen (definite singular)
bimboer (indefinite plural)
bimboene (definite plural)


glo

gloa (definite singular)
gloen (definite singular)
glør (indefinite plural)
glørne (definite plural)

(especially in the plural) an ember, live coal


dau

dau (feminine masculine)
daut (neuter)
daue (definite plural singular)


begonia

head

begonia m (definite singular begoniaen, indefinite plural begonier or begoniaer, definite plural begoniene or begoniaene)

begoniaen (definite singular)
begonier (indefinite plural)
begoniaer (indefinite plural)
begoniene (definite plural)
begoniaene (definite plural)

Named after Michel Bégon (1638–1710), French governor of Saint-Domingue.

a begonia (flowering plant of genus Begonia, family Begoniaceae)

Michel Bégon
Saint-Domingue
no:Begoniafamilien


bye

bya (definite singular)
byen (definite singular)
byer (indefinite plural)
byene (definite plural)

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


alle

Dette gjelder alle.


burka

burkaen (definite singular)
burkaer (indefinite plural)
burkaene (definite plural)

From Urdu or Persian, from Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ, “veil”).


pelargonium

nb-noun

pelargonium m (definite singular pelargonien or pelargoniumen, indefinite plural pelargonier, definite plural pelargoniene)

pelargonien (definite singular)
pelargoniumen (definite singular)
pelargonier (indefinite plural)
pelargoniene (definite plural)

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


rush

rushet (definite singular)
rush (indefinite plural)
rusha (definite plural)
rushene (definite plural)


regiment

regimentet (definite singular)
regiment (indefinite plural)
regimenter (indefinite plural)
regimenta (definite plural)
regimentene (definite plural)


trance

trancen (definite singular)
trancer (indefinite plural)
trancene (definite plural)

form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by transe


ellipse

ellipsen (definite singular)
ellipser (indefinite plural)
ellipsene (definite plural)

From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis).

no:ellipse (retorikk)
no:ellipse (skrift)

(grammar, rhetoric, typography) an ellipsis


pistol

pistolen (definite singular)
pistoler (indefinite plural)
pistolene (definite plural)

From Czech píšťala (“whistle, because of the shape”), via German Pistole.

der

Langs veggene sto politimenn med dystre ansikter, truende, med hendene på pistolene sine.

2012, Tatiana de Rosnay, translated by Kirsti Overgaard, Saras nøkkel [Sarah's Key]:

Along the walls policemen stood menacingly with sombre faces, and with hands on their pistols.


petunia

petuniaen (definite singular)
petuniaer (indefinite plural)
petunia (indefinite plural)
petuniaene (definite plural)

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun, from Guaraní pety.


geranium

geranien (definite singular)
geraniumen (definite singular)
geranier (indefinite plural)
geraniene (definite plural)

From New Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos, “crane”).


ananas

ananasen (definite singular)
ananaser (indefinite plural)
ananasene (definite plural)

Borrowed from Spanish ananás from Portuguese ananás or borrowed directly from Portuguese, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).


blå

head

blå (neuter singular blått, definite singular and plural blå or blåe, comparative blåere, indefinite superlative blåest, definite superlative blåeste)

blått (neuter singular)
blå (definite plural singular)
blåe (definite plural singular)
blåere (comparative)
blåest (indefinite superlative)
blåeste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse blár (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”).


arena

arenaen (definite singular)
arenaer (indefinite plural)
arenaene (definite plural)


mangle

mangle (imperative mangl or mangle, present tense mangler, simple past and past participle mangla or manglet, present participle manglende)

mangl (imperative)
mangle (imperative)
mangler (present)
mangla (participle past)
mangla (past)
manglet (participle past)
manglet (past)
manglende (participle present)


motor

motoren (definite singular)
motorer (indefinite plural)
motorene (definite plural)


stable

stable (imperative stabl or stable, present tense stabler, passive stables, simple past and past participle stabla or stablet, present participle stablende)

stabl (imperative)
stable (imperative)
stabler (present)
stables (passive)
stabla (participle past)
stabla (past)
stablet (participle past)
stablet (past)
stablende (participle present)


fort

fort (comparative fortere, superlative fortest)

fortere (comparative)
fortest (superlative)


fort

fortet (definite singular)
fort (indefinite plural)
forter (indefinite plural)
forta (definite plural)
fortene (definite plural)


jul

jula (definite singular)
julen (definite singular)
juler (indefinite plural)
julene (definite plural)


vismut

vismuten (definite singular)
vismutet (definite singular)

I rapporten fulgte Dombey poloniumet tilbake til Majak, der det bestrålte vismutet var kommet fra. Fra Majak var det blitt sendt til Sarov. Men det var ett ledd i kjeden som manglet.

2016, Luke Harding, Dødelig dose, Forlaget Press, →ISBN:

In the report Dombey followed the polonium back to Majak, where the irradiated bismuth was coming from. From Majak it was sent to Sarov. But there was one link in the chain that was missing.


western

westernen (definite singular)
westerner (indefinite plural)
westernene (definite plural)


mamma

mammaen (definite singular)
mammaer (indefinite plural)
mammaene (definite plural)


pixel

pixel m (definite singular pixelen, indefinite plural pixeler or pixler, definite plural pixelene or pixlene)

pixelen (definite singular)
pixeler (indefinite plural)
pixler (indefinite plural)
pixelene (definite plural)
pixlene (definite plural)

Borrowed from English pixel, abbreviation of "picture element".


gul

gul (feminine masculine)
gult (neuter)
gule (definite plural singular)
gulere (comparative)
gulest (indefinite superlative)
guleste (definite superlative)


mil

mil m or f (definite singular mila or milen, indefinite plural mil, definite plural milene)

mila (definite singular)
milen (definite singular)
mil (indefinite plural)
milene (definite plural)

From Latin milia, millia and Old Norse míla.

(today in Norway) a distance of 10 kilometres

gammel norsk mil - old Norwegian mile, a distance of 11.3 kilometres

engelsk mil - a mile, 1.609 kilometres, as used in Britain and the US.


oval

oval (neuter singular ovalt, definite singular and plural ovale)

ovalt (neuter singular)
ovale (definite plural singular)


oval

ovalen (definite singular)
ovaler (indefinite plural)
ovalene (definite plural)


voodoo

voodooen (definite singular)
voodooer (indefinite plural)
voodooene (definite plural)

From English voodoo, from Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole vodou, from a West African language.


villa

villaen (definite singular)
villaer (indefinite plural)
villaene (definite plural)


container

containeren (definite singular)
containere (indefinite plural)
containerne (definite plural)

a container (large metal box for transporting goods)


arrangement

arrangementet (definite singular)
arrangement (indefinite plural)
arrangementer (indefinite plural)
arrangementa (definite plural)
arrangementene (definite plural)


brun

brun (feminine masculine)
brunt (neuter)
brune (definite plural singular)
brunere (comparative)
brunest (indefinite superlative)
bruneste (definite superlative)


mold

molda (definite singular)
molden (definite singular)
molder (indefinite plural)
moldene (definite plural)

From Old Norse mold (“earth, dirt, soil”), from Proto-Germanic *muldō (“mould, soil, dirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

inh

Han kastet seg ned i åkeren og grov en grop i molda.

1973, Sigbjørn Hølmebakk, Tolv trøndere:

He fell down in the field and dug a hole in the soil


mens

From Danish mens, from older medens, from Old Norse meðan.


mens

mensen (definite singular)
mens (indefinite plural)
menser (indefinite plural)
mensene (definite plural)

short for menstruasjon (menstruation), a monthly period.


folklore

folkloren (definite singular)
folklorer (indefinite plural)
folklorene (definite plural)


vital

head

vital (neuter singular vitalt, definite singular and plural vitale)

vitalt (neuter singular)
vitale (definite plural singular)


milliard

milliarden (definite singular)
milliarder (indefinite plural)
milliardene (definite plural)


tal

talet (definite singular)
tal (indefinite plural)
tala (definite plural)
talene (definite plural)

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


assistere

assistere (imperative assister, present tense assisterer, simple past assisterte, past participle assistert, present participle assisterende)

assister (imperative)
assisterer (present)
assisterte (past)
assistert (participle past)
assisterende (participle present)


solo

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


solo

solo (definite singular soloen, indefinite plural soloer or soli, definite singular soloene or soliene)

soloen (definite singular)
soloer (indefinite plural)
soli (indefinite plural)
soloene (definite singular)
soliene (definite singular)


forum

forum n (definite singular forumet, indefinite plural fora or forumer, definite plural foraene or foruma or forumene)

forumet (definite singular)
fora (indefinite plural)
forumer (indefinite plural)
foraene (definite plural)
foruma (definite plural)
forumene (definite plural)

a forum (place for discussion, either on the Internet or in real life)


Eid

Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane#English

A parish and former municipality of Stad, Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane borough, Vestland, Vestlandet, Norway

A parish and former municipality of Kvinnherad, Sunnhordland district, Hordaland borough, Vestland, Vestlandet, Norway

A parish and former municipality of Rauma, Møre og Romsdal, Vestlandet, Norway


fond

fondet (definite singular)
fond (indefinite plural)
fonda (definite plural)
fondene (definite plural)


total

total (neuter singular totalt, definite singular and plural totale)

totalt (neuter singular)
totale (definite plural singular)

From Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus + -ālis.


gi

gi (imperative gi, present tense gir, passive gis, simple past ga or gav, past participle gitt)

gi (imperative)
gir (present)
gis (passive)
ga (past)
gav (past)
gitt (participle past)

From Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-.

to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)


status

statusen (definite singular)
statuser (indefinite plural)
statusene (definite plural)


vin

vinen (definite singular)
viner (indefinite plural)
vinene (definite plural)

From Old Norse vín, from Latin vīnum (“wine”).


