ha

har (present)
hadde (past)
hatt (participle past)
havast (infinitive passive)
havande (participle present)
ha (imperative)

From Old Norse hafa. Akin to English have.

Eg har ein blå bil.

Eg har vore her sidan i dag tidleg.

Eg hadde allereie ete.

(auxiliary) have; Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.

dei har seg

ho har seg med han


sei

seien (definite singular)
seiar (indefinite plural)
seiane (definite plural)

Pollachius virens
Pollachius virens#Translingual


due

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

From Old Norse dúfa, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ. Compare Danish due, Swedish duva, Icelandic dúfa, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove.

A bird of the family Columbidae, the pigeons and doves.


ha null pengar


null m null (canonical neuter)
nullen (definite singular)
nullar (indefinite plural)
nullane (definite plural)
nullet (definite singular)
nulla (definite plural)

zero (numeric symbol of zero), nought, nil

a nobody or nonentity (derogatory about a person)


dame

dama (definite singular)
damer (indefinite plural)
damene (definite plural)

From Latin domina, via Old French dame and late Old Norse damma.


CD

CD-en (definite singular)
CD-ar (indefinite plural)
CD-ane (definite plural)


tre

From Old Norse þrír probably through Danish tre, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Danish and Swedish tre, Icelandic þrír, Faroese tríggir, English three.


tre

treet (definite singular)
tre (indefinite plural)
trea (definite plural)

From Old Norse tré, from Proto-Germanic *trewą, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru. Akin to English tree.

Trea i skogen var gamle.


tre

head

tre (present tense trer, past tense tredde, supine tredd or trett, past participle tredd, present participle treande, imperative tre)

trer (present)
tredde (past)
tredd (supine)
trett (supine)
tredd (participle past)
treande (participle present)
tre (imperative)
Historical inflection of tre
treda and trede

From earlier treda, from Middle Low German treden, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną. Doublet of trø and trå. Akin to English tread.

han skynade mi Meining og trod tvo Stig attende.

1878 June 19, “Peter Schlemihl”, in Fedraheimen, page 135:

He got the memo, and took two steps back.


tre

tre (present tense trer, past tense tredde, past participle tredd, imperative tre)

trer (present)
tredde (past)
tredd (participle past)
tre (imperative)


Skagerrak

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


duo

duo m (definite singular duoen, indefinite plural duoar, definite plural duoane)

duoen (definite singular)
duoar (indefinite plural)
duoane (definite plural)


mot

motet (definite singular)
mot (indefinite plural)
mota (definite plural)


mot

Han kom mot dei.

Har de noko som verkar mot tett nase?

Do you have anything that works for a stuffy nose?

Kven skal me spela mot?


kilometer

kilometer m (definite singular kilometeren, indefinite plural kilometer, definite plural kilometerane or kilometrane)

kilometeren (definite singular)
kilometer (indefinite plural)
kilometerane (definite plural)
kilometrane (definite plural)


Hellas

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


ham

hamen (definite singular)
hamar (indefinite plural)
hamane (definite plural)

skin or slough (discarded skin of certain animals)


rot

rota (definite singular)
røter (indefinite plural)
røtene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of rot

nn-noun-infl

Form was allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.

From Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Akin to English root.


rot

Det er for mykje rot på loftet. Me må rydda.

The attic is a mess. We have to tidy it up.

Når me prøver å samarbeida med dei, blir det berre rot.

When we try working with them, it just turns into chaos.


TV

TV-en (definite singular)
TV-ar (indefinite plural)
TV-ane (definite plural)

Dei likar ikkje å sjå på TV.


millimeter

head

millimeter m (definite singular millimeteren, indefinite plural millimeter, definite plural millimeterane or millimetrane)

millimeteren (definite singular)
millimeter (indefinite plural)
millimeterane (definite plural)
millimetrane (definite plural)


centimeter

centimeter m (definite singular centimeteren, indefinite plural centimeter, definite plural centimeterane or centimetrane)

centimeteren (definite singular)
centimeter (indefinite plural)
centimeterane (definite plural)
centimetrane (definite plural)

a centimetre, or centimeter (US) (SI unit of length)


London

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


eta

nn-verb

eta (present tense et, past tense åt, past participle ete, passive infinitive etast, present participle etande, imperative et)

et (present)
åt (past)
ete (participle past)
etast (infinitive passive)
etande (participle present)
et (imperative)
eta (infinitive)
ete (infinitive)
etande (participle present)
eten (participle past)
ete (supine)
et (present singular)
eter (present singular)
åt (past singular)
eta (plural present)
åto (past plural)
ete (present)
ete (plural present)

nn-conj-table

Conjugation of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">eta</i> — (strong)

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Akin to English eat.

