Japan

From Dutch Japan or Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Sinitic 日本.


Finland

Finland (A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe)


Bahamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Bahrain

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)


Bhutan

Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)


Djibouti

Djibouti (a country in East Africa)
# Djibouti (the capital city of Djibouti)


Brasil

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Afghanistan

Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)


Swaziland

(historical) Swaziland (The former name of Eswatini, a country in Southern Africa)


Nicaragua

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Nigeria

Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)


Indonesia

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Bulgaria

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Kiribati

Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)


Egypt

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Qatar

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


Oman

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


Singapore

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)


Guatemala

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Kuwait

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


El Salvador

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


Andorra

Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)


Nauru

Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)


Slovenia

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


Mauritius

Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
# Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


Jamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Israel

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)


Zimbabwe

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.


Nepal

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)


Cuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)


Sudan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Uganda

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).


Luxembourg

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)
# Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)
# Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)
# Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


New Zealand

New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)


Aruba

Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)


Senegal

Senegal (a country in West Africa)
# Senegal (a river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa)


Syria

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Jan Mayen

Named after Dutch explorer Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout.

named-after

Jan Mayen (an island in Norway in the Norwegian Sea)


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Svalbard

Borrowed from Old Norse Svalbarð n or Svalbarðr m, from svalr (“cool”) + barð (“edge, brim”), thus roughly meaning “cold shore”. See the English entry for more information.

Svalbard (an archipelago in the far north of Norway)


Vanuatu

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)


Niue

Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


Iran

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


Armenia

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Somalia

Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)


Palau

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Palau (A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Dominica

Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Fiji

Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


Burma

From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).


San Marino

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)
# San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)


Costa Rica

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Benin

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Portugal

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)


Burkina Faso

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Grenada

Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)


Barbados

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Eritrea

Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)


Wales

Wales (a country within the United Kingdom)


Myanmar

(official, rare) Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia)


Samoa

Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)


Jordan

From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén), and Arabic الأردن (“al-'urdunn”).

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
# Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)


Malta

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)
# Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


Australia

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as its precursor colony in the British Empire)
# (geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Georgia

Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)

Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)


Montreal

alternative form of Montréal, the largest city in Quebec, Canada


Korea

Korea (region and former country in East Asia, now divided into North Korea and South Korea)


hole

hola (definite singular)
holer (indefinite plural)
holene (definite plural)


Ottawa

Ottawa (a city in Ontario, Canada; capital city of Canada)


egg

eggen (definite singular)
egga (definite singular)
eggar (indefinite plural)
egger (indefinite plural)
eggane (definite plural)
eggene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of egg

nn-noun-infl

Egg <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>

From Old Norse egg f, from Proto-Germanic *agjō f (“edge, corner”), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ-. Cognates include English edge and German Ecke.


tundra

tundraen (definite singular)
tundraer (indefinite plural)
trundraar (indefinite plural)
tundraene (definite plural)
tundraane (definite plural)

From Russian ту́ндра (túndra), from Kildin Sami тӯннтрэ (tūnntre), the accusative/genitive form of тӯнтар (tūntar).


fly

flya (definite singular)
flyer (indefinite plural)
flyene (definite plural)


nut

nuten (definite singular)
nutar (indefinite plural)
nutane (definite plural)


fjell

fjellet (definite singular)
fjell (indefinite plural)
fjella (definite plural)

From Old Norse fjall. Akin to English fell.


Skagerrak

a broad strait that separates Norway from Denmark, and which links the North Sea (Nordsjøen) to the Kattegat


London

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


delta

deltaen (definite singular)
deltaer (indefinite plural)
deltaar (indefinite plural)
deltaene (definite plural)
deltaane (definite plural)


Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


dal

dalen (definite singular)
dalar (indefinite plural)
dalane (definite plural)
dal (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
dalen (accusative definite nominative singular)
dalar (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
dalane (accusative definite nominative plural)
dals- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)
dale- (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)

dal

From Old Norse dalr. Cognate with English dale.


dam

dammen (definite singular)
dammar (indefinite plural)
dammane (definite plural)

From Middle Norwegian dammr m, from Old Norse damm n. The meaning dam (structure) probably comes from Middle Low German [Term?].


li

lia (definite singular)
lier (indefinite plural)
liene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of li

From Old Norse hlíð, from Proto-Germanic *hlīdō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱleytéh₂ (“something leaned, inclined”).

inh

a sloping mountainside or hillside covered with grass or forest.


Toscana

administrative region
administrative region

Tuscany (an administrative region of Italy, located north of Lazio and south of Emilia-Romagna)


Guernsey

Guernsey (an island in the Channel Islands)


Melanesia

From Ancient Greek, see English Melanesia.


Edinburgh

Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)

City of Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh#English

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)


Sardinia

Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)


Oslo

Barcode Project
Christian IV
Old Town, Oslo#Mediaeval Oslo
Oslo Opera House
Tom Segalstad
nn:Oslo

From Old Norse Ósló, Ásló f or n. The first element is disputed, but is likely from ǫ́ss, áss (“god; one of the Æsir”), from Proto-Germanic *ansuz. The name Ósló then comes from older *Ǫ́sló where the ǫ́ is nasalised (whence the -n- in Dutch Ansloo and Latin Ansloa), from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᛊᚢᛚᚨᚢᚺᚢ (*ansulauhu), from Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god, deity”) + *lauhō f, *lauhaz m (“clearing, meadow”). According to Sandnes and Stemshaug, the name has likely been around since before the first century.
Another theory is that the first part comes from áss (“hill, beam”), from Proto-Germanic *ansaz, but this is unlikely, as there would be no explanation for ó- found in Ósló. The geologist Tom V. Segalstad has claimed that it comes from Old Norse ufs (“steep mountainside”), based on the Danicised spelling Opsloe. However, this form was never used in Norwegian, and various borrowings have -n- to signify a nasal vowel, which ufs would not have.
Cognates include Faroese and Icelandic Ósló, Dutch Ansloo and (also Low German) Anslo, and Latin Ansloa, Asloa, Osloa (Latinisations).
Between 1624 and 1925, Oslo referred to the old town of Oslo, a mediaeval town that burnt down in 1624. When the city was rebuilt, king Christian IV of Denmark named the new city Christiania (later spelling: Kristiania) after himself. During the 1800s, various authors would begin taking the old name back and the city officially changed its name to Oslo in 1925. The location of the old town got the name Gamlebyen (literally “Old Town”), now a neighbourhood in the modern city.

Han berre klagar paa det, at Namnet sidan vardt burtskutlat, med di at Kong Kristian IV i Aaret 1624 «hadde det uheppne Innfallet at umbyta det eldgamle ærverdige Namnet Oslo med det nye, sjølvuppfundne og halvbarbariske Namn Christiania». […] Og detta er vel ogso den rettaste Synsmaaten.

1912, Ivar Aasen, “Um Namnet Oslo”, in Skrifter i samling, page 204

His [P. A. Munch’s] only complaint was that the name was later thrown away, as king Christian IV in the year 1624 “had the unfortunate idea of switching out the old honourable name Oslo with the new, self-invented and half-barbaric name Christiania”. […] And this is probably also the most correct way to look at it.

Folk kjøper seg hytta på Geilo og Gol. Dei vil stå litt på slalåm og slikka litt sol. Eg kjenne det krible, eg har eit begjær: Eg vil ha hytta i Oslo; det er der eg vil vær.

People buy cabins in Geilo and Gol. They want to stand on slalom and lick some sun. I feel it tingle, I have a lust: I want a cabin in Oslo; there is where I want to be.

Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)

Kong Harald lét byggja ein kaupstad aust i Oslo, og sat der tidt; for de var godt for tilførst der, og de var rike bygdir umkring.

1900, Snorri Sturluson, translated by Steinar Schjøtt, Kongesogur [Kings’ sagas]

King Harald had built a merchant town in the East at Oslo, where he often resided; for there was good supply from the extensive cultivated district wide around.

(historical) a mediaeval town to the east of Bjørvika, now inside the modern city of Oslo, Norway


Berlin

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)

Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)


Sofia

From Bulgarian София (Sofija), renamed after the Church of St. Sofia in 1376.


Longyearbyen

Norwegianisation of English Longyear City, named after American businessman John Munro Longyear.

named-after

The administrative centre of Svalbard, Norway


Holland

(archaic) Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)

Holland (a traditional region in the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland)


Bretagne

Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)


Reykjavík

[²rœʏː.çɐ̞.ʋiˑk]

Unadapted borrowing from Icelandic Reykjavík.


oase

oasen (definite singular)
oasar (indefinite plural)
oasane (definite plural)

From Demotic wḥj via Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis).


berg

berget (definite singular)
berg (indefinite plural)
berga (definite plural)

From Old Norse berg, bjarg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz.


Belgia

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


Rauma

[¹rœʊ̯ː.mɐ̞]

From the definite form of Old Norse Raum f, of uncertain origin. Also suggested to come from Raumá, from *raumr (“roaring waterfall”) + á (“river”), although not suggested by the modern pronunciation.

compound

A river and municipality of Romsdal district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Åland

From Old Norse Áland, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚺᚹᚨᛚᚨᚾᛞ (ahwaland).


rime

head

rime (imperative rim, present tense rimar, simple past rima, past participle rima)

rim (imperative)
rimar (present)
rima (past)
rima (participle past)

From rim, from Old Norse rím, from French rime.


Genova

Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)

Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)


golf

golf m (definite singular golfen, uncountable)

golf (a game played with a golf club and golf ball)


Milano

Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)

Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy)


Sicilia

Sicily (The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)


strand

stranda (definite singular)
strender (indefinite plural)
strendene (definite plural)
strand (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
stranda (accusative definite nominative singular)
strender (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
strendene (accusative definite nominative plural)
strand (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
strandi (accusative definite nominative singular)
strender (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
strenderna (accusative definite nominative plural)
strandenne (dative definite singular)
strandom (dative definite plural)
strondom (dative definite plural)

strand

¹Plural with tonem 1, stemming from older one-syllable forms.

nn-decl-blank-full

strand

From Old Norse strǫnd. Akin to English strand.


å

head

å (upper case Å, definite singular å-en, indefinite plural å-ar, definite plural å-ane)

Å (uppercase)
å-en (definite singular)
å-ar (indefinite plural)
å-ane (definite plural)

aa

Etymologies 2-6, obsolete typography (pre-1917)

The twenty-ninth letter of the Norwegian Nynorsk alphabet, written in the Latin script.


å

From Old Norse at (“by, to”), whence also at and åt.

Dei er vanskelege å sjå.


å

Named after Swedish physisist Anders Johan Ångström (1814–1874). An initialism of his name.

named-after

(physics) symbol used to represent an angstrom unit


Europa

From Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).

Ho kan alle hovudstadene i Europa.