anemometer

anemometer n (definite singular anemometeret or anemometret, indefinite plural anemometer or anemometre, definite plural anemometra or anemometrene)

anemometeret (definite singular)
anemometret (definite singular)
anemometer (indefinite plural)
anemometre (indefinite plural)
anemometra (definite plural)
anemometrene (definite plural)


bunker

bunkeren (definite singular)
bunkere (indefinite plural)
bunkerne (definite plural)


blank

blank (feminine masculine)
blankt (neuter)
blanke (definite plural singular)
blankere (comparative)
blankest (indefinite superlative)
blankeste (definite superlative)


ute

ute av kontroll

out; the state of being out. compare: ut


stall

stallen (definite singular)
staller (indefinite plural)
stallene (definite plural)

a stable (building where horses are housed)


paprika

paprikaen (definite singular)
paprikaer (indefinite plural)
paprikaene (definite plural)

Borrowed from German Paprika (“paprika, bell pepper”), from Hungarian paprika (“paprika, bell pepper”), from Serbo-Croatian pàprika (“paprika, bell pepper”), from pȁpar (“pepper”), from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь (“pepper”), from Latin piper (“pepper”), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). Doublet of pepper.
Cognate with English paprika, Czech paprika, Dutch paprika, Finnish paprika, and Polish papryka.


hunger

From Old Norse hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hunhruz.


uniform

head

uniform m or f (definite singular uniforma or uniformen, indefinite plural uniformer, definite plural uniformene)

uniforma (definite singular)
uniformen (definite singular)
uniformer (indefinite plural)
uniformene (definite plural)


chakra

chakraet (definite singular)
chakraer (indefinite plural)
chakraa (definite plural)
chakraene (definite plural)

From Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, circle, point”).


bris

brisen (definite singular)
briser (indefinite plural)
brisene (definite plural)


aerosol

aerosolen (definite singular)
aerosoler (indefinite plural)
aerosolene (definite plural)


satire

satiren (definite singular)
satirer (indefinite plural)
satirene (definite plural)


kuk

kuken (definite singular)
kuker (indefinite plural)
kukene (definite plural)

Either from Middle Norwegian kúkr (noun) of unknown origin, probably utilised as a pejorative nickname. Or from Swedish kuk (“penis, cock”), from Old Norse kokkr, from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“cock, rooster”), likely from original n-stem *keukô ~ *kukkaz.


halo

head

halo m (definite singular haloen, indefinite plural haloer, definite plural haloene)

haloen (definite singular)
haloer (indefinite plural)
haloene (definite plural)


polka

polkaen (definite singular)
polkaer (indefinite plural)
polkaene (definite plural)

Via German Polka or French polka from Czech polka and půlka


barometer

barometer n (definite singular barometeret or barometret, indefinite plural barometer or barometre, definite plural barometra or barometrene)

barometeret (definite singular)
barometret (definite singular)
barometer (indefinite plural)
barometre (indefinite plural)
barometra (definite plural)
barometrene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”) + -meter.


mentor

mentoren (definite singular)
mentorer (indefinite plural)
mentorene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”).


caldera

calderaen (definite singular)
calderaer (indefinite plural)
calderaene (definite plural)

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


gard

garden (definite singular)
garder (indefinite plural)
gardene (definite plural)

From Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from the root *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”).


gran

grana (definite singular)
granen (definite singular)
graner (indefinite plural)
granene (definite plural)

From Danish gran, from Old Norse grǫn (“spruce, pine tree”), from Proto-Germanic *granō (“awn, bristles”), fFrom Proto-Indo-European *gʰroH-néh₂-.

spruce (mostly the species Picea abies (Norway spruce)).


verge

verger (present)
verga (past)
verget (past)
verga (participle past)
verget (participle past)

From Old Norse verja. Compare Danish værge, Faroese verja, Icelandic verja, Swedish värja.


verge

vergen (definite singular)
verger (indefinite plural)
vergene (definite plural)

(law) a guardian, conservator; a person appointed to manage the affairs of others


verge

verget (definite singular)
verg (indefinite plural)
verga (definite plural)
vergene (definite plural)


sutra

sutraen (definite singular)
sutraer (indefinite plural)
sutraene (definite plural)

From Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra, “thread, rule”).


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


veranda

veranda m (definite singular verandaen, indefinite plural verandaer, definite plural verandaene)

verandaen (definite singular)
verandaer (indefinite plural)
verandaene (definite plural)

a veranda or verandah (roofed open gallery)


patriot

patrioten (definite singular)
patrioter (indefinite plural)
patriotene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs).


tung

tung (neuter singular tungt, definite singular and plural tunge, comparative tyngre or tungere, indefinite superlative tyngst or tungest, definite superlative tyngste or tungeste)

tungt (neuter singular)
tunge (definite plural singular)
tyngre (comparative)
tungere (comparative)
tyngst (indefinite superlative)
tungest (indefinite superlative)
tyngste (definite superlative)
tungeste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse þungr, from Proto-Germanic *þunguz.


atoll

atollen (definite singular)
atoller (indefinite plural)
atollene (definite plural)

Borrowed from English atoll, from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).


amok

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


yoga

yogaen (definite singular)
yogaer (indefinite plural)
yogaene (definite plural)

Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yóga, “yoking, union”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas, from Proto-Indo-European *yéwg-o-s, from *yewg- (“to join”). Doublet of åk.

disciplines and exercises based on yoga, but removed from the philosophical system


panorama

panorama n (definite singular panoramaet, indefinite plural panorama or panoramaer, definite plural panoramaene)

panoramaet (definite singular)
panorama (indefinite plural)
panoramaer (indefinite plural)
panoramaene (definite plural)


jackpot

jackpoten (definite singular)
jackpoter (indefinite plural)
jackpotene (definite plural)


sten

stenen (definite singular)
stener (indefinite plural)
stenene (definite plural)

Alternative form of stein (“stone”), officially recognized in the following senses:

(medicine) stone, hardened tissue (as in kidney stone etc.)

(Riksmål, otherwise nonstandard) in other senses of the above noun


tid

tida (definite singular)
tiden (definite singular)
tider (indefinite plural)
tidene (definite plural)

From Old Norse tíð (“time”), from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dīti- (“time, period”), from *dī- (“time”).


aceto-

From Latin acētum (“vinegar”), from aceō (“I am sour”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-éh₁-ye-ti, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Doublet of eddik and acet-.

(organic chemistry) aceto- (containing a methyl group bonded to a carbonyl group)


skipper

skipperen (definite singular)
skippere (indefinite plural)
skipperne (definite plural)


histo-

From Ancient Greek ἱστός (histós, “web, tissue”).


niob

Named after Niobe, daughter of Tantalus.

niobium; a chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41.


moped

mopeden (definite singular)
mopeder (indefinite plural)
mopedene (definite plural)


stor

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stor (neuter singular stort, definite singular and plural store, comparative større, indefinite superlative størst, definite superlative største)

stort (neuter singular)
store (definite plural singular)
større (comparative)
størst (indefinite superlative)
største (definite superlative)

From Old Norse stórr (“big, large, tall, great”), from Proto-Germanic *stōraz, whence also Old English stōr, Old Saxon stōri. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-r-; compare Pashto ستر (stër, “large”), Lithuanian stóras, Old Church Slavonic старъ (starŭ, “old”), Russian ста́рый (stáryj, “old”).

cog

et stort hus

en stor mann

en stor tosk

en stor unge


slapp

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slapp (neuter singular slapt, definite singular and plural slappe, comparative slappere, indefinite superlative slappest, definite superlative slappeste)

slapt (neuter singular)
slappe (definite plural singular)
slappere (comparative)
slappest (indefinite superlative)
slappeste (definite superlative)

Probably from Middle Low German slap; compare with Danish slap


folk

folket (definite singular)
folk (indefinite plural)
folka (definite plural)
folkene (definite plural)

From Old Norse fólk, folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.


polymer

polymeren (definite singular)
polymerer (indefinite plural)
polymerene (definite plural)

From poly- + Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).


museum

museet (definite singular)
museer (indefinite plural)
musea (definite plural)
museene (definite plural)


plast

plasten (definite singular)
plaster (indefinite plural)
plastene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), via English plastic.


durian

From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.


Tyskland

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


tv

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


post

posten (definite singular)
poster (indefinite plural)
postene (definite plural)

Derived from Italian posta (in the given sense).

post or mail (letters, etc., sent via the postal service)


redd

redd (neuter singular redd, definite singular and plural redde, comparative reddere, indefinite superlative reddest, definite superlative reddeste)

redd (neuter singular)
redde (definite plural singular)
reddere (comparative)
reddest (indefinite superlative)
reddeste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse hræddr, from hræða (“frighten”).


puma

pumaen (definite singular)
pumaer (indefinite plural)
pumaene (definite plural)

Puma concolor
Puma concolor#Translingual


borg

borg m or f (definite singular borga or borgen, indefinite plural borger, definite plural borgene)

borga (definite singular)
borgen (definite singular)
borger (indefinite plural)
borgene (definite plural)

From Danish borg, from Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Inherited with masculine declension from Danish, the optional feminine declension was later borrowed from Nynorsk.


setting

settinga (definite singular)
settingen (definite singular)
settinger (indefinite plural)
settingene (definite plural)


litotes

litotesen (definite singular)
litoteser (indefinite plural)
litotesene (definite plural)

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


ville

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ville (present tense vil, simple past ville, past participle villet, present participle villende)

vil (present)
ville (past)
villet (participle past)
villende (participle present)

From Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

to want to, be willing to, shall, will, should


chill

Det er chill.


margin

marginen (definite singular)
marginer (indefinite plural)
marginene (definite plural)


-is

-isen (definite singular)
-iser (indefinite plural)
-isene (definite plural)

From Swedish -is (diminutive suffix), from Latin -is.