Dei åt for mykje.


stein

steinen (definite singular)
steinar (indefinite plural)
steinane (definite plural)

From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Akin to English stone.
(smoking): The adjective is a Calque of English stoned.

pip (e.g. in citrus fruit, grapes, cherries)


stein

head

stein (definite singular and plural steine)

(slang) stoned, under the influence of cannabis


stein

Dei er stein hakkande gale folk ass!

This people are completely crazy as hell!

(colloquial) Used as an intensifier; completely


tank

tanken (definite singular)
tankar (indefinite plural)
tankane (definite plural)

a tank (closed container for liquids or gases)

armoured fighting vehicle
armoured fighting vehicle#English

(military, nonstandard since 2005) a tank (armoured fighting vehicle) ((pre-2005) alternative form of tanks)


genus

genus m or n (definite singular genusen or genuset, indefinite plural genera or genus, definite plural genera or generaa or genusa or genusane)

genusen (definite singular)
genuset (definite singular)
genera (indefinite plural)
genus (indefinite plural)
genera (definite plural)
generaa (definite plural)
genusa (definite plural)
genusane (definite plural)


helium

(uncountable) helium (chemical symbol He)


grue

grua (definite singular)
gruer (indefinite plural)
gruene (definite plural)

From Middle Low German [Term?], related to gruve (“mine”) and grav (“grave”).


delta

deltek (present)
deltar (present)
deltok (past)
delteke (participle past)
deltatt (participle past)
delteken (infinitive passive)
deltakande (participle present)
delta (imperative)

From del (“part”) + ta (“take”); i.e. to take (a) part in something.


delta

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


delta

deltaet (definite singular)
delta (indefinite plural)
deltaa (definite plural)

A specialized use of delta (Etymology 2).


milliliter

milliliter m (definite singular milliliteren, indefinite plural milliliter, definite plural milliliterane or millilitrane)

milliliteren (definite singular)
milliliter (indefinite plural)
milliliterane (definite plural)
millilitrane (definite plural)

a millilitre, or milliliter (US) (as above)


Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


tellurium

telluriet (definite singular)
tellurium (indefinite plural)
telluria (definite plural)


thorium

From Thor, a variant of Tor, from Old Norse Þórr, + -ium.


kappa

kappar (present)
kappa (past)
kappa (participle past)
kappast (infinitive passive)
kappande (participle present)
kappa (imperative)
kapp (imperative)

to cut, chop something off quickly in one go


kappa

(non-standard since 2012) Alternative form of kappe


kappa

kappaen (definite singular)
kappaer (indefinite plural)
kappaar (indefinite plural)
kappaene (definite plural)
kappaane (definite plural)


vanadium

From New Latin vanadium, from Old Norse Vanadis, another name for the goddess Freyja (Norwegian Frøya).


ta

ta (present tense tek or tar, past tense tok, supine teke or tatt, past participle teken or tatt, present participle takande, passive infinitive takast, imperative ta)

tek (present)
tar (present)
tok (past)
teke (supine)
tatt (supine)
teken (participle past)
tatt (participle past)
takande (participle present)
takast (infinitive passive)
ta (imperative)

From earlier and Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną. Akin to English take.


ta

Aasen, in his 1850 dictionary, lists it as a variant of ut-av. As such, the origin of this word is not to dissimilar from that of på (“on”) from Old Norse upp á. Other variants include tå.


ta

Så hok dom, og strast føre berjhufsen hevde mann se ta, [m]en kjelken reste beint utføre så det bare vart flisa att.