She can name all the capitals in Europe.


fjord

fjorden (definite singular)
fjordar (indefinite plural)
fjordane (definite plural)

→ Catalan: fiord

→ Dutch: fjord

desctree

→ English: fjord, fiord (now chiefly New Zealand)
→ Japanese: フィヨルド (fiyorudo)

→ French: fjord, fiord
→ Romanian: fiord
→ Turkish: fiyort
→ Vietnamese: phi-oóc

→ Georgian: ფიორდი (piordi)

→ German: Fjord
→ Estonian: fjord

→ Hungarian: fjord

→ Italian: fiordo

→ Polish: fiord

→ Portuguese: fiorde

→ Russian: фьорд (fʹord)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: фјо̏рд

Latin script: fjȍrd

→ Slovak: fjord

→ Spanish: fiordo

From Old Norse fjǫrðr, from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Akin to English firth.

a big long lake in Eastern Norway (e.g. Tyrifjorden, Tunhovdfjorden, Randsfjorden, Tisleifjorden)


meander

meanderen (definite singular)
meandrar (indefinite plural)
meandrane (definite plural)

From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros).


Russland

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Sverige

Sweden (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Stockholm)


Gibraltar

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


ravine

ravinen (definite singular)
ravinar (indefinite plural)
ravinane (definite plural)


flod

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


våg

vågen (definite singular)
vågar (indefinite plural)
vågane (definite plural)

From Old Norse vágr, from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz.


våg

Same as Etymology 1. Specialized use of våg m.


våg

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

(measure unit): Russenorsk: våga

From Old Norse vág f, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”).

(historical, units of measure) an older unit of weight used to measure heavier goods, around 18 kg.


Irak

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


Eid

From eid, from Old Norse eið (“isthmus”).

Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane#English

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

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

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


atoll

atollen (definite singular)
atollar (indefinite plural)
atollane (definite plural)

From Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu) and Maldivian atolu, via English atoll.


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)


rev

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

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


Mosambik

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


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)


Venezia

Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)

Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, Italy)


øy

øya (definite singular)
øyar (indefinite plural)
øyer (indefinite plural)
øyane (definite plural)
øyene (definite plural)

From Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō.


Serbia

Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Alta

A town with bystatus and municipality of Finnmark, Norway


Borg

(historical) a mediaeval town in Østfold; modern Sarpsborg


Frei

An island and former municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway, which was merged with Kristiansund municipality on 1 January 2008.


Bergen

From Old Norse Bjǫrgvin (“meadow between the mountains”), influenced by German due to the Hanseatic League and eventually replaced the native Bjørgvin. From bjarg (“rock, boulder, cliff”) + vin (“meadow, pasture”).

der

Bergen (a port city and municipality of Hordaland, Norway)

A former county of Western Norway, now a part of Hordaland


Montenegro

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Amerika

America (the continents of North America and South America)

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Lier

From Old Norse Líðir, plural of (h)líð f (“slope”).

Lier (a municipality of Buskerud county, Norway)


Moss

A town with bystatus and municipality of Østfold, Norway


Flora

A former municipality of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, with its administrative centre in Florø. Merged with Vågsøy on 1 January 2020 under the name of Kinn.


Island

From Old Norse Ísland, from íss (“ice”) + land (“land”). Akin to English Iceland.

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)


Os

nn:Os kommune i Hedmark
nn:Os kommune i Hordaland

A municipality of Hedmark, Norway, bordering onto Trøndelag. Now part of Innlandet fylke (Hedmark fylke exists no more). Geographically is located in Austerdalen valley. Back in the days (before 1926) this municipality was part of Tolga and included Galåa village (now part of Røros municipality). Between 1966 and 1976 the municipality was merged with Tolga into Tolga-Os kommune.

A municipality of Hordaland, Norway, not far from Bergen city. Now merged with Fusa, becoming Bjørnafjorden municipality.


Man

Man, Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)


Sande

nn:Sande kommune i Møre og Romsdal
nn:Sande kommune i Vestfold

An island municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Ski

A town with bystatus and municipality of Akershus, Norway


Moskva

Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)

Moscow (an oblast of Russia, surrounding the city of Moscow)


Tau

Uncertain, but etymologists have pointed to a couple of explanations. One proposes a derivation of Old Norse taufr (“sorcery, charms”), in reference to the practice of primitive magic in the area, reckoning Taufr to be a name of the creek running through. Another proposes a relationship with Old Norse taug (“string, rope”) and teygja (“to stretch out”), in reference to the nature of waterflow of said creek.
It was attested through the late medieval and early modern periods as a Taufer (1389), Taugir (1427), and af Thawgh (1463), Thow (1563), Touu (1567), Thouff (1602), Though (1606), Thoug (1610), Thov (1661), and Toug (1723). Another spelling, Tou, is still preserved in the name of a local brewery.

Tau (a village outside Stavanger, located in the municipality of Strand, Rogaland)

Fagbokforlaget
en:Tau, Norway
nn:Tau i Ryfylke


hei

head

hei f (definite singular heia, indefinite plural heier or heiar, definite plural heiene or heiane)

heia (definite singular)
heier (indefinite plural)
heiar (indefinite plural)
heiene (definite plural)
heiane (definite plural)

From Old Norse heiðr. Akin to English heath.


eid

eiden (definite singular)
eidar (indefinite plural)
eidane (definite plural)

From Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.


Balkan

the Balkans (a geographical region in Southeast Europe)


Tanger

Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima#English

Tangier (a port city, the capital of the region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar)


Arabia

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
# (broader sense) Arabia (The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)


Bagdad

From Arabic بَغْدَاد (baḡdād), from Persian بغداد (bağdâd).

Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)
# Baghdad (a governorate of Iraq)


Hof

A former municipality of Vestfold, Norway, which was merged into Holmestrand municipality on 1 January 2018.


Corsica

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia); (pre-2005) alternative form of Korsika


bre

bre m (definite singular breen, indefinite plural brear, definite plural breane)

breen (definite singular)
brear (indefinite plural)
breane (definite plural)

Of uncertain origin. Compare to Icelandic breði and Icelandic breðafönn


Warszawa

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.


Urd

A peak of the Misery Mountain, Bear Island, in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway


Ukraina

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


Kairo

der

اَلْقَاهِرَة


Jemen

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


elv

head

elv f (definite singular elva, indefinite plural elvar or elver, definite plural elvane or elvene)

elva (definite singular)
elvar (indefinite plural)
elver (indefinite plural)
elvane (definite plural)
elvene (definite plural)
elv (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
elva (accusative definite nominative singular)
elvar (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
elver (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
elvane (accusative definite nominative plural)
elvene (accusative definite nominative plural)
elve- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)
elve- (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)
elv (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
elvi (accusative definite nominative singular)
elvar (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
elvarne (accusative definite nominative plural)
elvenne (dative definite singular)
elvom (dative definite plural)
elvar- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)

elv

nn-decl-blank-full

elv

From Old Norse elfr, from Proto-Germanic *albī.


elv

head

elv m (definite singular elven, indefinite plural elvar or elver, definite plural elvane or elvene)

elven (definite singular)
elvar (indefinite plural)
elver (indefinite plural)
elvane (definite plural)
elvene (definite plural)

From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.


Skiptvet

It is believed that the first part of the name (Ski-) comes from skagi, Old Norse meaning "raised object", while the last part comes from the word þveit, a common Viking age farm name.


Grønland

From Old Norse Grǿnland (“Greenland”), from grǿnn (“green”) + land (“land”). Akin to English Greenland.

Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)


Norden

Nordic countries
Nordic countries#English

Nordic countries (a group of countries in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland along with their dependencies)


kontinent

kontinentet (definite singular)
kontinent (indefinite plural)
kontinenta (definite plural)


Kapp Verde

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Ekvatorial-Guinea

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Sør-Afrika

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Den demokratiske republikken Kongo

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English:_Q974

Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Republikken Kongo

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English:_Q971

Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Vest-Sahara

Western Sahara
Western Sahara#English:_Q6250

Western Sahara (A territory and former Spanish colony in North Africa, now mostly occupied by Morocco, which claims ownership over the territory)


Sveits

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


São Tomé og Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe#English:_Q1039

São Tomé and Príncipe (a country and archipelago in Central Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean)


Mikronesiaføderasjonen

From Mikronesia + føderasjonen (definite singular of føderasjon).

qualifier

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">føderasjon</i>

Federated States of Micronesia#English:_Q702

Federated States of Micronesia (The official name of Micronesia, a country consisting of about 600 islands in Oceania)


Republikken Makedonia

Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia


Tsjekkia

Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)


Ny-Zealand

New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)


Serbia og Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro (former union dissolved in 2006)


Papua Ny-Guinea

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English:_Q691


Bosnia-Hercegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Republikken Kina

Republic of China; official name of Taiwan, rarely used


Saint Kitts og Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis#English

Saint Kitts and Nevis (a country consisting of two islands in the Caribbean)


Vatikanstaten

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


Aserbajdsjan

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)


Kasakhstan

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Antigua og Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

Antigua and Barbuda (a country in the Caribbean)


Tyrkia

Turkey (a country located in Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)


Spania

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


Folkerepublikken Kina

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China#English

People's Republic of China (a country in Asia)


Trinidad og Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

Trinidad and Tobago (a country consisting of two main islands in the Caribbean)


Kirgisistan

Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China)


Nederland

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
# Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


Kypros

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


Kroatia

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Saudi-Arabia

Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Volga

Volga (A river in Russia, the longest river in Europe, flowing 2,325 miles through western Russia to the Caspian Sea)


Luxemburg

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)
# Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)
# Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)
# Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)


Libanon

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


Madagaskar

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)


klippe

klipper (present)
klipte (past)
klipt (participle past)
klippast (infinitive passive)
klippande (participle present)
klipp (imperative)


Borneo

Borneo (large island in South-East Asia)


Agdenes

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).


Askim

A town with bystatus and municipality of Østfold, Norway


Sarpsborg

First part from Sarp, the name of a waterfall (now Sarpsfossen), from Old Norse Sarpr. Last part from Borg, the original name of the town.

A city and municipality of Østfold, Norway

Sarpsborg
nn:Sarpsborg
nn:Sarpsborg kommune


Fredrikstad

A municipality of Østfold, Norway, and the seventh-largest city in Norway.

Fredrikstad
nn:Fredrikstad
nn:Fredrikstad kommune


Spydeberg

Danicised form of Old Norse Spjótaberg, from spjót (“spear”) + berg (“cliff, rock”).

Spydeberg
nn:Spydeberg
nn:Spydeberg kommune


Risør

A town with bystatus and municipality of Aust-Agder, Norway


Frogn

From Old Norse Fraun with aun > ogn, from *Frauðn, from frauð (“manure”), referring to fertile soil.