Used to form nouns from adjectives, verbs and other nouns


invadere

invadere (imperative invader, present tense invaderer, simple past invaderte, past participle invadert, present participle invaderende)

invader (imperative)
invaderer (present)
invaderte (past)
invadert (participle past)
invaderende (participle present)


feber

feberen (definite singular)
febere (indefinite plural)
febre (indefinite plural)
febrer (indefinite plural)
feberne (definite plural)
febrene (definite plural)


lyste

lyste (present tense lyster, simple past and past participle lysta or lystet, present participle lystende)

lyster (present)
lysta (participle past)
lysta (past)
lystet (participle past)
lystet (past)
lystende (participle present)


Antarktis

the Antarctic; the south polar region, which includes the continent of Antarctica


portugisisk

portugisisk (neuter singular portugisisk, definite singular and plural portugisiske)

portugisisk (neuter singular)
portugisiske (definite plural singular)

Portuguese (of, from or pertaining to Portugal or the Portuguese language)


temperatur

temperaturen (definite singular)
temperaturer (indefinite plural)
temperaturene (definite plural)

From New Latin temperātūra (“temperature”), from temperō (“I temper, moderate, qualify”) (with the suffix -tūra (“-ure, -ing”)), from Proto-Italic *tempezāō.


trombone

trombonen (definite singular)
tromboner (indefinite plural)
trombonene (definite plural)


brutal

brutal (neuter singular brutalt, definite singular and plural brutale)

brutalt (neuter singular)
brutale (definite plural singular)


monogram

monogrammet (definite singular)
monogram (indefinite plural)
monogrammer (indefinite plural)
monogramma (definite plural)
monogrammene (definite plural)


prat

praten (definite singular)
prater (indefinite plural)
pratene (definite plural)
pratet (definite singular)
prat (indefinite plural)
prata (definite plural)
pratene (definite plural)


ballast

ballasten (definite singular)
ballaster (indefinite plural)
ballastene (definite plural)


lyst

lysta (definite singular)
lysten (definite singular)
lyster (indefinite plural)
lystene (definite plural)


sur

sur (neuter singular surt, definite singular and plural sure, comparative surere, indefinite superlative surest, definite superlative sureste)

surt (neuter singular)
sure (definite plural singular)
surere (comparative)
surest (indefinite superlative)
sureste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *súHros. Cognate with Danish sur, Icelandic súr, Dutch zuur, English sour and German sauer.

sour (e.g. the characteristic taste of a lemon)

sur nedbør

Det er surt ute.

Han prøver å gjøre livet surt for meg.

He's trying to make life difficult for me.


pris

prisen (definite singular)
priser (indefinite plural)
prisene (definite plural)

From Old Norse príss, from Middle Low German pris, from Old French preis, pris (“price”), from Latin pretium (“worth, price; money spent; wage, reward”), from Proto-Italic *pretjom, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before, in front; first”).

der

price (cost required to gain possession of something)

a fare (cost of travelling on public transport)


mycelium

myceliet (definite singular)
mycelier (indefinite plural)
mycelia (definite plural)
myceliene (definite plural)

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


gods

godset (definite singular)
godset (definite singular)
gods (indefinite plural)
godser (indefinite plural)
godsa (definite plural)
godsene (definite plural)

an estate (large area of land under single ownership)


fjortis

fjortisen (definite singular)
fjortiser (indefinite plural)
fjortisene (definite plural)

Borrowed from Swedish fjortis (“immature teenager”), from fjorton (“fourteen”) (with the suffix -is, from Latin -is), from Old Swedish fiughertān, fiughurtan (“fourteen”), from Old Norse fjugurtán, fjugrtán, of fjórtán (“fourteen”), from Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun (“fourteen”), from both *fedwōr (“four”), from *petwṓr, from *kʷetwṓr of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”) + and from *tehun (“ten”), from *tehunt, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t (“ten”). Equivalent to fjorten + -is.

bor+

den belgiske kureren fikk fjorten [år i fengsel]. Det er så lang tid som det tar å bli fjortis, og en fjortis er nesten voksen, har levd et lite liv

the Belgian courier received fourteen [years in prison]. It's as long as it takes to be a fourteen-year-old, and a fourteen-year-old is almost an adult, has lived a short life

de tre [intervjuede 17-åringene] forteller at de unngår disko hvor det vanker «fjortiser»

the three [interviewed 17-year-olds] say that they avoid discos where "fourteen-year-olds" are common

[han] kom til å dø av ecstasy mens han stirra på en navlebar fjortis

1997, Morten Jørgensen, Kongen av København, page 126:

[he] would die of ecstasy while staring at a bare-bellied teenybopper

trøst deg med at den dagen det blir hipt å være fjortis med briller og kviser vil du bli sett på som en trendsetter

2004, Frode Øverli, Pondus. Flar firer, page 135:

take comfort in the fact that the day it gets hip to be a teenybopper with glasses and pimples you will be seen as a trendsetter

(colloquial, slang) a (more often female) teenager prone to immature or shallow behavior, a teenybopper


knagg

knaggen (definite singular)
knagger (indefinite plural)
knaggene (definite plural)

A peg for hanging things on; hook for hanging clothes

(nautical) A projecting spoke on a ship's wheel


mor

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mor f or m (definite singular mora or moren, indefinite plural mødre or mødrer, definite plural mødrene)

mora (definite singular)
moren (definite singular)
mødre (indefinite plural)
mødrer (indefinite plural)
mødrene (definite plural)

From moder, from Old Norse móðir, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Han elsker moren sin.


tanker

tankeren (definite singular)
tankere (indefinite plural)
tankerne (definite plural)


initial

initialen (definite singular)
initialer (indefinite plural)
initialene (definite plural)


femtedel

femtedelen (definite singular)
femtedeler (indefinite plural)
femtedelene (definite plural)


ottoman

ottomanen (definite singular)
ottomaner (indefinite plural)
ottomanene (definite plural)

2011, "Brødrene fra Iron House" by John Hart (translated by Christian Rugstad), Font Forlag AS →ISBN https://books.google.no/books?id=8rN7BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT424&lpg=PT424&dq=%22ottomanen%22&source=bl&ots=N4pKjtU-RO&sig=7ssb8kx1OmtNQdeYbfFIr-WytGI&hl=no&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhtbD9hsTZAhWhAcAKHb1CDsUQ6AEIRDAG#v=onepage&q=%22ottomanen%22&f=false
Michael sparket ottomanen til side, tok et skritt fram og rev geværet ut av hendene hennes.

Michael kicked the ottoman to the side, took a stride forward and tore the gun out of her hands.

an ottoman (sofa without arms or backrest)


rapport

rapporten (definite singular)
rapporter (indefinite plural)
rapportene (definite plural)


lee

leer (present)
lea (past)
leet (past)
lea (participle past)
leet (participle past)

to move; to make a body part, or a thing (such as a bolder), move


hint

hintet (definite singular)
hint (indefinite plural)
hinta (definite plural)
hintene (definite plural)

Mykt og taktfast, erfarent, med akkurat det rette hintet av lidenskap holdt i tøyler.

2014, Sylvia Day, Grepet av deg, Bastion Forlag, →ISBN:

Soft and measured, experienced, with just the right hint of passion kept in check.


flora

floraen (definite singular)
floraer (indefinite plural)
floraene (definite plural)


marked

markedet (definite singular)
marked (indefinite plural)
markeder (indefinite plural)
markeda (definite plural)
markedene (definite plural)

From Latin mercatus, via Old French market and Old Norse markaðr and marknaðr.


journalist

journalist m (definite singular journalisten, indefinite plural journalister, definite plural journalistene)

journalisten (definite singular)
journalister (indefinite plural)
journalistene (definite plural)


år

året (definite singular)
år (indefinite plural)
åra (definite plural)
årene (definite plural)

From Old Norse ár (“year; plenty, abundance”), from Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year”).

inh

I hvilket år skjedde det?


år

åra (definite singular)
åren (definite singular)
årer (indefinite plural)
årene (definite plural)

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


taut

(non-standard since 2005) past tense of tyte


turner

turneren (definite singular)
turnere (indefinite plural)
turnerne (definite plural)


giro

giroen (definite singular)
giroer (indefinite plural)
giroene (definite plural)

From Italian giro, from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).


alt

alten (definite singular)
alter (indefinite plural)
altene (definite plural)

From Latin altus, via Italian alto; compare with German Alt.


alt

alt kan skje


hull

hullet (definite singular)
hull (indefinite plural)
huller (indefinite plural)
hulla (definite plural)
hullene (definite plural)

Inherited from Old Norse hól, probably through Danish hul. Compare to English hole


nav

navet (definite singular)
nav (indefinite plural)
nava (definite plural)
navene (definite plural)

From Old Norse nǫf f, from Proto-Germanic *nabō.


rev

reven (definite singular)
rever (indefinite plural)
revene (definite plural)

From Old Norse refr, from Proto-Germanic *rebaz.


rev

revet (definite singular)
rev (indefinite plural)
reva (definite plural)
revene (definite plural)

a reef (ridge of rock or coral in the sea)


dingle

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dingle (imperative dingl or dingle, present tense dingler, passive dingles, simple past and past participle dingla or dinglet, present participle dinglende)

dingl (imperative)
dingle (imperative)
dingler (present)
dingles (passive)
dingla (participle past)
dingla (past)
dinglet (participle past)
dinglet (past)
dinglende (participle present)


tabu

tabuet (definite singular)
tabu (indefinite plural)
tabua (definite plural)
tabuene (definite plural)


lyn

lynet (definite singular)
lyn (indefinite plural)
lyna (definite plural)
lynene (definite plural)


organist

organisten (definite singular)
organister (indefinite plural)
organistene (definite plural)

From Medieval Latin organista, from organum.