1953, Reidar Holtvedt, Historier fra Krokskauen, Oslo: Aschehoug, page 132:

They sledded, and right before the cliff, you'd throw yourself off, but the sled raced straight down, so that there were only splinters left.


polonium

From New Latin polonium, from Medieval Latin Polonia.


xenon

xenon n (definite singular xenonet, singulare tantum)


neptunium

neptunium, a chemical element with atomic number 93 and symbol Np.


iridium

From Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris) + -ium, presumably via New Latin iridium.


plutonium

plutonium n (definite singular plutoniumet)


fe

feet (definite singular)
fe (indefinite plural)
fea (definite plural)

From Old Norse fé, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu. Cognates include English fee.

(collective, archaic) riches, wealth, property


fe

fea (definite singular)
feer (indefinite plural)
feene (definite plural)

From French fée (“fairy”), from Late Latin fāta, from Latin fātum (“destiny, fate”).


test

testen (definite singular)
testar (indefinite plural)
testane (definite plural)


palladium

Named after the asteroid 2 Pallas + -ium.


palladium

palladiet (definite singular)
palladium (indefinite plural)
palladia (definite plural)


ol

ola (definite singular)
oler (indefinite plural)
olene (definite plural)


ol

olet (definite singular)
ol (indefinite plural)
ola (definite plural)

(rare) Alternative form of øl (“beer, ale”)


ol

ol n (definite singular ole, indefinite plural ol, definite plural ola)

ole (definite singular)
ol (indefinite plural)
ola (definite plural)

(eye dialect spelling, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) Alternative spelling of ord (“word”)

eye dialect spelling; Eastern Norway; eye dialect spelling; Eastern Norway


magnesium

magnesiumen (definite singular)
magnesiumet (definite singular)


fag

faget (definite singular)
fag (indefinite plural)
faga (definite plural)

From Middle Low German or German Low German fak; compare with German Fach.


aluminium

aluminium m or n (definite singular aluminiumen or aluminiumet)

aluminiumen (definite singular)
aluminiumet (definite singular)

aluminium (UK), or aluminum (US) (chemical element and metal, symbol Al)


kilo

kilo m (definite singular kiloen, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa)

kiloen (definite singular)
kilo (indefinite plural)
kiloa (definite plural)
kiloet (definite singular)
kilo (indefinite plural)
kiloa (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi), via French kilo.

NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet
w:NATO Phonetic Alphabet

(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.


dag

dagen (definite singular)
dagar (indefinite plural)
dagane (definite plural)
Historical inflection of dag
dag (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
dagin (accusative definite nominative singular)
daga (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
dagar (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
dagané (accusative definite nominative plural)
dagjæ (dative definite singular)
dogó (dative definite plural)

dag

From Old Norse dagr, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”). Akin to English day.

der

the period of time between sunrise and sunset, daytime


gift

gifta (definite singular)
gifter (indefinite plural)
giftene (definite plural)


gift

gift (indefinite singular)
gifte (definite plural singular)


gift

head

gift (definite singular and plural gifte)


neon

neon (chemical element with the symbol Ne)


mobil

mobil (neuter singular mobilt, definite singular and plural mobile)

mobilt (neuter singular)
mobile (definite plural singular)


mobil

mobilen (definite singular)
mobilar (indefinite plural)
mobilane (definite plural)

cell phone, mobile (short for mobile phone)


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.


atom

atomet (definite singular)
atom (indefinite plural)
atoma (definite plural)


never

nevra (definite singular)
nevrar (indefinite plural)
nevrer (indefinite plural)
nevrane (definite plural)
nevrene (definite plural)

Russenorsk: Næver

Inherited from Old Norse næfr. Compare Swedish näver.


krona

kronar (present)
krona (past)
krona (participle past)
kronast (infinitive passive)
kronande (participle present)
krona (imperative)
kron (imperative)

From Old Norse krýna, from Middle Low German krōnen, from Latin corōnare (“crown”).