Grimstad

Grimstad
nn:Grimstad
nn:Grimstad kommune


Tvedestrand

Danicised form; from the farm name Tveite + strand (“beach, shore”).

A town and municipality of Aust-Agder, Norway

Tvedestrand
nn:Tvedestrand
nn:Tvedestrand kommune


Hurum

A municipality of Buskerud, Norway, which is to be merged with Asker and Røyken on 1 January 2020.


Hvaler

From Old Norse Hvalir, plural of hvalr (“whale”).

An island municipality of Østfold, Norway


Lørenskog

From Old Norse Leir(h)eimsskógr, from Leir(h)eimr + skógr, from leirr (“clayish soil”) + heimr (“home, -ham”).


Måsøy

A municipality of Finnmark, Norway, with its administrative centre in Havøysund.


Kvalsund

A municipality and village in Finnmark, Norway

Kvalsund
nn:Kvalsund i Kvalsund
nn:Kvalsund kommune


Lillesand

From Danish Lillesand, from lille (“little”) + sand (“sand”), after the older name Sanden (literally “The Sand”). The first part was added when the nearby city Kristiansand was founded.

Lillesand
nn:Lillesand
nn:Lillesand kommune


Nesodden

From Old Norse Nesoddi, originally the name of Nesoddtangen, from Nes + oddi (“cape”), with Nes being the old name of the peninsula between the Oslo Fjord and Bunne Fjord, from nes (“ness, headland”).

A municipality on the Nesodden peninsula, Akershus, Norway


Austrheim

/²œʊstrɛɪːm/

From Old Norse Austr(h)eimr, from austr (“east”) + heimr (“home, -ham”).

A municipality of Nordhordland district, Hordaland, Norway


Åmot

A small village in Trøndelag, Norway, east of Løkken Verk

A village in Telemark, Norway, in Vinje municipality


Røyken

From Old Norse Raukvin, from hraukr, raukr (“pile, stack; mountain”) + vin (“meadow; pasture”). The first part is from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“pile (of stones); heap”).

der

A municipality of Buskerud, Norway. To be merged into Asker municipality together with Hurum on 1 January 2020.


Alvdal

Alvdal
nn:Alvdal kommune
nn:Alvdal sentrum


Aure

A municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Masfjorden

From Old Norse *Matrsfjǫrðr, from the older fjord name *Matr, whence also the farm name Matre.

A fjord and municipality of Hordaland, Norway


Hammerfest

A town with bystatus and municipality of Finnmark, Norway


Tysnes

A municipality of Sunnhordland district, Hordaland, Norway


Kvam

From Old Norse Hvammr, from hvammr (“little vale”), whence also kvam.

A municipality of Hardanger district, Hordaland, Norway


Fedje

A village and municipality of Nordhordland district, Hordaland, Norway


Ulvik

From Old Norse Ulfvík, from ulfr (“wolf”) + vík (“bay”).

A village and municipality of Hardanger district, Hordaland, Norway


Fitjar

From fitjar, plural of fìt, fet, from Old Norse fit (“meadowland by water”).


Sveio

From Old Norse *Sviða, from sviða f (“woodland cleared by burning”), whence also svida, sve.


Øygarden

An island municipality of Hordaland, Norway


Odda

A town in Hordaland, Norway. Has a city status. Was administrative center of a municipality with the same name before 2020. Now Odda is administrative center of the (new) Ullensvang herad.


Krødsherad

From Old Norse Krǿðisherað, from the lake name *Krǿðir (> Krøderen) and herað.

A municipality of Ringerike district, Buskerud, Norway


Eidfjord

Eidfjord
nn:Eidfjord
nn:Eidfjord kommune


Kongsvinger

A town with bystatus and municipality of Hedmark, Norway


Etne

From Old Norse Etnir, the name of the fjord, from the river name *Atn, *Etn, whence also Etna, from etja (“to incite”).

A village and municipality of Sunnhordland district, Hordaland, Norway


Lierne

A municipality on the border with Sweden in Trøndelag county, Norway, formerly in Nord-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).


Mosvik

A former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, which was merged with Inderøy municipality on 1 January 2012.


Bømlo

A municipality of Hordaland, Norway, comprised entirely of islands.


Frosta

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Nord-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).


Røyrvik

A municipality bordering onto Sweden in Trøndelag county, Norway, formerly in Nord-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).


Inderøy

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Nord-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018). The former municipality of Mosvik was merged with it on 1 January 2012.


Leksvik

Indre Fosen
Indre Fosen#Norwegian Nynorsk

A former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, merged with Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag to form Indre Fosen municipality in Trøndelag county on 1 Jan 2018; the two counties were merged on the same day.


Stord

An island, town with bystatus and municipality of Sunnhordland district district, Hordaland, Norway


Andøy

A municipality in Vesterålen, Nordland, Norway


Herøy

Herøy, Møre og Romsdal
Herøy, Nordland
nn:Herøy kommune i Møre og Romsdal
nn:Herøy kommune i Nordland

An island municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway

An island municipality of Nordland, Norway


Vanylven

From Old Norse *Vaniflir, originally a fjord name. First part from *vaðr, *vannr (“dark, colourless; pale”) and may refer to the occurrence of olivine in the area. Last part possibly from *viflir (“low, wet terrain”). Another, unlikely, suggestion is *heflir.

A municipality of Sunnmøre district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Nærøy

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Nord-Trøndelag (until 1 Jan 2018).


Vikna

An island municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Nord-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).


Verran

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Nord-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018). A merger with Steinkjer municipality is planned for 2020.


Sørum

From Old Norse Suðrheimr, Suðreimr, from suðr (“south”) + heimr (“home, -ham”).

A former municipality of Akershus, Norway


Granvin

[²ɡrɐ̞ːn.ʋɪn]

From Old Norse Grǫnvin, from grǫn (“spruce”) + vin (“meadow”).

A former municipality of Hordaland, Norway. Merged with Voss at the 1st of January 2020.


Haram

A municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Vadsø

Danicised form; from the island name Vadsøya, from Vatsøy.

A town with bystatus and municipality of Finnmark, Norway


Ballangen

A municipality of Ofoten district, Nordland, Norway


Sykkylven

/²sʏçːʏlviɲ/

[ˈsʏ̌ʷc͡çː.ʏ́ʷl.ʋîɲ]

/²sʏçːʏlvən/

A village and municipality of Sunnmøre district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Grong

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Nord-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).


Elverum

A town with bystatus and municipality of Hedmark, Norway


Namsos

A town with bystatus and municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Nord-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).


Bindal

[²biɲːdɐ̞ːɽ]

First part from Binna, an older name of the river Åbjøra, from Old Norse Birna, derived from bjǫrn (“bear”). Last part from dal (“valley”).

A valley and municipality of Helgeland district, Nordland, Norway


Snåsa

From Old Norse Snǫs f, from snǫs, related to nǫs.

A village and municipality in northern Trøndelag, formerly Nord-Trøndelag, Norway


Kongsberg

A town with bystatus and municipality of Buskerud, Norway

Kongsberg
nn:Kongsberg
nn:Kongsberg kommune


Meråker

A municipality on the Swedish border in Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Nord-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).


Fauske

A town with bystatus and municipality of Nordland, Norway


Nes

A former municipality of Hedmark, Norway. Now part of Ringsaker

A former municipality of Vest-Agder, Norway. Now part of Flekkefjord


Ørsta

head

Ørsta f (indefinite Ørst, definite dative (Sunnmøre) Ørstinne)

Ørst (indefinite)
Ørstinne (dative definite)

[¹œɾ̥ˠ.stɐ̞]

Definite form; from Old Norse Ǿrstr m, a fjord name. Possibly from Proto-Norse *Wōristaʀ, related to Old Norse ǿrr (“raging”).

A village and municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Steinkjer

/²stɛɪːnˌçɛːr/

From Old Norse Steinker, from stein + ker. Cognate with Icelandic Steinker, Swedish Stenkär, and Danish Stenkær.

A city and municipality northern Trøndelag, Norway

Steinkjer
nn:Steinkjer
nn:Steinkjer kommune


Averøy

An island municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Verdal

[²ʋæɻ.ɖɐ̞ˑɽ]

[²ʋæɖ.ɖɐ̞ˑɽ]

Verdal
Verdal River
nn:Verdal
nn:Verdal kommune

From Old Norse Verdalr, from earlier *Verardalr, from *Ver, an old name of the Verdalselva, and dalr (“valley”).

A municipality in northern Trøndelag, Norway

(definite form) A valley in northern Trøndelag, Norway


Halsa

From Old Norse *Halsvin, from hals (“neck”) + vin (“meadow”).

[ˈhɐ̞́ː.ʂɐ̞̌]

A former municipality of Nordmøre district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Halsa

From Old Norse *Halsar m pl, plural of hals. Equivalent to halsar pl.

[ˈhɐ̞́ː.ʂɐ̞̌]


Rindal

Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal#Norwegian Nynorsk

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway. It was transferred from Møre og Romsdal on 1 January 2019.


Hamar

From Old Norse Hamarr, originally the name of the farm Storhamar. From hamarr (“steep cliff, rock face”).

A town and municipality of Hedmark, Norway.


Kristiansund

From older Kristianssund, Christianssund, from Christian + sund, named after the Danish king Christian VI. Replaced the old Norwegian name Fosna.

Kristiansund (a city and municipality of Nordmøre district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway)

Christian VI of Denmark
Kristiansund
nn:Kristiansund
nn:Kristiansund kommune


Stjørdal

Stjørdal m (definite Stjørdalen, definite dative (dialectal, Trøndelag) Stjørdala)

Stjørdalen (definite)
Stjørdala (dative definite dialectal)

[²ʂøɻ.ɖɐ̞ˑɽ]

[²ʂøɖ.ɖɐ̞ˑɽ]

Stjørdal Stjørdalselva nn:Stjørdal nn:Stjørdalen

From Old Norse Stjóradalr, from *Stjór f, an old name of the Stjørdal River, and dalr (“valley”).

A municipality and parish in northern Trøndelag, Norway

(definite form) A valley and traditional district in northern Trøndelag, Norway


Stordal

A municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Vardø

Danicised form of Vordøy, Vardøy; from Middle Norwegian *Vǫrð(u)øy, from varða + ey. Replaced earlier Vargøy.

A town with bystatus and municipality of Finnmark, Norway


Drammen

→ English: Drammen

Newer form of Dramen and Dramn (see that).

«Det er betre med ein dram i timen enn ein time i Drammen».

2015 March 25, Knut Stavseng, “Sjøholt – ut av bakevja”, in Bygdebladet, page 26

“It’s better with a dram per hour than an hour in Drammen”.