-ment

-mentet (definite neuter singular)
-menten (definite masculine singular)
-ment (indefinite plural)
-menter (indefinite plural)
-mentene (definite plural)
-menta (definite plural)

dokument, eksperiment, fundament, instrument, medikament, pigment

document, experiment, foundation, instrument, drug, pigment

Used to form nouns from verbal stems, often denoting an action, means or state; -ment


-ment

abonnement, arrangement, bombardement, resonnement, signalement

subscription, event, bombardment, reasoning, signaling

Used to form nouns often denoting action, means or state; -ment


olden

oldenen (definite singular)
oldener (indefinite plural)
oldenene (definite plural)


smug

smuget (definite singular)
smug (indefinite plural)
smuga (definite plural)
smugene (definite plural)

an alley or alleyway (usually for pedestrians)


skip

skipet (definite singular)
skip (indefinite plural)
skipa (definite plural)
skipene (definite plural)

From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą. Cognate with Swedish skepp, Icelandic skip, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip), German Schiff, Dutch schip, and English ship.


optimist

optimist m (definite singular optimisten, indefinite plural optimister, definite plural optimistene)

optimisten (definite singular)
optimister (indefinite plural)
optimistene (definite plural)

an optimist (a person who expects a favourable outcome, or a believer in optimism)


lupe

lupa (definite singular)
lupen (definite singular)
luper (indefinite plural)
lupene (definite plural)


god jul

[ɡuʷː jʉʷːl]


grin

grinet (definite singular)
grin (indefinite plural)
grina (definite plural)
grinene (definite plural)


revolver

revolveren (definite singular)
revolvere (indefinite plural)
revolverne (definite plural)

Han fikk tak i en revolver.


båt

båten (definite singular)
båter (indefinite plural)
båtene (definite plural)

From Danish båd, from Old Norse bátr, from Old English bāt (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *baitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-.

Han var ude i båd, skønner De; og så skød han på hende

He was out in boat, you know, and then he shot towards her


kidnapper

kidnapperen (definite singular)
kidnappere (indefinite plural)
kidnapperne (definite plural)


-het

From Middle Low German -hēt, -heit, from Old Saxon -hēd, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“manner, way; state”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt-, *(s)keydʰ- (“clear, bright, shining”).
Cognate with Danish -hed, Swedish -het, German -heit, Dutch -heid and English -hood.

der

kjølig - kjølighet (cool - coolness)

Suffix giving an adjective a nounal meaning; -ness -ity.


gal

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gal (neuter singular galt, definite singular and plural gale, comparative galere, indefinite superlative galest, definite superlative galeste)

galt (neuter singular)
gale (definite plural singular)
galere (comparative)
galest (indefinite superlative)
galeste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse galinn, from gala (“sing bewitching songs, in actuality bewitched by magical singing”).

det er aldri så galt at det ikke er godt for noe

incorrect; erroneous; wrong; illegal; morally reproachable


gal

galet (definite singular)
gal (indefinite plural)
gala (definite plural)
galene (definite plural)


gal

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


ond

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ond (neuter singular ondt, definite singular and plural onde, comparative ondere or verre, indefinite superlative ondest or verst, definite superlative ondeste or verste)

ondt (neuter singular)
onde (definite plural singular)
ondere (comparative)
verre (comparative)
ondest (indefinite superlative)
verst (indefinite superlative)
ondeste (definite superlative)
verste (definite superlative)

From Danish ond. Doublet of the native Norwegian word vond.

onde ånder


tusen

tusenet (definite singular)
tusen (indefinite plural)
tusener (indefinite plural)
tusena (definite plural)
tusenene (definite plural)

From Old Norse þúsund, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī.


tinn

tin (metallic element, chemical symbol Sn)


natt

natta (definite singular)
natten (definite singular)
netter (indefinite plural)
nettene (definite plural)

From Old Norse nátt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”).

night (period between sunset and sunrise)


Beijing

From Mandarin Chinese 北京 (Běijīng, “Beijing”), first part from 北 (“northern”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ba (“to carry (on back), shoulder”). Last part from 京 (jīng, “capital”), either from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-gaŋ (“hill, ridge, mountain”), or of Austroasiatic origin.

der

Historisk har Beijing først og fremst vært et sentrum for administrasjon, kultur og åndsliv.

Historically, Beijing has primarily been a center of administration, culture and intellectual life.


pose

posen (definite singular)
poser (indefinite plural)
posene (definite plural)


kiosk

kiosken (definite singular)
kiosker (indefinite plural)
kioskene (definite plural)

From French kiosque (“kiosk”), from Italian chiosco (“kiosk”), from Turkish köşk (“villa, summer mansion; garden pavillion”), from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk, “villa, small palace; pavillion”), from Persian کوشک (kôšk, “kiosk; palace, portico”), from Middle Persian kwšk' (kōšk, “pavillion, palace”).

Å gå i kiosken for å kjøpe pastiller.

jeg læste journalerne i kiosken idag

1990, Halfdan Kjerulf, Halfdan Kjerulfs dagbøker for årene 1833, 1840, 1850, 1851, page 58:

en kiosk til salg av frukt og cigaretter

a kiosk for the sale of fruit and cigarettes

a kiosk (a small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, food, etc.)

fantasiens små kineserdukker, som sidder i kioskens ly

1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kærlighedens komedie, page 93:

the little Chinese dolls of the imagination, who sit in the pavillion's shelter

nu bygger jeg en kiosk til mig alene et stykke borte fra gaarden

1997, Knut Hamsun, Knut Hamsuns brev IV, page 117:

now I am building a garden pavillion for myself alone some distance away from the farm

(of the Orient) a garden pavilion; gazebo, garden house; garden castle

Jeg ringer deg senere fra en kiosk, er det greit?

I'll call you later from a telephone booth, is that okay?

a telephone booth (a small enclosure housing a public telephone)

a smaller transformer station e.g. for the distribution of electrical energy to a small area


ri

nb-noun

ri (definite singular, indefinite plural, definite plural)


ri

head

ri (imperative ri, present tense rir, simple past red or rei, past participle ridd, present participle riende)

ri (imperative)
rir (present)
red (past)
rei (past)
ridd (participle past)
riende (participle present)


aktiva

indefinite plural of aktivum (definite plural aktivaene)

definite plural of aktivum (indefinite plural aktiver)


blink

blinken (definite singular)
blinker (indefinite plural)
blinkene (definite plural)

treffe midt i blinken


reddest

indefinite singular superlative degree of redd


chatte

chatter (present)
chatta (past)
chattet (past)
chatta (participle past)
chattet (participle past)

chat (to exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network)


smaragd

smaragden (definite singular)
smaragder (indefinite plural)
smaragdene (definite plural)

From Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language.


insistere

insistere (imperative insister, present tense insisterer, passive insisteres, simple past insisterte, past participle insistert, present participle insisterende)

insister (imperative)
insisterer (present)
insisteres (passive)
insisterte (past)
insistert (participle past)
insisterende (participle present)


tendere

tendere (present tense tenderer, passive tenderes, simple past tenderte, past participle tendert, present participle tenderende)

tenderer (present)
tenderes (passive)
tenderte (past)
tendert (participle past)
tenderende (participle present)

From Latin tendere, via German tendieren.


fille

filla (definite singular)
fillen (definite singular)
filler (indefinite plural)
fillene (definite plural)


pung

pungen (definite singular)
punger (indefinite plural)
pungene (definite plural)


stunt

stuntet (definite singular)
stunt (indefinite plural)
stunta (definite plural)
stuntene (definite plural)


aktiv

aktiv (neuter singular aktivt, definite singular and plural aktive)

aktivt (neuter singular)
aktive (definite plural singular)


venstre

From Old Norse vinstri, from Proto-Germanic *winistraz.


briste

briste (imperative brist, present tense brister, simple past brast, past participle bristet)

brist (imperative)
brister (present)
brast (past)
bristet (participle past)

From Old Norse bresta and Danish briste; from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”). Cognate with German bersten.


cyanose

cyanosen (definite singular)
cyanoser (indefinite plural)
cyanosene (definite plural)


killing

killingen (definite singular)
killinger (indefinite plural)
killingene (definite plural)


frue

frua (definite singular)
fruen (definite singular)
fruer (indefinite plural)
fruene (definite plural)


rektor

rektoren (definite singular)
rektorer (indefinite plural)
rektorene (definite plural)

headmaster or headmistress, head teacher (gender-neutral), principal (of a school or college)


gå

går (present)
gikk (past)
gått (participle past)
gås (infinitive passive)
gående (participle present)
gå (imperative)

From Old Norse ganga. The infinitive and present tense conjugation of the verb do not correspond with the Old Norse conjugation of ganga (compare with the Old Norse conjugation) and may be influenced by East Norse variants or Low German gan.

OK, da kan dere gå hjem.

Går du til skolen eller tar du bussen?

Do you walk to school or do you take the bus?

Gå til fots.

Det gikk visst ikke så bra.

Det går ikke å fikse motoren.

Motoren går fint.

To work (function), run, to be possible.

Går det bra med deg?
Are you alright?

Går alt bra her?

Hvilket slips går best med denne skjorten, synes du?

Which tie goes best with this shirt, do you think?

Etter som årene går.

Strømmen er gått i hele nabolaget.

The power is out in the entire neighbourhood.

Sikringen går hver gang jeg skrur på komfyren.

The fuse blows every time I turn on the stove.

Of electric power, to go out; of a light bulb or fuse, to blow.