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?].


dam

the game of checkers (US) or draughts (UK)


line

lina (definite singular)
liner (indefinite plural)
linene (definite plural)

a line (a continuous mark through two or more points; a succession of ancestors or descendants; the stated position of an individual or group)


line

a line (a strong rope, cord, string, wire)


Toscana

administrative region
administrative region

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


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.


li

head

li (present tense lir, past tense lei, supine lidd or lidt or liden, past participle lidd or liden, present participle lidande, imperative li)

lir (present)
lei (past)
lidd (supine)
lidt (supine)
liden (supine)
lidd (participle past)
liden (participle past)
lidande (participle present)
li (imperative)

From Old Norse líða, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną. The sense of suffering may be a loan from Middle Low German.

(intransitive) to suffer
(intransitive) to endure

(intransitive) to suffer
(intransitive) to tolerate, like


croissant

croissanten (definite singular)
croissantar (indefinite plural)
croissantane (definite plural)

Unadapted borrowing from French croissant.


lu

(dialectal) alternative form of lur (“lur, trumpet”)


buss

bussen (definite singular)
bussar (indefinite plural)
bussane (definite plural)

Either a direct shortening of Latin omnibus, "for all", dative plural of omnis, "all", or from English bus, itself a shortening of the Latin word.

Tek du buss til skulen?

Do you get to school by bus? (literally: "do you take bus to the school?")

A bus is a vehicle designed to transport a group of passengers for a distance along a road or a street.

Ein buss er eit kjøretøy som er utforma for å frakte ei mengd passasjerar over ein distanse på veg eller gate. (Buss from Nynorsk edition of Wikipedia])


buss

Uncertain, perhaps akin to butt, "blunt, thick, rounded".


buss

Perhaps from Low German or Dutch, compare boezem and its English cognate and equivalent bosom.

The middel, curved part of a filled sail, fishing net or seine.


buss

From Low German busse, "short case or ring of metal for lining of an axle, shaft or bolt".


laus

laust (neuter)
lause (definite plural singular)
lausare (comparative)
lausast (indefinite superlative)
lausaste (definite superlative)

(archaic, derogatory) outside a legitime marriage (about a child or a woman having such a child)


bia

head

bia (present tense biar or bier, past tense bia or bidde, past participle bia or bidd, present participle biande, imperative bi)

biar (present)
bier (present)
bia (past)
bidde (past)
bia (participle past)
bidd (participle past)
biande (participle present)
bi (imperative)


bia

bia (definite singular)
bier (indefinite plural)
bior (indefinite plural)
biene (definite plural)
bione (definite plural)


milkshake

milkshaken (definite singular)
milkshakar (indefinite plural)
milkshakane (definite plural)


chassis

chassiset (definite singular)
chassis (indefinite plural)
chassisa (definite plural)


terminal

terminalen (definite singular)
terminalar (indefinite plural)
terminalane (definite plural)

From Latin terminus, via English terminal.


protestant

protestant m (definite singular protestanten, indefinite plural protestantar, definite plural protestantane)

protestanten (definite singular)
protestantar (indefinite plural)
protestantane (definite plural)


alter

alter n (definite singular alteret, indefinite plural alter, definite plural altera)

alteret (definite singular)
alter (indefinite plural)
altera (definite plural)


gut

guten (definite singular)
gutar (indefinite plural)
gutane (definite plural)

Possibly from Dutch guit (“troublemaker”).


tri

tri m (feminine trjå, neuter try or trju)

trjå (feminine)
try (neuter)
trju (neuter)

From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Danish and Swedish tre, Icelandic þrír, Faroese tríggir, English three.

Trjå matskeider salt.

three; (pre-2012) alternative form of tre


gras

graset (definite singular)
gras (indefinite plural)
grasa (definite plural)

From Old Norse gras. Akin to English grass.


generator

generatoren (definite singular)
generatorar (indefinite plural)
generatorane (definite plural)


mus

mus f (definite singular musa, indefinite plural myser or mus, definite plural mysene or musene)

musa (definite singular)
myser (indefinite plural)
mus (indefinite plural)
mysene (definite plural)
musene (definite plural)

From Old Norse mús (nominative and accusative plurals mýss), from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s. The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse, a coinage.
Germanic cognates include Icelandic mús, Faroese mús, Danish mus, Swedish mus, German Maus, German Low German Muus, Dutch muis, and English mouse. Indo-European cognates include Albanian mi, Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs), Armenian մուկ (muk), Hindi मूस (mūs), Latin mūs, Persian موش, and Russian мышь (myšʹ).
(computing): Semantic loan from English mouse.

når katter er vekke, dansar musene på bordet

lus

louse; for its morphological similarities

(colloquial, vulgar, anatomy) pussy (female genitalia)


ho

ho (accusative ho or henne, genitive hennar)

ho (accusative)
henne (accusative)
hennar (genitive)

From Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō (compare *ainaz). Cognate with Icelandic hún, Danish hun and Swedish hon.