Drammen (a city and municipality of Buskerud, Norway)


Voss

From Old Norse Vǫrs f, from Proto-Germanic *Warsō, *Warusō, of uncertain origin.

A municipality and district of Hordaland, Norway


Leka

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway (formerly in Nord-Trøndelag) located on an island with the same name.


Volda

Volda f (indefinite Vold, definite dative (Sunnmøre) Voldinne)

Vold (indefinite)
Voldinne (dative definite)

[ˈʋɞ̞́ʉ̯ldɐ̞̀]

From Old Norse Valdr m, a fjord name. Unknown origin.

Volda herad hev eige elektrisitetsverk i Kolfossen, 20 km. frå Hallkjelsvik.

1929, I. O. G. T., Storlosjemøtet i Volda: 27.-31. juli 1929

Volda municipality has its own power plant in the Kolfoss, 20 km. from Hallkjelsvik.

A village and municipality of Sunnmøre district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Molde

Originally a farm name (now Moldegård); from Old Norse *Moldar pl, from the plural of mold (“soil, earth”).

A city and municipality of Romsdal district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Ålesund

From Old Norse *Álasund, from áll (“eel”) or áll (“stripe; channel”, cf. Icelandic áll) + sund (“sound”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Álasund.

compound

cf. Icelandic <i class="Latn mention" lang="is">áll</i>

A city and municipality of Sunnmøre district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

A sound in Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Moskenes

A municipality on an island in Lofoten, Nordland, Norway


Lødingen

A municipality of Ofoten district, Nordland, Norway

Lødingen
nn:Lødingen
nn:Lødingen kommune


Sortland

A town with bystatus and municipality of Nordland, Norway

Sortland
nn:Sortland
nn:Sortland kommune


Øksnes

A municipality in Vesterålen, Nordland, Norway


Flakstad

A municipality of Lofoten district, Nordland, Norway


Vågan

An island municipality of Lofoten district, Nordland, Norway


Røst

A small island municipality of Lofoten district, Nordland, Norway


Lurøy

From Old Norse Lúðrey, from lúðr + ey (“island”).

An island and municipality of Helgeland district, Nordland, Norway


Nesna

From Old Norse *Nesnar pl, an n-derivation of nes (“headland”). Also suggested to come from genitive plural of *nesnir (“headland dwellers”).

A farm and municipality of Helgeland district, Nordland, Norway


Vestvågøy

Vestvågøy
nn:Vestvågøy
nn:Vestvågøy kommune


Træna

Definite form; from Old Norse Þriðn f, an n-derivation of *þrið f (“unit of three”), related to þriði (“third”) and þrír (“three”). The name likely refers to three mountain peaks on the largest island. Cognate with Icelandic Þriðn, Þriðna.

An archipelago and municipality of Helgeland district, Nordland, Norway


Narvik

A town with bystatus and municipality of Ofoten district, Nordland, Norway


Vefsn

→ Swedish: Väfsen

→ Danish: Vefsen, Væfsen

→ German: Wefsen

From Old Norse *Vefsn, originally only a river name, whence also Vefsna (“The Vefsn River”). Of uncertain origin, but possibly a sn-derivation of vefja or the Proto-Germanic stem *web-, whence also Old Norse váfa.

A municipality of Helgeland district, Nordland, Norway


Rennesøy

An island municipality of Rogaland, Norway

Rennesøy
nn:Rennesøy
nn:Rennesøy kommune


Finnøy

head

Finnøy f (definite Finnøya or (dialectal) Finnøynå)

Finnøya (definite)
Finnøynå (definite dialectal)

An island and former municipality of Rogaland, Norway


Gaular

Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane#English

A municipality of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway


Sauda

A town with bystatus and municipality of Rogaland, Norway


Sandnes

A municipality of Rogaland, Norway, and the ninth-largest city in Norway.


Utsira

An island and municipality of Rogaland, Norway.


Bjugn

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).


Tysfjord

A municipality of Ofoten district, Nordland, Norway


Naustdal

Naustdal
nn:Naustdal
nn:Naustdal kommune


Vågsøy

A municipality and island in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway


Lærdal

From Old Norse Læradalr, from earlier *Lærardalr. First part likely from *Lærr, a now gone river name; last part from dalr (“valley”).

A valley and municipality of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway


Hitra

An island municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).


Tydal

A municipality bordering onto Sweden in Trøndelag county, Norway, formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).


Lillehammer

From Danish Lillehammer, a Danicisation of the native names Litlehamar or Veslehamar.

A town with bystatus and municipality of Oppland, Norway


Orkdal

Related to the river name Orkla. The second part -dal is from Norwegian dal (“valley”).

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, which existed until January 1. 2020. The former municipality of Orkland was between 1920-1963 not a part of Orkdal herad. After January 1. 2020, the Orkdal became part of a new, bigger municipality, which got the same name as the former municipality of Orkland


Gjøvik

From Old Norse Djúpvík, from djúpr (“deep”) + vík (“bay”). Doublet of Djup(e)vika, Devika, and Dybevik.

doublet

Men æille har et syskenbån på Gjøvik, om tok de fysste skretta æillt i fjor.

1983, Alf Prøysen (lyrics and music), “Æille har et syskenbån på Gjøvik”

But everybody has a cousin in Gjøvik, which took their first steps last year.

A town and municipality by the western shore of the lake Mjøsa, Oppland, Norway


Gulen

Definite form; from Old Norse Guli, originally a fjord name. Possibly from gul n (“strong wind”), or from the Proto-Germanic root *geul-.


Åfjord

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018). A merger with Roan municipality is planned for 2020.


Klæbu

From Old Norse Kleppabú, from kleppr + bú.

A former municipality of Trøndelag, Norway. Merged with Trondheim in 2020.


Skaun

Attested as Schång in Swedish sources (17th century).


Ørland

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018). A merger with Bjugn municipality is planned for 2020.


Førde

From Old Norse Fyrði, Firði, from firði, dative of fjǫrðr (“fjord”).

A town with bystatus and municipality of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Førde
nn:Førde i Sunnfjord
nn:Førde kommune


Rennebu

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018). Before 1839 was part of Meldal. In 1966 the town of Innset became part of this municipality.


Hornindal

/ˈhɔɲː.dɑːl/

From Old Norse *Hornynjudalr, from Hornyn + dalr (“valley”). The first part from horn (“horn”) + vin (“meadow”), whence also the farm name Horne.

Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal#Norwegian Bokmål

A former municipality of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Joined Volda in Møre og Romsdal on 1 January 2020.


Kragerø

A town with bystatus and municipality of Telemark, Norway


Notodden

Notodden
nn:Notodden
nn:Notodden kommune


Roan

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018). A merger with Åfjord municipality is planned for 2020.


Midtre Gauldal

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).


Oppdal

From Old Norse Uppdalr, from upp- (“upper”) + dalr (“valley”)


Ibestad

A municipality consisting of two islands in Troms, Norway, with its administrative centre in Hamnvik.


Dovre

Originally a farm name; from Old Norse Dofrar f pl, from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). Cognate with Icelandic Dofrar.

A village and municipality of Oppland, Norway


Lyngdal

A town with bystatus and municipality of Vest-Agder, Norway


Karmøy

head

Karmøy f (definite Karmøya or (dialectal) Karmøynå)

Karmøya (definite)
Karmøynå (definite dialectal)

First part from Old Norse Kǫrmt (genitive Karmtar), whence also Karmt; from karmr. Last part from øy.

A municipality and island in Rogaland, Norway


Selje

Saint Sunniva
Selje
nn:Selja
nn:Selje i Nordfjord
nn:Selje kommune

Originally only an island name; from Old Norse Selja, possibly derived from sel (“pasture shed”), or less likely from salr (“room, hall”), referring to the cave where Saint Sunniva and her followers dwelled after reaching the island in the 10th century.

A village and former municipality of Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

(definite form) an island in Stad, Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway


Vennesla

Vennesla
nn:Vennesla
nn:Vennesla kommune


Meldal

Meddarn

the municipality and its village, definite form

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway which existed until 1 january 2020), formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018). Back in the older days (around 19th century) the municipaliry has also included Rennebu (and some hillsides in Rindal).


Kvinesdal

From Old Norse Hvínisdalr, from the fjord name Hvínir (now Fedafjorden), an ia-derivation of the river name *Hvín.

(definite form) A valley Western Agder, Norway


Harstad

[²hɐ̞ɻ.ʃt̠ɐ̞]

[²hɐ̞ʃ.t̠ɐ̞]

From Old Norse *Harðarstaðir m pl, maybe from the male given name Hǫrðr + staðr (“place”).

A town with bystatus and municipality of Troms, Norway

Harstad
Harstad (town)
nn:Harstad
nn:Harstad kommune


Mandal

From Old Norse *Marnardalr, from *Mǫrn + dalr (“valley”).

(definite form) A valley West Agder, Norway


Lindesnes

From Old Norse Líðandisnes. First part from Líðandi, from the present participle of líða. Last part from nes (“headland”).

A peninsula and municipality of Vest-Agder, Norway

Lindesnes
nn:Lindesnes
nn:Lindesnes kommune


Luster

A municipality of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway


Bokn

A municipality of Rogaland, Norway, primarily consisting of the two islands Austre Bokn and Vestre Bokn


Selbu

From Old Norse Selabú, from the lake name *Seli + bú. First part from seli (“harness”).

A municipality in the south of Trøndelag, Norway


Frøya

Definite form; from Old Norse Frøy, Frey f, from Proto-Germanic *Frawjō f, from *frawjô (“lord”). Also theorised to be from *fraaujō (“big island”).

An island and municipality on the coast of Trøndelag, Norway

An island in Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.


Skien

Danicised form of a Norwegian Skìda; from Old Norse Skiða, likely from a river name derived from skíða (“piece of split wood; plank”), which may refer to a straight river course. It can also come from a related strong verb (*skíða < *skīþaną) and mean “the splitting (river)”. This would also explain the short vowel, cf. skriða f from skríða. Whether the Old Norse form was Skiða or Skíða is unclear, but the modern pronunciation with /e/ suggests the first.

Skien (a city and municipality of Grenland district, Telemark, Norway)


Røros

Originally a farm name, until it was repurposed for the town around 1650. First part from Old Norse *Reyðr, from rauðr (“red”), cf. reyðr. Last part from óss (“river mouth”).

A mining town and municipality of Gauldal district, southern Trøndelag, Norway


Osen

A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).


Kristiansand

[kɰɛ̞sjɐ̞nˈsɐ̞nː]

A Norwegianised spelling of Danish Christianssand, from Christian + sand (“sand”). Named after Christian IV of Denmark who initiated the construction of a “kvadratur” on the place in 1641.

A city and municipality of Vest-Agder, Norway. The sixth-largest city in Norway.