Samuel

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Samuel


telling

tellinga (definite singular)
tellingen (definite singular)
tellinger (indefinite plural)
tellingene (definite plural)


bile

bila (definite singular)
bilen (definite singular)
biler (indefinite plural)
bilene (definite plural)

Borrowed from Middle Low German bīle (“axe”).


bile

biler (present)
bilte (past)
bilt (participle past)


curriculum vitae

curriculum vitaeen (definite singular)
curriculum vitaeet (definite singular)
curriculum vitaeer (indefinite plural)
curriculum vitae (indefinite plural)
curriculum vitaeene (definite plural)

curriculum vitae
curriculum vitae#English


mais

maisen (definite singular)
maiser (indefinite plural)
maisene (definite plural)

Borrowed from Spanish maiz, from Taíno mahis.

kernel(s) of maize / corn; sweetcorn; see also maiskorn


straff

straffen (definite singular)
straffer (indefinite plural)
straffene (definite plural)

From Middle Low German or German Low German; compare with German Strafe.


stump

stumpen (definite singular)
stumper (indefinite plural)
stumpene (definite plural)

From Old Norse stumpr and Middle Low German stump.

a stub, stump, bit, fragment, piece, butt (of cigar, cigarette)

(humorous) buttocks, little scamp, tiny tot


reform

reformen (definite singular)
reformer (indefinite plural)
reformene (definite plural)


ovo

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «ovo».ogg


dum

head

dum (neuter singular dumt, definite singular and plural dumme, comparative dummere, indefinite superlative dummest, definite superlative dummeste)

dumt (neuter singular)
dumme (definite plural singular)
dummere (comparative)
dummest (indefinite superlative)
dummeste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse dumbr, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. Cognate with English dumb, Danish dum and Swedish dum, Icelandic dumbur, Dutch dom, German dumm.


januar

January (first month of the Gregorian calendar)


finest

indefinite singular superlative degree of fin


februar

February (second month of the Gregorian calendar)


sko

skoen (definite singular)
sko (indefinite plural)
skoa (definite plural)
skoene (definite plural)

From Old Norse skór, from Proto-Germanic *skōhaz, of unclear etymology; possibly a derivation from *skehaną (“to move quickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to move quickly, jump”).


sko

head

sko (imperative sko, present tense skor, simple past skodde, past participle skodd)

sko (imperative)
skor (present)
skodde (past)
skodd (participle past)


min

min m (feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)

mi (feminine)
mitt (neuter)
mine (plural)


haka

definite feminine singular of hake (Etymology 1)


vor

voren (definite singular)
vorer (indefinite plural)
vorene (definite plural)


regional

regional (feminine masculine)
regionalt (neuter)
regionale (definite plural singular)

From French régional and English regional, from Latin regionalis.


lure

lure (imperative lur, present tense lurer, passive lures, simple past lurte, past participle lurt, present participle lurende)

lur (imperative)
lurer (present)
lures (passive)
lurte (past)
lurt (participle past)
lurende (participle present)


debut

debuten (definite singular)
debuter (indefinite plural)
debutene (definite plural)


ro

ro m or f (definite singular roen or roa)

roen (definite singular)
roa (definite singular)


ro

ro (imperative ro, present tense ror, passive ros, simple past rodde, past participle rodd, present participle roende)

ro (imperative)
ror (present)
ros (passive)
rodde (past)
rodd (participle past)
roende (participle present)


ligne

ligne (imperative lign, present tense ligner, passive lignes, simple past and past participle ligna or lignet, present participle lignende)

lign (imperative)
ligner (present)
lignes (passive)
ligna (participle past)
ligna (past)
lignet (participle past)
lignet (past)
lignende (participle present)


deja vu

Borrowed from French déjà vu, from déjà (“already”), + vu (“seen”), past participle of voir (“to see”).


libretto

librettoen (definite singular)
librettoer (indefinite plural)
librettoene (definite plural)


aller

aller første

aller siste


entre

entreen (definite singular)
entreer (indefinite plural)
entreene (definite plural)


entre

entre (imperative entr or entre, present tense entrer, passive entres, simple past and past participle entra or entret, present participle entrende)

entr (imperative)
entre (imperative)
entrer (present)
entres (passive)
entra (participle past)
entra (past)
entret (participle past)
entret (past)
entrende (participle present)

(nautical) to climb (e.g. a mast), go aloft


lek

leken (definite singular)
leker (indefinite plural)
lekene (definite plural)

de olympiske leker


lek

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


lang

head

lang (neuter singular langt, definite singular and plural lange, comparative lengre, indefinite superlative lengst, definite superlative lengste)

langt (neuter singular)
lange (definite plural singular)
lengre (comparative)
lengst (indefinite superlative)
lengste (definite superlative)


gamp

gampen (definite singular)
gamper (indefinite plural)
gampene (definite plural)

Related to Norwegian Nynorsk gimpe (“twist the upper body”)

cog

2017, "Sangen om den siste drage - bok 4" by Anne Olga Vea, Lulu.com →ISBN https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gzIoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=gammel+gamp&source=bl&ots=3vQKqbyfYL&sig=Q4cmKGOIU9lZw1tDlEPQc8sSwuo&hl=no&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjx3cSG56fXAhXBKsAKHXUcDNcQ6AEIVjAL#v=onepage&q=gammel%20gamp&f=false
De hadde vært på den andre siden og prøvde å planlegge den videre fremrykningen da to av Haneks ryttere raste inn i leiren, mellom dem red en yngre kar på en temmelig møllspist gammel gamp og ham bar på en slags kasse.

They had been on the other side and tried planning the further advance when two of Hanek's riders rushed into the camp, between them a younger man rode a rather moth-eaten old nag, carrying a type of case.


ultimatum

head

ultimatum n (definite singular ultimatumet, indefinite plural ultimata or ultimatumer, definite plural ultimataene or ultimatumene)

ultimatumet (definite singular)
ultimata (indefinite plural)
ultimatumer (indefinite plural)
ultimataene (definite plural)
ultimatumene (definite plural)


veteran

veteranen (definite singular)
veteraner (indefinite plural)
veteranene (definite plural)


racket

racketen (definite singular)
racketer (indefinite plural)
racketene (definite plural)

From Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa, “palm of the hand”), via French raquette, and English racket.


matt

head

matt (neuter singular matt, definite singular and plural matte, comparative mattere, indefinite superlative mattest, definite superlative matteste)

matt (neuter singular)
matte (definite plural singular)
mattere (comparative)
mattest (indefinite superlative)
matteste (definite superlative)


angina

anginaen (definite singular)
anginaer (indefinite plural)
anginaene (definite plural)


bora

definite neuter plural of bor (Etymology 2)


overdose

overdosen (definite singular)
overdoser (indefinite plural)
overdosene (definite plural)


bartender

bartenderen (definite singular)
bartendere (indefinite plural)
bartenderne (definite plural)

Den hyggelige kvinnelige bartenderen smiler til oss og ønsker oss velkommen.

The pleasant barmaid smiles at us and bids us welcome.


autonom

autonom (neuter singular autonomt, definite singular and plural autonome)

autonomt (neuter singular)
autonome (definite plural singular)

auto- + -nom, from Ancient Greek αὐτόνομος (autónomos).


hygrometer

hygrometeret (definite singular)
hygrometret (definite singular)
hygrometer (indefinite plural)
hygrometre (indefinite plural)
hygrometra (definite plural)
hygrometrene (definite plural)


couronne

couronnen (definite singular)
couronner (indefinite plural)
couronnene (definite plural)


NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «A3».ogg

See the Wikipedia article ISO 216, the international standard on paper sizes.

dimensions: 420 x 297 mm (420.448 x 297.302 mm)

A standard paper size, defined by ISO 216.


minimal

minimal (neuter singular minimalt, definite singular and plural minimale)

minimalt (neuter singular)
minimale (definite plural singular)


yogi

yogien (definite singular)
yogier (indefinite plural)
yogiene (definite plural)


netto

non-compen (definite singular)
non-comper (indefinite plural)
non-compene (definite plural)

the money left over after all expenses have been payed, net amount, profit


glas

glaset (definite singular)
glas (indefinite plural)
glasa (definite plural)
glasene (definite plural)

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


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”)


à la

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

From French à la (“in the style or manner of”), short for à la mode (“in fashion”), first part from French à (“to, on, in”), 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 la (“the”), from Middle French la (“the”), from Old French la (“the”), from Latin illam (“that, those”), which is the accusative singular feminine of ille (“that, those”), from Old Latin olle (“he, that”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ol-no- or *h₂l̥-no-, from *h₂el- (“beyond, other”).

der

Fastes skjødesløse paaklædning – aldeles a la den gamle

1899, Jonas Lie, Faste Forland, page 12:

Faste's careless attire - completely a la the old one

i «à la», som betyr «à la manière de», d.v.s. som det er brukt der og der hos den og den person, ligger ikke alene en historisk erindring, men deri skjuler sig ofte hemmeligheten ved [mat]rettenes egenartethet

i «à la», which means «à la manière de», i.e. as it is used there and there in this and that person, lies not only a historical memory, but often hides the secret of the peculiarity of [food] dishes

ymter noen om belønning a la permisjon til jul?

2005, Knut Borge, Tore Skoglund, Alt for Norge og vel så det:

does anyone claim rewards a la leave for Christmas?

boka spiller opp mot det klassiske krim-mysteriet, a la Agatha Christie

2008, Jon Michelet, Brev fra de troende:

the book plays against the classic crime mystery, a la Agatha Christie

biff à la Lindström
steak à la Lindström

taklampen vår er noe à la den dere har

our ceiling light is akin to the one you have


symposium

symposiet (definite singular)
symposier (indefinite plural)
symposia (definite plural)
symposiene (definite plural)


profil

profilen (definite singular)
profiler (indefinite plural)
profilene (definite plural)


øre

øret (definite singular)
ører (indefinite plural)
øra (definite plural)
ørene (definite plural)

From Danish øre, from Old Danish øræ, from Old Norse eyra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.