Ho er bestevenninna mi.

she, it (third person singular, feminine)

Eg ser ho.


ho

hoa (definite singular)
hoer (indefinite plural)
hoene (definite plural)

Hoa legg egga oppe i eit tre.


ne

From Old Norse nið f, possibly from Proto-Germanic *nidwō (“sinking; downfall”).

der

a lunar phase of an old moon, i.e. period of time in which the moon is waning


restaurant

restauranten (definite singular)
restaurantar (indefinite plural)
restaurantane (definite plural)


minimum

minimumet (definite singular)
minimum (indefinite plural)
minimuma (definite plural)


spade

spaden (definite singular)
spadar (indefinite plural)
spadane (definite plural)

kalle ein spade for ein spade

ein spade sand


spade

head

spade (present tense spader, past tense spadde, past participle spadd or spadt, present participle spadande, imperative spad)

spader (present)
spadde (past)
spadd (participle past)
spadt (participle past)
spadande (participle present)
spad (imperative)


ti

From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”).
Germanic cognates include Norwegian Bokmål and Danish ti, Swedish tio, Icelandic tíu, Faroese tíggju, German zehn, Dutch tien, Saterland Frisian tjoon, English ten, and Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (taihun). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), Irish deich, Latin decem, Lithuanian dešimt, Persian ده, Russian десять (desjatʹ), and Sanskrit दश (daśa).


ti

ti-en (definite singular)
ti-ar (indefinite plural)
ti-ane (definite plural)

Alteration of si, so that every note of the solfège would begin with a different letter.

(music) ti, a syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.


ti

From uti, similarly to tu (“out of”) and tå (“of”). Compare also Dalecarlian Swedish ti (“in”).

Itj glømm å rødd ette dæ! Itj lægg att nåkkå søppel ti skauen

Don’t forget to clean up after you! Don’t leave any rubbish in the forest

(dialectal, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) Alternative form of uti

Dæ æ en vanskele tærræng å fårrå ti

It is a difficult terrain for travelling in (it)

E blaidd litt ti boka hass hær om dan å fann mytty rart dær

I browsed some (pages) in his book the other day, and found a lot of strange (stuff) there

(dialectal, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) Alternative form of i


transparent

transparent (indefinite singular)
transparente (definite plural singular)

From French transparent, from Medieval Latin transparens, from Latin transparere.


transparent

transparenten (definite singular)
transparentar (indefinite plural)
transparentane (definite plural)

a transparency (for use with a projector)


flue

fluar (present)
flua (past)
flua (participle past)
fluast (infinitive passive)
fluande (participle present)
flue (imperative)
flu (imperative)


der

From Old Norse þar. Akin to English there.


der

From Middle Norwegian *þiðr, whence also dere. Borrowed from Old East Norse iðʀ with added þ-, similar to þit from hafið it.

(dialectal, South East Norway) objective case of de; alternative form of dykk (“you (plural)”)


manifest

manifestet (definite singular)
manifest (indefinite plural)
manifesta (definite plural)


muse

musa (definite singular)
muser (indefinite plural)
musene (definite plural)


muse

musar (present)
musa (past)
musa (participle past)
musast (infinitive passive)
musande (participle present)
muse (imperative)
mus (imperative)


muse

museet (definite singular)
muse (indefinite plural)
musea (definite plural)

From French musée, from Latin mūsēum, from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon).


pilot

piloten (definite singular)
pilotar (indefinite plural)
pilotane (definite plural)


sole

solen (definite singular)
solar (indefinite plural)
solane (definite plural)

From Old Norse sóli m, from Latin solum (“bottom, ground”).