Nøtterøy

An island, also a former municipality in Vestfold, Norway, merged with Tjøme to form Færder municipality on 1 January 2018.


Tjøme

An island, also a former municipality in Vestfold, Norway, merged with Nøtterøy to form Færder municipality on 1 January 2018.


Søgne

Originally a river name; from Old Norse *Sygna, derived from súga (“to suck”).

A village and former municipality of Vest-Agder, Norway


Holmestrand

A town with bystatus and municipality of Vestfold, Norway. It was enlarged on 1 January 2018 when Hof municipality was merged with it.

Holmestrand
nn:Holmestrand
nn:Holmestrand kommune


Stokke

A former municipality of Vestfold, Norway, now part of Sandefjord municipality (from 1 January 2017).


Stavanger

[stɐ̞.ˈʋɐ̞ŋ.ɡər]

[stɐ̞.ˈʋɐ̞ŋ.ŋəɾ]

[sta̝.ˈʋa̝ŋ.ŋɔɰ]

[sta̝.ˈʋa̝ŋ.ŋəɰ]

From Old Norse Stafangr, a compound of stafr + angr. Akin to Stavang. The meanings of the composite words are straightforward, but what exactly they refer to is unclear.
* angr (“bay, fjord”), in reference to a body of water. This could be Breiavatnet, Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, Vågen , or Østervåg. Norwegian etymologist Inge Særheim sees Vågen, the inlet atop the mouth of which stands the Stavanger Cathedral, as the most likely candidate.
* stafr (“staff”), from Proto-Germanic *stabaz, relating to the straight and unbending shape of a landform. This could refer to the out-jutting headland on the east lip of Vågen, a steep drop down into (the shore of) a body of water, or simply the unbending shape of the body of water in question. Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, and Vågen all have straightish shapes.

A city and municipality of Rogaland, Norway.

(now historical) A former county (amt) in Norway, from 1662 to 1919, roughly equivalent to modern-day Rogaland.


Storbritannia

Det sameinte kongeriket Storbritannia og Nord-Irland

Great Britain (loosely, the United Kingdom)


Andebu

From Old Norse Andabú. The first part is uncertain; the last part is bú n (“dwelling”)

A village and former municipality of Vestfold, Norway


Rissa

A former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, merged with Leksvik in Nord-Trøndelag to form Indre Fosen municipality in Trøndelag county on 1 Jan 2018; the two counties were merged on the same day.


Tønsberg

From Old Norse Túnsberg, from tún + berg.

A city and municipality of Vestfold, Norway

Tønsberg
nn:Tønsberg
nn:Tønsberg kommune


Hedmark

Hedmark f (definite Hedmarka, definite dative Hedmarken)

Hedmarka (definite)
Hedmarken (dative definite)

Monophthongised form of Heidmark, from Old Norse Heiðmǫrk, from the tribe name hei(ð)nir + mǫrk (“forest, woodland”). Cognate with Icelandic Heiðmörk and Danish Hedemark.


Sogn og Fjordane

Sogn og Fjordane
nn:Sogn og Fjordane fylke


Nord-Trøndelag

A former county of Norway, merged with Sør-Trøndelag to form Trøndelag county on 1 January 2018.


Buskerud

Originally only a farm name; from Old Norse Biskupsruð, from biskup (“bishop”) and ruð (“clearing”).


Sør-Trøndelag

A former county of Norway, merged with Nord-Trøndelag to form Trøndelag county on 1 January 2018.


Lund

Lund (a city and municipality of Skåne County, in southern Sweden)

Lund (a municipality of Rogaland county, Norway)


Sandefjord

Sandefjord
Sandefjordsfjord
nn:Sandefjord kommune

A town with bystatus and municipality of Vestfold, Norway. It was enlarged on 1th January 2017 when the municipalities of Andebu and Stokke were merged with it.


Svelvik

[ˈsʋǽɽˌʋǐˑk]

From Old Norse Sverðvík, likely a newer form of *Sverfðvík, from *sverfð (“a whirl”), a nominalised form of sverfa (“to whirl”), and vík. The first part may be in reference to the Svelvik current.

A town with bystatus in Drammen, Norway.

A former municipality of Vestfold, Norway. Joined Drammen on 1 January 2020.


Larvik

From Old Norse Lagarvík, from Lǫgr (i.e. Numedalslågen) + vík (“bay”).

Numedalslågen
nn:Larvik
nn:Larvik kommune


Telemark

English: telemark

tele (“someone from Telemark”) + mark (“land; march”); from Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from genitive plural of þelir (name of an old Germanic tribe) + mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).


Oppland

From Old Norse Upplǫnd n pl, from upp (“up”) + lǫnd (“lands”).


Troms

→⇒ Danish: Tromsø

→ Norwegian: Tromsø

→ Northern Sami: Romsa

→ Finnish: Tromssa

Originally the name of what’s now called Tromsøya; from Old Norse Trums, possibly from Proto-Germanic *trumisō. Also theorised to come from *Strums, from an ablaut form of straumr (“current, stream”). Cognate with Icelandic Trums.


Hordaland

From Old Norse Hǫrðaland, from hǫrðar m pl + land.

Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane#Norwegian Bokmål

(historical) A county of Western Norway, merged with Sogn og Fjordane on 1 January 2020 under the new name of Vestland.


Horten

A town with bystatus and municipality of Vestfold, Norway


Rogaland

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Rogaland, from genitive of rygir m pl (“the people living in Rogaland”), and land. The name fell out of use in the Middle Age, but was taken back as county name in 1918.


Lardal

Lardal
Numedalslågen
nn:Lardal
nn:Larvik kommune

From Old Norse Lagardalr, from Lǫgr (i.e. Numedalslågen) + dalr (“valley”). Doublet of Lågdalen.

compound

A former municipality of Vestfold, Norway

(definite form) a valley in Vestfold, Norway, around the river Lågen


Finnmark

From Old Norse Finnmǫrk (“land of the Sami”), from finnr, fiðr (“Sami”) + mǫrk (“woodland, forest”). First part from Proto-Germanic *fenþnōz pl (“nomadic people”) or *finnaz.
Not to be confused with Finnemarka, which is a newer name made from finne (“Finn”), a Swedish borrowing.


Vega

An island on the coast of Nordland, Norway

A municipality on the coast of Nordland, Norway, which includes some hundred islets and islands, the biggest of them are Ylvingen, Igerøy, Søla and Vega itself


Trondheim

From Old Norse Þróndheimr, Þróndeimr, Þrándheimr (“Trondheim, Trøndelag”), from þróndr (plural þrǿndr, þrǿndir) + heimr. Þróndr is possibly from the present participle of þróask (“to grow”), from the reflexive form of Proto-Germanic *þrōwōną. A proposed Proto-Norse ancestor is *ᚦᚱᛟᚹᚨᚾᛞᛁᛉ m pl (*þrowandiʀ /*þrōwandiʀ/) (< *þrōwōną + *-ndz), cf. Old English Þrowendas pl. A similar construction is found in bóndi (“farmer”) from búa (“to reside”), and frændi (“friend”) from frjá (“to love”).
The city’s Old Norse name was Niðaróss (“the mouth of the Nid river”), but was commonly referred to as kaupangr í Þróndheimi (“the city in Trøndelag”). It was later simplified to use only the name of the region, whence also the Danish name Trondhjem. The same tendency is found in modern time when the city is referred to as Staden (“the stead, the city”) or Byen (“the city”) instead of its official name, and genuine dialect forms are found only outside of Trøndelag.
Doublet of Trandum (farm name). Cognates include Faroese Tróndheimur and Icelandic Þrándheimur, and Swedish Trondhem.

inh

Olavskyrkja i Trondeim / ho æ tekt’e mæ bly: / Bendik skò inkji live njote, / um ho va tri gongjir ny!

The Olav Church in Trondheim / it is thatched with lead: / Bendik shall not his life enjoy, / if it was three times new!

Trandeim

Nordfyrdemål, Sognamål, Western Valdresmål, Telemål

Trondheim, Throndham (a city and municipality in southern Trøndelag, Norway)

Trondheimsfjorden

the fjord around which Trøndelag is located

trondheimsk

related to Trondheim; the dialect of Trondheim

kaupangen i Trondheimen

medieval nickname for the city of Nidaros/Trondheim (literally, “the city in Throwendham”)

Fraa denne Foldalen var altso ho Malene, som var fem og sytti Aar og piltade so lett som ei Rjupe tri Mil fram til Hjerkinn for at sjaa Kongen paa Nordferdi si til Throndheim, endaa mange Skytsfolk til Kongen, som vaaro i Fylgjet med sine lause Hestar, sagde, at ho gjekk for at sjaa seg ut ein Kjæraste paa Hjerkinn og Kongsvoll bland dei Mange, som komo dit fraa lang Leid for at sjaa Kongen.
From this Foldal was Malene, who was seventy five years old and scurried as light as a grouse 34 km to Hjerkinn to see the king on his journey north to Throwendham [i.e. Trøndelag], even though many of the king’s horsemen, who were in his entourage with their loose horses, said that she went to find herself a spouse on Hjerkinn and Kongsvoll from the many who came from far away to see the king.

1861, A. O. Vinje, Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860, page 85

(now often in the definite form) Throwendham, Throndham (the region around the Trondheim Fjord, Norway, equivalent of the county of Trøndelag)


Tromsø

Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark#English

Tromsø (a city and municipality of Troms og Finnmark, Norway)


holme

holmen (definite singular)
holmar (indefinite plural)
holmane (definite plural)


Preussen

Prussia (historical, former kingdom of Germany)


København

From Danish København, from Old Danish Køpmannæhafn (“Copenhagen”, literally “chapmen’s haven”), equivalent to Old Norse Kaupmannahǫfn. Compare Faroese Keypmannahavn and Icelandic Kaupmannahöfn.

der

Copenhagen (the capital city, municipality, and former county of Denmark)


fles

flesa (definite singular)
fleser (indefinite plural)
flesene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of fles

a small (and bare) rock reef just above the surface of the water


Montréal

Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

Montreal (an island in Quebec, Canada, the site of the city of Montreal)


sump

sumpen (definite singular)
sumpar (indefinite plural)
sumpane (definite plural)

From Middle Low German sump and German Sumpf.


rygg

head

rygg m (definite singular ryggen, indefinite plural rygger or ryggar, definite plural ryggene or ryggane)

ryggen (definite singular)
rygger (indefinite plural)
ryggar (indefinite plural)
ryggene (definite plural)
ryggane (definite plural)

(geography) ridge (of a hill or mountain)


Tahiti

Tahiti (the largest island in French Polynesia)


Shetland

Borrowed from English Shetland, from Scots Shetland, from Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland. Doublet of Hjaltland.


hav

hav n (definite singular havet, indefinite plural hav, definite plural hava, genitive definite singular havsens, genitive indefinite singular havs)

havet (definite singular)
hav (indefinite plural)
hava (definite plural)
havsens (definite genitive singular)
havs (genitive indefinite singular)

From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.