øre

øren (definite singular)
øret (definite singular)
øre (indefinite plural)
ørene (definite plural)

an øre (currency unit worth one hundredth of a Norwegian or Danish krone)


fossil

head

fossil (neuter singular fossilt, definite singular and plural fossile)

fossilt (neuter singular)
fossile (definite plural singular)

fossilised (UK), fossilized, or fossil (noun modifier: e.g. fossil fuels)


fossil

fossil m or n (definite singular fossilen or fossilet, indefinite plural fossiler or fossil, definite plural fossilene or fossila)

fossilen (definite singular)
fossilet (definite singular)
fossiler (indefinite plural)
fossil (indefinite plural)
fossilene (definite plural)
fossila (definite plural)

a fossil (fossilised remains of an animal or plant)


shuffle

shuffle (present tense shuffler, simple past and past participle shufflet)

shuffler (present)
shufflet (participle past)
shufflet (past)

to shuffle (including dancing the shuffle, playing shuffleboard)


grad

graden (definite singular)
grader (indefinite plural)
gradene (definite plural)


marginal

marginal (neuter singular marginalt, definite singular and plural marginale)

marginalt (neuter singular)
marginale (definite plural singular)


helvete

helvetet (definite singular)
helveter (indefinite plural)
helveta (definite plural)
helvetene (definite plural)

From Old Norse helvíti ("Hell"), compound word of hel, Hel ("the goddess of the realm of the dead") (itself from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”)) and víti ("punishment"). Compare Swedish helvete, Danish helvede, Icelandic helvíti, Old High German hellawîzi, Old Saxon helliwīti and Old English hellewīte.

der

veien til helvete er brolagt med gode forsetter

Noen tror de fordømte kommer til helvete.

(literally, “That the damned come to hell.”)

Some people believe that the damned are sent to hell.

Tonight I stand here in Christ's stead, it's for sure that I am speaking to many who know they are not converted tonight. You know that if you fell dead to the floor in this very moment, you would fall straight to hell.

I kveld står jeg her i Kristi sted, jeg taler sikkert til mange i kveld som vet de er uomvendte. Du vet at om du stupte død om på gulvet i dette øyeblikk, så stupte du like i helvete. (from Norwegian Wikiquote, said by Ole Hallesby (1879 - 1961))

Hell; a place of suffering for the damned.

Jeg drar aldri til det stedet igjen, det var et helvete.

I'm never going to that place again, it was like hell.

A place, or a circumstance, connected with great suffering in life.


helvete

Helvete, hva gikk galt?

Faen i helvete!

Dra til helvete!

Hva i helvetet er det du vil?


plage

plaga (definite singular)
plagen (definite singular)
plager (indefinite plural)
plagene (definite plural)

From Latin plaga, via Low German plage and Old Norse plága.


plage

head

plage (imperative plag, present tense plager, passive plages, simple past plaga or plaget or plagde, past participle plaga or plaget or plagd, present participle plagende)

plag (imperative)
plager (present)
plages (passive)
plaga (past)
plaget (past)
plagde (past)
plaga (participle past)
plaget (participle past)
plagd (participle past)
plagende (participle present)

to afflict, bother, pester, plague, torment, trouble


penicillin

penicillinet (definite singular)
penicillin (indefinite plural)
penicillina (definite plural)
penicillinene (definite plural)


Margaret

a female given name borrowed from English, most used in the mid-twentieth century


giraff

giraffen (definite singular)
giraffer (indefinite plural)
giraffene (definite plural)


hypotetisk

hypotetisk (neuter singular hypotetisk, definite singular and plural hypotetiske)

hypotetisk (neuter singular)
hypotetiske (definite plural singular)


sone

sona (definite singular)
sonen (definite singular)
soner (indefinite plural)
sonene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”).


bikini

head

bikini m (definite singular bikinien, indefinite plural bikinier, definite plural bikiniene)

bikinien (definite singular)
bikinier (indefinite plural)
bikiniene (definite plural)


teller

telleren (definite singular)
tellere (indefinite plural)
tellerne (definite plural)

(arithmetic) numerator (the number or expression written above the line in a fraction)


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”).


morfar

head

morfar m (definite singular morfaren, indefinite plural morfedre, definite plural morfedrene)

morfaren (definite singular)
morfedre (indefinite plural)
morfedrene (definite plural)

From Old Norse móðurfaðir (“mother's father”), mor + far.

der

maternal grandfather
maternal grandfather


glede

gleda (definite singular)
gleden (definite singular)
gleder (indefinite plural)
gledene (definite plural)

happiness, joy, delight, gladness, pleasure


glede

head

glede (present tense gleder, past tense gleda or gledet or gledde, past participle gleda or gledet or gledd)

gleder (present)
gleda (past)
gledet (past)
gledde (past)
gleda (participle past)
gledet (participle past)
gledd (participle past)


pike

pika (definite singular)
piken (definite singular)
piker (indefinite plural)
pikene (definite plural)


sonde

sonden (definite singular)
sonder (indefinite plural)
sondene (definite plural)

a probe (used to explore, investigate or measure)


gradient

gradienten (definite singular)
gradienter (indefinite plural)
gradientene (definite plural)

From English gradient, from Latin gradiens.


neste

next (immediately following in a sequence)


heroisk

heroisk (indefinite singular)
heroiske (definite plural singular)

From Latin heroicus, from Ancient Greek ἡρωϊκός (hērōïkós), from ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”).


salve

salva (definite singular)
salven (definite singular)
salver (indefinite plural)
salvene (definite plural)

From Middle Low German salve (sense 1), and Latin salve (sense 2).

salvo, volley, a number of explosive charges all detonated at once when blasting rock.


føl

følet (definite singular)
føl (indefinite plural)
føla (definite plural)
følene (definite plural)

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


up-to-date

up-to-date (indeclinable, comparative mer up-to-date, superlative mest up-to-date)

mer up-to-date (comparative)
mest up-to-date (superlative)


ånd

ånden (definite singular)
ånder (indefinite plural)
åndene (definite plural)

Probably from Danish ånd, which in turn comes from Old Norse ǫnd, a variant of andi.


landsby

landsbyen (definite singular)
landsbyer (indefinite plural)
landsbyene (definite plural)


sne

nb-noun

sne m (definite singular sneen, uncountable)

(nonstandard, obsolete outside Riksmål) Alternative form of snø (“snow”)


føle

head

føle (imperative føl, present tense føler, passive føles, simple past følte, past participle følt, present participle følende)

føl (imperative)
føler (present)
føles (passive)
følte (past)
følt (participle past)
følende (participle present)

Legen følte varsomt på såret.

The doctor cautiously felt on the wound.

to feel (use the sense of touch to be aware of something)

Hvordan føles det?

Jeg har aldri følt meg så glad før.

Føle seg fram/frem = feel one's way (literally or figuratively)

Jeg følte meg fram gjennom den mørke korridoren.I felt my way through the dark corridor


voll

vollen (definite singular)
voller (indefinite plural)
vollene (definite plural)


voll

From Middle Low German wal, from Latin vallum.


snuble

snuble (imperative snubl or snuble, present tense snubler, passive snubles, simple past and past participle snubla or snublet, present participle snublende)

snubl (imperative)
snuble (imperative)
snubler (present)
snubles (passive)
snubla (participle past)
snubla (past)
snublet (participle past)
snublet (past)
snublende (participle present)

Han snubler fram gjennom høye gresset, han hører flyene over trærne, han snubler over røtter og nedfalne greiner.

2013, Johannes Anyuru, En storm kom fra paradiset, Forlaget Press, →ISBN:

He stumbles forward through the tall grass, he hears the planes above the trees, he stumbles over roots and fallen branches.


moratorium

moratoriet (definite singular)
moratorier (indefinite plural)
moratoria (definite plural)
moratoriene (definite plural)


hastighet

hastigheta (definite singular)
hastigheten (definite singular)
hastigheter (indefinite plural)
hastighetene (definite plural)


abc

abc-a (definite singular)
abc-en (definite singular)
abc-er (indefinite plural)
abc-ene (definite plural)

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «ABC».ogg

The first three letters of the Norwegian alphabet, A, B and C.

paa bogstavet E stod i gamle tyske ABC’er 2 dyr: Esel og Elephant

1909, Alexander L. Kielland, Breve til hans datter, page 144:

on the letter E stood in old German ABCs 2 animals: Donkey and Elephant

Foreldreaksjonen mot samnorsk … oppfordret til retting av samnorskformene i skolebarnas ABC’er

1989, Ebba Haslund, Med vingehest i manesjen, page 50:

The parental reaction against Samnorsk… called for the correction of Samnorsk forms in school children's ABCs

jeg kunne [lese] før jeg begynte i første klasse, og det var kjedelig å høre på når andre elever stotret seg gjennom avsnitt i ABC-en

2004, Fredrik Skagen, En by som ingen ainnen:

I could [read] before I started first grade, and it was boring to listen to other students stumble through sections of the ABC

vi hadde lært bokstavene og tallene, lest vår ABC og fylt ut atskillige skrivebøker

2008, Karsten Alnæs, Bakenfor alle farger:

we had learned the letters and numbers, read our ABCs and filled out several exercise books

an ABC (a primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading and spelling)

det hører jo til en politimands ABC, at han bør mistænke alle, saalænge den skyldige ikke er opdaget

1911, Fredrik Viller, Gamle Friks diamant, page 66:

it belongs to a policeman's ABC that he should suspect everyone, as long as the culprit is not discovered

det er jo børsens ABC: Man selger i hausse og kjøper i baisse

2006, Kjell Ola Dahl, Lindeman & Sachs, page 465:

it is the stock exchange's ABC: You sell hausse and buy in baisse

«scoringen kom etter et angrep som var tatt rett ut av fotballens ABC» er en typisk setning i avisene

"The score came after an attack that was taken straight out of football's ABC" is a typical phrase in the newspapers

vitenskapens og politikkens abc

kunne sin abc

kunne mer enn sin abc

know more than your ABCs (to understand many things)

(figuratively) basic knowledge of a subject

abc for førerprøven

abc for matlaging

a textbook that contains elementary knowledge within a topic or subject

(rare) alphabet (the set of letters used when writing in a language)


abc

The first letter of each term; atom, biologisk and kjemisk, borrowed from English English atomic, biological and chemical.

weapons of mass destruction
weapon of mass destruction

(weaponry) Initialism of atom-, biologisk and kjemisk: ("atomic, biological and chemical") the three main categories of weapons of mass destruction.


viktig

viktig (neuter singular viktig, definite singular and plural viktige, comparative viktigere, indefinite superlative viktigst, definite superlative viktigste)

viktig (neuter singular)
viktige (definite plural singular)
viktigere (comparative)
viktigst (indefinite superlative)
viktigste (definite superlative)


rike

riket (definite singular)
riker (indefinite plural)
rika (definite plural)
rikene (definite plural)


rike

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


gammal

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gammal (neuter singular gammalt, definite singular and plural gamle, comparative eldre, indefinite superlative eldst, definite superlative eldste)

gammalt (neuter singular)
gamle (definite plural singular)
eldre (comparative)
eldst (indefinite superlative)
eldste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse gamall; comparative and superlative forms from Old Norse ellri and Old Norse ellztr.