Bestefaren min sigla på dei sju hav.


Normandie

administrative region
administrative region

Normandy (an administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel)


sund

sundet (definite singular)
sund (indefinite plural)
sunda (definite plural)


Kiel

Kiel (a city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)


Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad (a city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)


Arkhangelsk

From Russian Арха́нгельск (Arxángelʹsk).

bor

Арха́нгельск

Arkhangelsk (a city, the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia)


Korsika

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)


vulkan

vulkanen (definite singular)
vulkanar (indefinite plural)
vulkanane (definite plural)

From Latin Vulcanus, the Roman god of fire.


Bornholm

Bornholm (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Baltic Sea)


Noreg

From Old Norse Noregr, from earlier *Norðvegr, from norðr (“north”) + vegr (“way, road”).

Eg er frå Noreg.

Norway (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Oslo)


bakke

bakken (definite singular)
bakkar (indefinite plural)
bakkane (definite plural)
bakke (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bakken (accusative definite nominative singular)
bakkar (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
bakkane (accusative definite nominative plural)
bakke- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)
bakke- (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)

bakke

From Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to English bank.

Vegen går opp ein bratt bakke.

Eg likar ikkje å flyga, eg likar meg best på bakken.

I don't like to fly, I feel most comfortable on the ground.


Hetland

From Old Norse *Hesliland, from hesli (“hazel forest”) + land (“land”).

A former municipality of Jæren district, Rogaland, Norway


Bouvetøya

Named after Jean-Baptiste_Charles_Bouvet_de_Lozier, + øya (definite singular of øy)

Bouvet Island (an uninhabited volcanic island and dependent territory of Norway in the South Atlantic Ocean)


Amerikansk Samoa

American Samoa (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United States in Polynesia)


München

Munich (the capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany)


Oseania

Oceania (a continent in the Pacific Ocean)


Donau

Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2850 km from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania)


Venedig

the former name of Venice, the capital city of Veneto, Italy


Kongo-Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


grotte

grotta (definite singular)
grotter (indefinite plural)
grottene (definite plural)


Roald

From Old Norse *Róǫld, originally an island name; from ró, a variant of rá (“corner”), and an uncertain second element. Doublet of Rolla (place in Ibestad, Troms).

A village in Giske, Sunnmøre district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway


myr

myra (definite singular)
myrar (indefinite plural)
myrer (indefinite plural)
myrane (definite plural)
myrene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of myr

From Old Norse mýrr, from Proto-Germanic *miuzijō. Akin to English mire.


ås

åsen (definite singular)
åsar (indefinite plural)
åsane (definite plural)

From Old Norse áss, from Proto-Germanic *amsaz.


ås

åsen (definite singular)
æser (indefinite plural)
æsene (definite plural)

From Old Norse áss, ǫ́ss, from Proto-Germanic *ansuz.


korallrev

korallrevet (definite singular)
korallrev (indefinite plural)
korallreva (definite plural)


kyst

kysten (definite singular)
kystar (indefinite plural)
kystane (definite plural)

Kysten er verna av artilleri.


bekken

bekkenet (definite singular)
bekken (indefinite plural)
bekkena (definite plural)

From Medieval Latin baccinum, via Middle Low German.


innsjø

innsjøen (definite singular)
innsjøar (indefinite plural)
innsjøane (definite plural)


tjern

tjernet (definite singular)
tjern (indefinite plural)
tjerna (definite plural)

From Old Norse tjarn n, tjǫrn f (“a small mountain lake without tributaries”), from Proto-Germanic *ternō. Cognates with English tarn.

a small lake, typically in a forest or mountain area.


vik

vika (definite singular)
vikar (indefinite plural)
viker (indefinite plural)
vikane (definite plural)
vikene (definite plural)


vik

viket (definite singular)
vik (indefinite plural)
vika (definite plural)

how bent the sawtooth is in relation to its sawblade


vik

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

inflection of vika and vike (strong verbs):


Bjørgvin

From Old Norse Bjǫrgvin (“meadow between the mountains”), revived in the 19th century. From bjarg (“rock, boulder, cliff”) + vin (“meadow, pasture”). Compare Faroese Bjørgvin and Icelandic Björgvin.

compound

No er stutt á fortelja at sild fekk me, kom heppeleg til Bjørgvin og selde godt.

1929, Halldor O. Opedal, Ein harding på vidåtta i 60-åri, page 25

Now it is short to say, that we got herring, and it luckily came to Bergen and sold well.

Bergen (A port city, municipality and former county in Hordaland, Norway; official name: Bergen)


Mikronesia

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós) + νῆσος (nêsos).

Micronesia (a geographical region of Oceania)

Micronesia (A country consisting of about 2000 islands in Oceania; official name: Mikronesiaføderasjonen)


kanal

head

kanal m (definite singular kanalen, indefinite plural kanalar, definite plural kanalane)

kanalen (definite singular)
kanalar (indefinite plural)
kanalane (definite plural)


hamn

hamna (definite singular)
hamner (indefinite plural)
hamnene (definite plural)

From Old Norse hǫfn, from Proto-Germanic *habnō.


Skottland

Scotland (country in northwest Europe to the north of England)


Senja

From Old Norse Senja f, of uncertain origin.

An island in Troms, the second-largest island in Norway (not including Svalbard)


Alver

From Old Norse Alviðra f, from al- (“all”) + veðr (“weather”), referring to harsh weather. Doublet of Alvera (farm in Sogn). Cognate with Icelandic Alviðra.

A farm in Alver municipality, Hordaland, Norway, formerly in Lindås municipality


Abessinia

(historical) Abyssinia (a former empire in East Africa, consisting of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea the Ethiopian Empire,)


Troja

Troy (an ancient city in far northwestern Asia Minor, in modern Turkey)


skar

skaret (definite singular)
skar (indefinite plural)
skara (definite plural)

From Old Norse skarð, from Proto-Germanic *skardą. Cognates include English shard.


Brønnøysund

A town (with bystatus) in Brønnøy, Nordland, Norway


Sovjetunionen

From sovjet + unionen (“definite singular of union”).

af

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">union</i>


Sibirien

The name was given after Siberia (the region in Russia) because of the bad living conditions the road builders experienced when the road was built during the first third of the 20th century.

A place in Northern in Trøndelag, Norway, located on the Sanddøla river


morene

morenen (definite singular)
morenar (indefinite plural)
morenane (definite plural)

From French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena.


halvøy

head

halvøy f (definite singular halvøya, indefinite plural halvøyar or halvøyer, definite plural halvøyane or halvøyene)

halvøya (definite singular)
halvøyar (indefinite plural)
halvøyer (indefinite plural)
halvøyane (definite plural)
halvøyene (definite plural)


odde

odden (definite singular)
oddar (indefinite plural)
oddane (definite plural)

Me såg skipet då det kom rundt odden.

We saw the ship when it came round the headland.


lagune

lagunen (definite singular)
lagunar (indefinite plural)
lagunane (definite plural)
laguna (definite singular)
laguner (indefinite plural)
lagunene (definite plural)

From Latin lacuna, via Italian laguna and German Lagune.


Karibia

Caribbean (a region of North America, consisting of the island countries in the Caribbean Sea)


Kaukasia

(geopolitics) Caucasus (a geopolitical region, consisting of the countries surrounding the Caucasus Mountains in Europe and Asia)


Indiahavet

From India + havet (“definite singular of hav”).

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definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">hav</i>


Vågen

Definite singular of våg (“bay, inlet”).

A village in the city of Stavanger, on the island of Hundvåg, Rogaland, Norway.

An inlet forming the innermost part of Gandsfjorden fjord in Rogaland, Norway.


Abkhasia

Abkhazia (a de facto republic in the Caucasus without international recognition)


Fransk Guyana

French Guiana
French Guiana#English:_Q3769

French Guiana (an overseas department and administrative region of France in South America)


platå

platået (definite singular)
platå (indefinite plural)
platåa (definite plural)


Middelhavet

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Middelhavet n (singular indefinite Middelhav)

From middel- + havet (definite singular of hav).

af

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">hav</i>


kjelde

kjelda (definite singular)
kjelder (indefinite plural)
kjeldene (definite plural)

[²c͡çɛɪ̯ldə]

From Old Norse kelda, from Proto-Germanic *kaldijǭ.

Dei fann ei oljekjelde under ørkensanda.

They found a reservoir of oil below the desert sand.

a source of a resource lying under the earth, a reservoir


kystlinje

kystlinja (definite singular)
kystlinjer (indefinite plural)
kystlinjene (definite plural)


Grenland

From Old Norse Grenland, from the stem of *grenir m pl + land. The Grenir were the old tribe that would inhabit the area around the lake Norsjø, probably described by Jordanes as Granniī.


bukt

bukta (definite singular)
bukter (indefinite plural)
buktene (definite plural)


jøkul

jøkulen (definite singular)
jøklar (indefinite plural)
jøklane (definite plural)

From Old Norse jǫkull, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz. Diminutive of jaki (“a piece of ice, broken ice”), whence also jake. Cognate with Faroese jøkul, Icelandic jökull and English ickle (> icicle).


sjø

sjøen (definite singular)
sjøar (indefinite plural)
sjøane (definite plural)
form sjøs (genitive)

From Old Norse sjór, sjár, sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Akin to English sea.


Kartago

Carthage (an ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia)

Carthage (an ancient civilisation in North Africa, centred on the city of Carthage)


Toten

[ˈtʰǔ̞ː.tń̩]

From Old Norse Þótn m or n, likely derived from þóttr m, from the verb þykkja.

A district of Oppland, Norway, consisting of the municipalities Østre Toten and Vestre Toten


kapp

kappet (definite singular)
kapp (indefinite plural)
kappa (definite plural)


bredd

bredda (definite singular)
bredder (indefinite plural)
breddene (definite plural)

Compare with Danish bred, similar to Swedish brädd


Tyrifjorden

Definite form; first part from Old Norse Tyr(v)i, from tyri, tyrvi, whence also tyre (dialectal tyri). Second part from fjord (“fjord”).

A lake in Ringerike district, Buskerud, Norway


botn

botnen (definite singular)
botnar (indefinite plural)
botnane (definite plural)

From Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz. Akin to English bottom.

a cirque (depression in a mountainside formed by glacial erosion)


gjel

gjelet (definite singular)
gjel (indefinite plural)
gjela (definite plural)

From Old Norse gil, compare with Northern England English gill (Etymology 3).


tjørn

tjørna (definite singular)
tjørner (indefinite plural)
tjørnene (definite plural)

From Old Norse tjǫrn f or tjarn n (“a small mountain lake without tributaries”). Cognates with English tarn and Swedish tjärn.

a small lake, typically in a forest or mountain area


Hekla

From Icelandic Hekla, from hekla (“cloak”).

Hekla (a stratovolcano in the south of Iceland)


vorr

vorren (definite singular)
vorrar (indefinite plural)
vorrane (definite plural)

stonework on either side of a boat landing, which can be used to moor a boat; a sloping stone pier


sideelv

sideelva (definite singular)
sideelvar (indefinite plural)
sideelver (indefinite plural)
sideelvane (definite plural)
sideelvene (definite plural)


Raudehavet

the Red Sea (sea between Africa and Arabia)


Irskesjøen

From irske (“definite of irsk”) + sjøen (“definite of sjø”).

definite of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">irsk</i>

definite of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">sjø</i>


bekk

bekken (definite singular)
bekker (indefinite plural)
bekkar (indefinite plural)
bekkene (definite plural)
bekkane (definite plural)
Historical inflection of bekk

From Old Norse bekkr, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz. Cognate with German Bach, northern English beck.

brook, creek, stream (a body of running water smaller than a river)


vidde

vidda (definite singular)
vidder (indefinite plural)
viddene (definite plural)


Alpane

Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)


åsside

åssida (definite singular)
åssider (indefinite plural)
åssidene (definite plural)


isbre

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isbre m (definite singular isbreen, indefinite plural isbrear, definite plural isbreane)

isbreen (definite singular)
isbrear (indefinite plural)
isbreane (definite plural)


mudderflate

mudderflata (definite singular)
mudderflater (indefinite plural)
mudderflatene (definite plural)


våtmark

våtmarka (definite singular)
våtmarker (indefinite plural)
våtmarkene (definite plural)


subkontinent

subkontinentet (definite singular)
subkontinent (indefinite plural)
subkontinenta (definite plural)


Færøyane

Færøyane f pl (indefinite plural Færøyar)

From Old Norse Færøyjar, Færeyjar. Cognate with Faroese Føroyar, Icelandic Færeyjar, Swedish Färöarna and Danish Færøerne.

Då er det vakkert på Færøyane

1925, Jóannes Patursson, translated by Leiv Heggstad, Frå Færøyane, 2nd edition, Oslo: Noregs ungdomslag og studentmållaget, page 9

Then it's beautiful on the Faroe Islands

the Faroe Islands (an archipelago and autonomous territory of the Atlantic Ocean)


slukt

slukta (definite singular)
slukter (indefinite plural)
sluktene (definite plural)


Filippinane

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Sør-Sudan

South Sudan (a country in East Africa, formerly the southern part of Sudan)


iskappe

iskappa (definite singular)
iskapper (indefinite plural)
iskappene (definite plural)


Barentshavet

Named after Dutch explorer Willem Barents


stillehavsøy

stillehavsøy f (definite singular stillehavsøya, indefinite plural stillehavsøyar or stillehavsøyer, definite plural stillehavsøyane or stillehavsøyene)

stillehavsøya (definite singular)
stillehavsøyar (indefinite plural)
stillehavsøyer (indefinite plural)
stillehavsøyane (definite plural)
stillehavsøyene (definite plural)


arkipel

arkipelet (definite singular)
arkipel (indefinite plural)
arkipela (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”).


øygruppe

øygruppa (definite singular)
øygrupper (indefinite plural)
øygruppene (definite plural)


Skuld

A peak of the Misery Mountain, Bear Island, in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway


torvmyr

torvmyra (definite singular)
torvmyrer (indefinite plural)
torvmyrene (definite plural)
torvmyra (definite singular)
torvmyrar (indefinite plural)
torvmyrane (definite plural)


Trøndelag

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Trøndelag n pl (definite plural (rare) Trøndelaga or Trøndelagen)

Trøndelaga (definite plural rare)
Trøndelagen (definite plural)

From Old Norse Þrǿndalǫg, from þrǿndr m pl (“person from Trøndelag”) + lǫg n pl (“territory”). Cognate with Icelandic Þrændalög.

A county and region of Norway, formerly comprising the counties of Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag


Katla

From Icelandic Katla, from ketill (“kettle”).

Katla (a volcano in the south of Iceland)


fjellkjede

fjellkjeda (definite singular)
fjellkjeder (indefinite plural)
fjellkjedene (definite plural)


kløft

kløfta (definite singular)
kløfter (indefinite plural)
kløftene (definite plural)


prærie

prærien (definite singular)
præriar (indefinite plural)
præriane (definite plural)

From French prairie, from Old French praerie.


Midtausten

(geopolitics) Middle East (a region of Western Asia and North Africa)


Dei britiske øyane

British Isles, the British Isles (an archipelago in Northern Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, Anglesey, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, the Hebrides, the Shetland Islands, the Orkney Islands, the Isles of Scilly, the Channel Islands and many smaller islands)


Kanaløyane

From kanal + øyane (definite plural of øy).


Tsjetsjenia

Chechnya (a republic of the northern Caucasus of Russia; capital: Grozny)


Den sentralafrikanske republikken

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Komorane

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)
# Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


Maldivane

Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)


Marshalløyane

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Mexico by

Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)


Kirkenes

Newer name; from Danish Kirkenæs, from kirke (“church”) + nes (“headland”), referring to a church on the place built in 1862. Replaced the older names Pisselvnes and Håkjerringnes.

A town in Sør-Varanger, Finnmark, in the far north-eastern corner of Norway, close to the Russian border.


Øresund

Borrowed from Danish Øresund and Swedish Öresund, from Old Norse ᚢᚱᛅ ᛋᚢᛏᛁ (ura suti). Cognate with Faroese Oyrarsund and Icelandic Eyrarsund.

Øresund (a strait between Denmark and Sweden)


Bodø

Danicised form; from Old Norse Boðin, Bǫðin. Last part from vin (“meadow”). First part from boði (“breaker, hidden rocks underwater”), or *bað with w-mutation from vin (< *winjō).

Bodø (a town and port, the administrative centre of Bodø Municipality, Nordland County, in the Northern Norway region, Norway)
# Bodø (a municipality of Nordland County, in the Northern Norway region, Norway)


Salomonøyane

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q148966

Solomon Islands (A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)
# Solomon Islands (An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)


Saint Vincent og Grenadinane

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Seychellane

Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)


Aust-Timor

East Timor (a country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor)


Elfenbeinskysten

From elfenbein + -s- + kysten (definite singular of kyst).

affix

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">kyst</i>

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)


Dronning Maud Land

Queen Maud Land (a region claimed as a dependent territory by Norway, in eastern Antarctica)


Gazastripa

From Gaza + stripa (“definite singular of stripe”).

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">stripe</i>

Gaza Strip (a region in Palestine between Egypt and Israel)


estuar

estuaret (definite singular)
estuar (indefinite plural)
estuara (definite plural)


Persiabukta

From Persia + bukta (“definite singular of bukt”).

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">bukt</i>


fjellovergang

fjellovergangen (definite singular)
fjellovergangar (indefinite plural)
fjellovergangane (definite plural)


Vadehavet

Compare with German Wattenmeer and Dutch Waddenzee


randhav

randhavet (definite singular)
randhav (indefinite plural)
randhava (definite plural)


Bengalbukta

From Bengal + bukta (“definite singular of bukt”).


døl

døla (definite singular)
døler (indefinite plural)
dølene (definite plural)


symjebasseng

symjebassenget (definite singular)
symjebasseng (indefinite plural)
symjebassenga (definite plural)


Farris

From a reanalysis of Farrisvatnet as Farris + vatn; from Old Norse *Fareiðsvatn, where the first part is *Fareið, from far (“passage”) + eið (“isthmus”). Last part from vatn (“water; lake”)

a lake in Larvik, Vestfold, and Siljan, Telemark, Norway


Nordby

From Old Norse Norðbýr, from norðr + býr.

A common farm name:
A farm in Ås, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Bærum, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Enebakk, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Lillestrøm, Akershus, Norway

A farm in Nordre Follo, Akershus, Norway

A farm in Holter parish, Nannestad, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Nannestad, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Nes, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Nittedal, Akershus, Norway

A farm in Lørenskog parish, Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway

A farm in Hovin parish, Ullensaker, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Ullensaker, Akershus, Norway

A farm in Aurskog-Høland, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Vestby, Akershus, Norway

A farm in Hurum parish, Asker, Akershus, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Nesbygda, Drammen, Norway

A farm in Skoger parish, Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Lier, Buskerud, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Eidskog, Hedmark, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Elverum, Hedmark, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Løten, Hedmark, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Stange, Hedmark, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Våler, Hedmark, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Hedrum, Vestfold, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Hof, Vestfold, Norway

A farm in Undrumsdal parish, Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway

A farm in Våle parish, Tønsdberg, Vestfold, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Jevnaker, Oppland, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Nordre Land, Oppland, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Østre Toten, Oppland, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Aremark, Østfold, Norway

A farm in Berg parish, Halden, Østfold, Norway

A farm in Eidsberg parish, Indre Østfold, Østfold, Norway

A farm in Idd parish, Halden, Østfold, Norway

A farm in Tune parish, Sarpsborg, Østfold, Norway

A farm in Svindal parish, Våler, Østfold, Norway

A common farm name:
A farm in Våler, Østfold, Norway

A farm in Malangen parish, Balsfjord, Troms, Norway


Monn

From Old Norse *Mǫrn, likely from the root of marr (“sea”).

A river in West Agder, Norway, the upper part of the Mandal River


Levanger

A town with bystatus and municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Nord-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018)

Levanger (disambiguation)
nn:Levanger
nn:Levanger kommune


Nardo

From Old Norse Njarðhóll, possibly from older *Njarðarhóll; from Njǫrðr + hóll (“hillock”).

A farm and district of the city of Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway


strandlinje

strandlinja (definite singular)
strandlinjer (indefinite plural)
strandlinjene (definite plural)


strandflate

strandflata (definite singular)
strandflater (indefinite plural)
strandflatene (definite plural)

a strandflat, a near-flat landform typical to the Norwegian coast


Mosjøen

From the farm Mo, from mo (“moor”), and sjø (“town by the sea”, literally “sea”). Cognate with Icelandic Mósjór and Danish Mosøen (Danicised form).

D’e førgale kor mykje hus dæ tek te å bi her mæ Mossyæ.
It’s mad how many houses are beginning to pop up here in Mosjøen.

Mosjøen (a town and former municipality of Vefsn, Nordland, Norway).