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”).

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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.)


spalte

spalta (definite singular)
spalten (definite singular)
spalter (indefinite plural)
spaltene (definite plural)

From German Spalte (noun), and spalten (verb).

column (a vertical body of text in a newspaper or other journal)


spalte

head

spalte (imperative spalt, present tense spalter, passive spaltes, simple past and past participle spalta or spaltet, present participle spaltende)

spalt (imperative)
spalter (present)
spaltes (passive)
spalta (participle past)
spalta (past)
spaltet (participle past)
spaltet (past)
spaltende (participle present)

en spaltet personlighet


hjul

hjulet (definite singular)
hjul (indefinite plural)
hjula (definite plural)
hjulene (definite plural)

From Old Norse hjól, Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos (“wheel”).


mumle

mumler (present)
mumla (past)
mumlet (past)
mumla (participle past)
mumlet (participle past)


comeback

comeback m or n (definite singular comebacken or comebacket, indefinite plural comeback, definite plural comebackene or comebacka)

comebacken (definite singular)
comebacket (definite singular)
comeback (indefinite plural)
comebackene (definite plural)
comebacka (definite plural)

a comeback (return by a well-known person to the activity in which they were famous after a long absence)


træ

træ (imperative træ, present tense trær, simple past trædde, past participle trædd)

træ (imperative)
trær (present)
trædde (past)
trædd (participle past)

træ en nål


abakus

abakusen (definite singular)
abakuser (indefinite plural)
abakusene (definite plural)

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «abakus».ogg

From Latin abacus, abax (“sideboard or table with a slab at the top; slab at the top of a column; counting board, sand table; board for playing games”), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “counting board; board covered with sand for drawing; plate; dice-board”), possibly from a Semitic source, such as Phoenician -𐤀𐤁𐤀𐤒 (-ʾbʾq) or Hebrew אָבָק (avák, “dust”).

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en abakus, eller kuleramme, er en tidlig forløper til dagens kalkulator. Den første ble utviklet i Mesopotamia over 2000 år f. Kr.

An abacus, or abacus, is an early precursor to today's calculator. The first was developed in Mesopotamia over 2000 BC.

Abakus er nok en fortsettelse av tidligere tiders fingertelling eller daktylonomi

Abacus is another continuation of the finger counting or dactylonomy of earlier times

(mathematics) abacus (an instrument used for performing arithmetical calculations, with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units)

den korinthiske [søyle], hvis abacus, bøiet og med afskaarne hjørner, bar en liden roset paa hver sides midte

1902, Lorentz Dietrichson, Omrids af den kirkelige Kunstarkæologi, page 34:

the Corinthian [pillar], whose abacus, bent and with truncated corners, bore a small rosette in the middle of each side

Abakus er den øvre, plateformete delen av kapitélet på en søyle, som benyttes som opplagringspunkt for bjelker.

The abacus is the upper, plate-shaped part of the capital of a pillar, which is used as a storage point for beams.

(architecture, art) abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave)


ål

ålen (definite singular)
åler (indefinite plural)
ålene (definite plural)


lager

head

lager n (definite singular lageret, indefinite plural lager or lagre, definite plural lagra or lagrene)

lageret (definite singular)
lager (indefinite plural)
lagre (indefinite plural)
lagra (definite plural)
lagrene (definite plural)


tolerant

tolerant (neuter singular tolerant, definite singular and plural tolerante)

tolerant (neuter singular)
tolerante (definite plural singular)


regatta

regattaen (definite singular)
regattaer (indefinite plural)
regattaene (definite plural)

From Italian (Venetian dialect) regatta.


elefant

elefanten (definite singular)
elefanter (indefinite plural)
elefantene (definite plural)


simulere

å simulere (infinitive)
simulerer (present)
simulerte (past)
har simulert (perfect present)
simuler! (imperative)
simulert (participle past)
simulert (neuter participle past)
simulerte (definite participle past)
simulerte (participle past plural)
simulerende (participle past)


IT

information technology
information technology

Abbreviation of informasjonsteknologi (“information technology”).


lystig

lystig (indefinite singular)
lystige (definite plural singular)
lystigere (comparative)
lystigst (indefinite superlative)
lystigste (definite superlative)

De lystige koner i Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor (William Shakespeare)


trampoline

trampolinen (definite singular)
trampoliner (indefinite plural)
trampolinene (definite plural)


foton

fotonet (definite singular)
foton (indefinite plural)
fotoner (indefinite plural)
fotona (definite plural)
fotonene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), genitive of φῶς (phôs), + -on.


sild

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)


lystre

lystre (imperative lystr or lystre, present tense lystrer, passive lystres, simple past and past participle lystra or lystret, present participle lystrende)

lystr (imperative)
lystre (imperative)
lystrer (present)
lystres (passive)
lystra (participle past)
lystra (past)
lystret (participle past)
lystret (past)
lystrende (participle present)

From Middle Low German lusteren (sense 1), and lyster (“fishing spear”) (English leister) (sense 2).


hummer

hummeren (definite singular)
hummere (indefinite plural)
hummerne (definite plural)


shorts

shorts m (definite singular shortsen, indefinite plural shorts or shortser, definite plural shortsene)

shortsen (definite singular)
shorts (indefinite plural)
shortser (indefinite plural)
shortsene (definite plural)

shorts (trousers with short legs, no longer than to the knees).


unse

unsen (definite singular)
unser (indefinite plural)
unsene (definite plural)

From Latin uncia (“twelfth part”). Doublet of ounce and inch.

(historical) a unit of measure used for metals and medicine

an ounce, particularly an avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound

(figurative) something minute, which is very small; a little bit


-et

Forms the definite singular of neuter nouns.


-et

Derived from Danish -et (past participle suffix), generalised to the past tense (Danish -ede) through influence of native Norwegian dialects.

der+

Forms the past tense and past participle of class-1 weak verbs.


børste

børsten (definite singular)
børster (indefinite plural)
børstene (definite plural)


børste

head

børste (imperative børst, present tense børster, simple past and past participle børsta or børstet, present participle børstende)

børst (imperative)
børster (present)
børsta (participle past)
børsta (past)
børstet (participle past)
børstet (past)
børstende (participle present)


alkyl

alkylet (definite singular)
alkyl (indefinite plural)
alkyler (indefinite plural)
alkyla (definite plural)
alkylene (definite plural)


æra

æra m (definite singular æraen, indefinite plural æraer, definite plural æraene)

æraen (definite singular)
æraer (indefinite plural)
æraene (definite plural)


malign

malign (feminine masculine)
malignt (neuter)
maligne (definite plural singular)


lue

lua (definite singular)
luen (definite singular)
luer (indefinite plural)
luene (definite plural)


spill

spillet (definite singular)
spill (indefinite plural)
spilla (definite plural)
spillene (definite plural)

a game (or part of a game, e.g., a hand, a round); equipment for a game (e.g., deck of cards, set of dice, board, men, pieces, etc.)

ballen er ute av spill

musical instrument (in compounds such as trekkspill (“accordion”))

flickering, play, sparkling (of flames, lights, colors, eyes, a smile)


script

scriptet (definite singular)
script (indefinite plural)
scripta (definite plural)
scriptene (definite plural)
scripten (definite singular)
scripter (indefinite plural)
scriptene (definite plural)

Borrowed from English script, from Middle English scrit, Old French escrit, and ultimately Latin scriptum (“something written”).

(colloquial, cinematography) a script (written document containing dialogue)


istid

istid m or f (definite singular istida or istiden, indefinite plural istider, definite plural istidene)

istida (definite singular)
istiden (definite singular)
istider (indefinite plural)
istidene (definite plural)


motto

mottoet (definite singular)
motto (indefinite plural)
mottoer (indefinite plural)
mottoa (definite plural)
mottoene (definite plural)


harpun

harpunen (definite singular)
harpuner (indefinite plural)
harpunene (definite plural)


kylling

kyllingen (definite singular)
kyllinger (indefinite plural)
kyllingene (definite plural)


tzatziki

tzatzikien (definite singular)
tzatzikier (indefinite plural)
tzatzikiene (definite plural)


høne

høne m or f (definite singular høna or hønen, indefinite plural høner or høns, definite plural hønene)

høna (definite singular)
hønen (definite singular)
høner (indefinite plural)
høns (indefinite plural)
hønene (definite plural)

From Old Norse hǿna, from Proto-Germanic *hōnijǭ, related to *hanjō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”), *kana-.

a hen (female bird of Gallus gallus domesticus, and some other species).


dansk

dansk (neuter singular dansk, definite singular and plural danske)

dansk (neuter singular)
danske (definite plural singular)


alfa

alfaen (definite singular)
alfaer (indefinite plural)
alfaene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha) (sense 1), and Arabic حَلْفَا (ḥalfā) (sense 2).

alpha, first letter of the Greek alphabet.


produkt

produktet (definite singular)
produkt (indefinite plural)
produkter (indefinite plural)
produkta (definite plural)
produktene (definite plural)

From German Produkt, from Latin productum.


enn

From Old Norse enn, from Proto-Germanic *andi.