Mosjøen

A lake in Ringerike and Jevnaker, Buskerud, Norway

A lake in Tydal, southern Trøndelag, Norway


kystslette

kystsletta (definite singular)
kystsletter (indefinite plural)
kystslettene (definite plural)


Færder

A municipality of Vestfold, Norway, consisting entirely of islands. It was formed on 1 January 2018 from the merger of Nøtterøy and Tjøme municipalities.


Værøy

An island municipality of Lofoten district, Nordland, Norway


Lofoten

From Old Norse Lófótr, from *ló (“lynx”) + fótr (“foot”). Cognate with Icelandic Lófót f and Danish Lofoden (“Danicised form”).

A chain of islands in Nordland county, Norway, which jut out into the Norwegian Sea

lofotmølje

dish made of fish, liver, roe and potatoes boiled together

lofotrye

thick wool blanket for the fishing journey in Lofoten


Aurland

A municipality of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway


Indre Fosen

Created in 2018 when the municipalities Leksvik and Rissa merged; from indre (“inner”) + Fosen.


fjordarm

fjordarmen (definite singular)
fjordarmar (indefinite plural)
fjordarmane (definite plural)


Hardanger

From Old Norse Harðangr, traditionally believed to be related to hǫrðar (“Harudes”); from Proto-Norse *Harudangraʀ, from Proto-Germanic *harudōz m pl (“Harudes”) + *angraz (“fjord”). The reason for the -a-, as opposed to the -ǫ- in hǫrðar, is said to come from a different placement of the stress, causing an earlier syncope of the -u- than in the other word. It therefore did not yield a u-umlaut.
It has also been suggested that the fjord name may derive from *hardaz (“hard”) instead of *harudōz, due to the location of the fjord being outside the original area of the Harudes (Hordaland). This may better explain the -a- than relying on the absence of an expected u-umlaut.

der

A district of Hordaland, Norway, consisting of the municipalities Kvam, Ulvik, Eidfjord and Ullensvang.


Årstad

From Old Norse Álrekstaðir. First part from *Álrekr (> Ulriken, Alrek), from al- (“all”) + rekr (“mighty”). Last part from staðir, plural of staðr.

A parish and borough of Bergen, Hordaland, Norway


åskam

åskammen (definite singular)
åskammar (indefinite plural)
åskammane (definite plural)


riftdal

riftdalen (definite singular)
riftdalar (indefinite plural)
riftdalane (definite plural)


kratersjø

kratersjøen (definite singular)
kratersjøar (indefinite plural)
kratersjøane (definite plural)


Sørkinahavet

From sør + Kina + havet (“definite singular of hav”).

af

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">hav</i>


Grønlandshavet

From Grønland + -s- + havet (definite singular of hav).

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">hav</i>


Polhavet

From pol + havet (“definite singular of hav”).


Sørishavet

From sør + is + havet (“definite singular of hav”).


koralløy

koralløya (definite singular)
koralløyer (indefinite plural)
koralløyar (indefinite plural)
koralløyene (definite plural)
koralløyane (definite plural)


Ny-Caledonia

New Caledonia (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania)


Fransk Polynesia

French Polynesia
French Polynesia#English

French Polynesia (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania)


Påskeøya

From påske + øya (“definite singular of øy”).

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">øy</i>


vulkanøy

vulkanøya (definite singular)
vulkanøyar (indefinite plural)
vulkanøyer (indefinite plural)
vulkanøyane (definite plural)
vulkanøyene (definite plural)


fjellrygg

fjellryggen (definite singular)
fjellrygger (indefinite plural)
fjellryggar (indefinite plural)
fjellryggene (definite plural)
fjellryggane (definite plural)


fjordsjø

fjordsjøen (definite singular)
fjordsjøar (indefinite plural)
fjordsjøane (definite plural)


U-dal

U-dalen (definite singular)
U-dalar (indefinite plural)
U-dalane (definite plural)


kroksjø

kroksjøen (definite singular)
kroksjøar (indefinite plural)
kroksjøane (definite plural)


meandersjø

meandersjøen (definite singular)
meandersjøar (indefinite plural)
meandersjøane (definite plural)


fjellvidde

fjellvidda (definite singular)
fjellvidder (indefinite plural)
fjellviddene (definite plural)


dalføre

dalføret (definite singular)
dalføre (indefinite plural)
dalføra (definite plural)


Porsgrunn

A municipality and town with bystatus in Telemark, Norway


kystline

kystlina (definite singular)
kystliner (indefinite plural)
kystlinene (definite plural)


Brevik

a town (with bystatus) in Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway


Bryne

a town (with bystatus) in Time, Rogaland, Norway


Brekstad

a town (with bystatus) in Ørland, Trøndelag, Norway


Fagernes

a town (with bystatus) in Nord-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway


Drøbak

From Old Norse Drjúgbakki, from drjúgr + bakki.

A town in Frogn, Follo district, Akershus, Norway


Finnsnes

a town (with bystatus) in Lenvik, Troms, Norway


Brumunddal

a town (with bystatus) in Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway


Egersund

a town (with bystatus) in Eigersund, Rogaland, Norway


Florø

Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane#Norwegian Nynorsk

a town with bystatus in Flora, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway


Fosnavåg

a town with bystatus in Herøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Hokksund

a town with bystatus in Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway


Honningsvåg

a town (the northernmost with bystatus) in Nordkapp municipality, Finnmark, Norway


Jørpeland

a town with bystatus in Strand, Rogaland, Norway


Kolvereid

a small town with bystatus in Nærøy, Trøndelag, Norway


Kopervik

a town with bystatus in Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway


Jessheim

a town with bystatus in Ullensaker, Akershus, Norway


Langesund

a town with bystatus in Bamble, Telemark, Norway


Hønefoss

A town with bystatus in Ringerike municipality, Buskerud, Norway.


Leknes

a town with bystatus in Vestvågøy, Nordland, Norway


Moelv

a town with bystatus in Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway


Mysen

a town with bystatus in Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway


Måløy

a town with bystatus in Vågsøy, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway


Lillestrøm

a town with bystatus in Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway


Mo i Rana

A town with bystatus in Rana, Nordland, Norway.


Otta

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Otta f (dative (North Gudbrand Valley) Ottun)

Derived from Old Norse ótta (“to frighten”) or ótti m (“fear”), probably with ending -å (“creek, river”) in its definite form -åa, which later became -a.

A town in Sel, Oppland, Norway, located by the confluence of the rivers Otta and Gudbrandsdalslågen


Sandnessjøen

a town with bystatus in Alstahaug, Nordland, Norway


Orkanger

A made-up name from the early 20th century, when the town became established as a united populated area. Compound of Orkdal + anger (compare to Hardanger). The area around the harbour was previous known as Feskøra (oral) or Orkedalsøyri (Landsmål), although it had no clear borders and no clear center.

a town located in Orkland municipality, on the mouth of Orkla river. Got it's city status in 2014.


Rjukan

From Old Norse Rjúkandi, the present participle of rjúka. Doublet of Rjukande.
The town in Tinn is named after a waterfall originally carrying this name, now called Rjukanfossen.


Sandvika

A town with bystatus in Bærum, Akershus, Norway.


Stjørdalshalsen

a town with bystatus in Stjørdal, Trøndelag, Norway


Stokmarknes

a town with bystatus in Hadsel, Nordland, Norway


Svolvær

a town with bystatus in Vågan, Nordland, Norway


Stathelle

Uncertain first part; likely from Old Norse staðr. Last part from hella (“flat rock”).


Ulsteinvik

a town with bystatus in Ulstein, Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Stavern

From Old Norse Staferni, from staf (“staff”) + -erni.


Skudeneshavn

a town with bystatus in Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway


Verdalsøra

a town with bystatus in Verdal, Trøndelag, Norway


Vinstra

a river in Nord-Fron, Oppland, Norway, running from the lake Vinstre down to Lågen


Åsgårdstrand

a town with bystatus in Horten, Vestfold, Norway


Hinnøya

the largest island in Norway (excluding Svalbard), which is divided between two counties, Nordland and Troms.


Langøya

From lang (“long”) + øya (“definite singular of øy, island”).

af

definite singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">øy</i>, island

the name of a number of islands along the Norwegian coast. The largest of these, Langøya i Vesterålen, is the third-largest island in Norway, excluding those in Svalbard.


Åndalsnes

A town with bystatus in Rauma, Møre og Romsdal, Norway.


Sandøy

a municipality consisting of islands in Møre og Romsdal, Norway


Sandøy

Adapted borrowing of Faroese Sandoy, from sandur (“sand”) + oy, a variant of oyggj (“island”). Cognate with Icelandic Sandey and Danish Sandø.

An island in the Faroe Islands. Official name: Sandoy


Vesterålen

an island area in Nordland, Norway, to the north of Lofoten


Ofoten

A district of Nordland, Norway, consisting of six municipalities.


Radøy

An island and municipality of Hordaland, Norway


Ryfylke

From Old Norse Rygjafylki, from rygir (“people from Rogaland; Rugii”) + fylki. Doublet of Rygjafylke.


Sunnmøre

[²sʏɲː.møˑ.ɾˠə]

From Old Norse Sunnmǿrr (á Sunnmǿri), from sunn- (“south”) + Mǿrr (compare Møre), from Old Norse mǿrr (“land”), probably related to marr (“sea”).


Nordmøre

/²nuːɽmøːrə/

From Old Norse Norðmǿrr (á Norðmǿri), from norð- (“north”) + Mǿrr (compare Møre), from Old Norse mǿrr (“land”), probably related to marr (“sea”).


Romsdal

From Old Norse Raumsdalr, from *Raumr m, the old name of the Romsdal Fjord, from the river name Raum f, whence also Rauma.

(definite form) A valley in Møre og Romsdal, Norway


skjergard

skjergarden (definite singular)
skjergardar (indefinite plural)
skjergardane (definite plural)

skjer + gard, from Old Norse skjergarðr. Compare Swedish skärgård, Danish skærgård and Norwegian Bokmål skjærgård.

an archipelago of skerries and islets on the coast


Læsø

Læsø (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Kattegat)


Aralsjøen

Aral Sea (a saline lake straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border)


halvørken

halvørkenen (definite singular)
halvørkenar (indefinite plural)
halvørkenane (definite plural)


elvedelta

elvedeltaet (definite singular)
elvedelta (indefinite plural)
elvedeltaa (definite plural)


sletteland

slettelandet (definite singular)
sletteland (indefinite plural)
slettelanda (definite plural)


endemorene

endemorenen (definite singular)
endemorenar (indefinite plural)
endemorenane (definite plural)


elvebekken

elvebekkenet (definite singular)
elvebekken (indefinite plural)
elvebekkena (definite plural)


fjellpass

fjellpasset (definite singular)
fjellpass (indefinite plural)
fjellpassa (definite plural)