and; used in the sense of "what about..."


referendum

referendumet (definite singular)
referenda (indefinite plural)
referendumer (indefinite plural)
referendaene (definite plural)
referenduma (definite plural)
referendumene (definite plural)


auditorium

auditoriet (definite singular)
auditorier (indefinite plural)
auditoria (definite plural)
auditoriene (definite plural)

an auditorium, in particular a lecture hall


oregano

oreganoen (definite singular)
oreganoer (indefinite plural)
oreganoene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon), via Latin origanum and Spanish oregano.


turban

turbanen (definite singular)
turbaner (indefinite plural)
turbanene (definite plural)

From French turban, Italian turbante, Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Persian دلبند (dolband, “turban”), same origin as tulipan.


hane

hanen (definite singular)
haner (indefinite plural)
hanene (definite plural)

From Old Norse hani, from Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).


diplomat

diplomaten (definite singular)
diplomater (indefinite plural)
diplomatene (definite plural)


flamme

flammen (definite singular)
flammer (indefinite plural)
flammene (definite plural)

From Latin flamma, via German Flamme. The verb is from the noun.


flamme

flamme (imperative flam, present tense flammer, passive flammes, simple past and past participle flamma or flammet, present participle flammende)

flam (imperative)
flammer (present)
flammes (passive)
flamma (participle past)
flamma (past)
flammet (participle past)
flammet (past)
flammende (participle present)

flamme opp: to flare up, leap into flame


soper

soperen (definite singular)
sopere (indefinite plural)
soperne (definite plural)

Han hadde mot til å kalle meg en soper, men jeg fant homofil porno i hans søkehistorie

He had the nerve to call me a fag, but I found gay porn is his search history.

(derogatory, colloquial) a fag (homosexual man)

(literally) one who sweeps floors; a sweeper


patent

patentet (definite singular)
patent (indefinite plural)
patenter (indefinite plural)
patenta (definite plural)
patentene (definite plural)

Short form of Anglo-Norman lettre patente.


cello

celloen (definite singular)
celloer (indefinite plural)
celloene (definite plural)


minoritet

minoriteten (definite singular)
minoriteter (indefinite plural)
minoritetene (definite plural)

From Medieval Latin minoritas via French minorité and German Minorität.


majoritet

majoriteten (definite singular)
majoriteter (indefinite plural)
majoritetene (definite plural)


sinn

sinnet (definite singular)
sinn (indefinite plural)
sinna (definite plural)
sinnene (definite plural)

From Middle Low German sin; compare German Sinn, Sinne.


farlig

farlig (neuter singular farlig, definite singular and plural farlige, comparative farligere, indefinite superlative farligst, definite superlative farligste)

farlig (neuter singular)
farlige (definite plural singular)
farligere (comparative)
farligst (indefinite superlative)
farligste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse fárligr and Middle Low German varlik. Equivalent to fare + -lig.


absint

absinten (definite singular)
absinter (indefinite plural)
absintene (definite plural)

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «absint».ogg

From French absinthe (“absinthe, wormwood”), from Latin absinthium (“wormwood”), from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion, “wormwood, vermouth”), from a Pre-Greek source.

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Vera! enten dette naa er siste gang jei faar lov aa se Dem eller ikke – kan De ikke i ethvert fald naa bli her en stund og drikke en absinth sammen me mei – og saa gaa hjem landevejen siden?

1889, Hans Jæger, Novelletter, page 111:

Vera! whether this is now the last time you are allowed to see you or not - can you not at least now stay here for a while and drink an absinthe with me - and then go home by road afterwards?

mod kvæld, naar absinthen frister

1907, Nils Collett Vogt, September-Brand, page 71:

towards evening, when the absinthe tempts

– Stop nu, sa Hans Bleng, da han saa, at Peter stak sterkt paa den anden absint. To absinter er tilstrækkelig, men nødvendig for dig. Drikker du mere, kan du ikke holde rede i de traade, jeg har spundet

1919, Olaf Bull, Mit Navn er Knoph, page 64:

"Stop now," said Hans Bleng, when he saw that Peter was sticking strongly on the other absinthe. Two absinthe is sufficient but necessary for you. If you drink more, you can not keep track of the threads I have spun

jeg ble så plakat som en liten affiche på en kro mellom grønne absinter

1957, Herman Wildenvey, Samlede Dikt I (1957), page 91:

I became such a poster as a small poster on an inn between green absinthe

[Munch] finner kroken sin ledig, absinthen er servert, sigaretten er i full fart

1996, Ketil Bjørnstad, Historien om Edvard Munch, page 189:

[Munch] finds his hook free, the absinthe is served, the cigarette is at full speed

grønn absint som jeg dyppet sjokoladekaker i

2004, Bertrand Besigye, Svastikastjernen, page 16:

green absinthe in which I dipped chocolate cakes

absinth or absinthe (a distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs)


amerikansk

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amerikansk (neuter singular amerikansk, definite singular and plural amerikanske)

amerikansk (neuter singular)
amerikanske (definite plural singular)

American; of or pertaining to the Americas.

United States of America
United States of America

American; of or pertaining to the United States of America (USA).


attentat

attentatet (definite singular)
attentat (indefinite plural)
attentater (indefinite plural)
attentata (definite plural)
attentatene (definite plural)

an assassination, or attempted assassination


Mosambik

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


mikroskop

mikroskopet (definite singular)
mikroskop (indefinite plural)
mikroskoper (indefinite plural)
mikroskopa (definite plural)
mikroskopene (definite plural)


koreansk

koreansk (neuter singular koreansk, definite singular and plural koreanske)

koreansk (neuter singular)
koreanske (definite plural singular)

Korean (relating to Korea (North or South), Koreans, or the Korean language)


koreansk

koreansk m (definite singular koreansken)

Korean (the language spoken in both North Korea and South Korea)


polsk

polsk (neuter singular polsk, definite singular and plural polske)

polsk (neuter singular)
polske (definite plural singular)

Polish (relating to Poland and the Polish people)


teleskop

teleskopet (definite singular)
teleskop (indefinite plural)
teleskoper (indefinite plural)
teleskopa (definite plural)
teleskopene (definite plural)


mani

manien (definite singular)
manier (indefinite plural)
maniene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).

mania (mental illness, or excessive enthusiasm)


oversettelse

oversettelsen (definite singular)
oversettelser (indefinite plural)
oversettelsene (definite plural)


asp

aspa (definite singular)
aspen (definite singular)
asper (indefinite plural)
aspene (definite plural)


filatelist

filatelisten (definite singular)
filatelister (indefinite plural)
filatelistene (definite plural)


svensk

svensk (indefinite singular)
svenske (definite plural singular)

From Old Norse svenskr, from Proto-Germanic *swihaniskaz.

Swedish (of, from or pertaining to Sweden)


kan

kanen (definite singular)
kaner (indefinite plural)
kanene (definite plural)

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


pedal

pedalen (definite singular)
pedaler (indefinite plural)
pedalene (definite plural)


Köln

From German Köln, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), in the city's original name, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium.

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)


nonchalant

nonchalant (indefinite singular)
nonchalante (definite plural singular)


mausoleum

mausoleet (definite singular)
mausoleer (indefinite plural)
mausolea (definite plural)
mausoleene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖον (Mausōleîon) from Ancient Greek Μαύσωλος (Maúsōlos); named for Mausolus (Μαύσωλος or Μαύσσωλλος), satrap of the Persian empire and ruler of Caria, via Latin mausoleum.


ner

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


celadon

celadonen (definite singular)
celadoner (indefinite plural)
celadonene (definite plural)


ikosaeder

ikosaederet (definite singular)
ikosaedret (definite singular)
ikosaeder (indefinite plural)
ikosaedre (indefinite plural)
ikosaedra (definite plural)
ikosaedrene (definite plural)


dodekaeder

dodekaeder n (definite singular dodekaedret or dodekaederet, indefinite plural dodekaeder or dodekaedre, definite plural dodekaedra or dodekaedrene)

dodekaedret (definite singular)
dodekaederet (definite singular)
dodekaeder (indefinite plural)
dodekaedre (indefinite plural)
dodekaedra (definite plural)
dodekaedrene (definite plural)


tetraeder

tetraederet (definite singular)
tetraedret (definite singular)
tetraeder (indefinite plural)
tetraedre (indefinite plural)
tetraedra (definite plural)
tetraedrene (definite plural)


Venezia

Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)

Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, Italy)


biter

biteren (definite singular)
bitere (indefinite plural)
biterne (definite plural)


ordre

ordren (definite singular)
ordrer (indefinite plural)
ordrene (definite plural)


dolk

dolk m (definite singular dolken, indefinite plural dolker, definite plural dolkene)

dolken (definite singular)
dolker (indefinite plural)
dolkene (definite plural)


New Age

New Age (gender indeterminate, not declined)


genial

genial (neuter singular genialt, definite singular and plural geniale)

genialt (neuter singular)
geniale (definite plural singular)


pute

puta (definite singular)
puten (definite singular)
puter (indefinite plural)
putene (definite plural)

From Danish pude (“something that puffs up”).


lege

legen (definite singular)
leger (indefinite plural)
legene (definite plural)

Legen min sa at jeg har fått influensa.


lege

lege (imperative leg, present tense leger, passive leges, simple past lega or leget or legte, past participle lega or leget or legt, present participle legende)

leg (imperative)
leger (present)
leges (passive)
lega (past)
leget (past)
legte (past)
lega (participle past)
leget (participle past)
legt (participle past)
legende (participle present)


kanin

kaninen (definite singular)
kaniner (indefinite plural)
kaninene (definite plural)

From Middle Low German kanīn, konīn, from Old French connin, connil, from Latin cuniculus.


danser

danser m (definite singular danseren, indefinite plural dansere, definite plural danserne)

danseren (definite singular)
dansere (indefinite plural)
danserne (definite plural)