(anatomy) a sole (bottom or plantar surface of the foot)

(footwear) a sole (bottom of a shoe or boot)


sole

solar (present)
sola (past)
sola (participle past)
solast (infinitive passive)
solande (participle present)
sole (imperative)
sol (imperative)


lava

lava m (definite singular lavaen, indefinite plural lavaer, definite plural lavaene)

lavaen (definite singular)
lavaer (indefinite plural)
lavaene (definite plural)


vegan

veganen (definite singular)
veganar (indefinite plural)
veganane (definite plural)


pure

pureen (definite singular)
purear (indefinite plural)
pureane (definite plural)


flu

fluet (definite singular)
flu (indefinite plural)
flua (definite plural)

Related to the verb fly (“to fly”). The verb is derived from the noun.

(countable and uncountable, fishing) bait that is strewn out over the surface to attract fish


flu

flur (present)
fludde (past)
flutt (participle past)
fludd (participle past)
fluast (infinitive passive)
fluande (participle present)
flu (imperative)

(intransitive) to fish using such a technique


flu

flua (definite singular)
fluer (indefinite plural)
fluene (definite plural)

a bank or skerry which is underwater at high tide


Guernsey

Guernsey (an island in the Channel Islands)


vodka

From Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).


tangent

tangenten (definite singular)
tangentar (indefinite plural)
tangentane (definite plural)

From German Tangente, Tangens, ultimately from Latin tangēns.


investor

investoren (definite singular)
investorar (indefinite plural)
investorane (definite plural)


ar

aret (definite singular)
ar (indefinite plural)
ara (definite plural)


mast

masta (definite singular)
master (indefinite plural)
mastene (definite plural)


Melanesia

From Ancient Greek, see English Melanesia.


gnu

gnuen (definite singular)
gnuar (indefinite plural)
gnuane (definite plural)

From German Gnu, from Afrikaans ghnoe. Ultimately Khoekhoe.


gnu

gnur (present)
gnudde (past)
gnutt (participle past)
gnudd (participle past)
gnuast (infinitive passive)
gnuande (participle present)
gnu (imperative)

From Old Norse gnúa. Cognate with Icelandic núa.


parmesan

From Italian parmigiano (“from Parma”), via French parmesan.


Edinburgh

Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)

Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)


legen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


legen

head

legen (neuter lege, definite singular and plural legne)

lege (neuter)
legne (definite plural singular)


jest

jesten (definite singular)
jestar (indefinite plural)
jestane (definite plural)

From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence also English yeast.


Sardinia

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


hamlet

hamleten (definite singular)
hamleter (indefinite plural)
hamletar (indefinite plural)
hamletene (definite plural)
hamletane (definite plural)


nulle

nullar (present)
nulla (past)
nulla (participle past)
nullast (infinitive passive)
nullande (participle present)
nulle (imperative)


vid

vid (neuter singular vidt, definite singular and plural vide, comparative vidare, indefinite superlative vidast, definite superlative vidaste)

vidt (neuter singular)
vide (definite plural singular)
vidare (comparative)
vidast (indefinite superlative)
vidaste (definite superlative)


Oslo

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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

bisp i Oslo

ellipsis of Oslo bispedøme (“Diocese of Oslo”).


algebra

algebra m (definite singular algebraen, indefinite plural algebraer, definite plural algebraene)

algebraen (definite singular)
algebraer (indefinite plural)
algebraene (definite plural)

From Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr), via Medieval Latin algebra.


engelsk

engelsk (indefinite singular)
engelske (definite plural singular)
engelskare (comparative)
engelskast (indefinite superlative)
engelskaste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse engilskr, enskr, "English", from Old English Englisc, from engle, angle, "Angles".

Vi har fått to engelske utvekslingsstudentar i klassen vår.

We've received two English exchange students in our class.

English, someone or something from England, sometimes used instead of britisk (someone or something from Great Britain).


engelsk

Snakkar du engelsk?

Kva for slags karakter har du i engelsk?

Kan ikkje komme, eg må gjere ferdig engelsken.

Can't come, I got to finish my English homework. (literally: "I have to finish the English")

English, school subject, English homework


lever

levra (definite singular)
levrar (indefinite plural)
levrer (indefinite plural)
levrane (definite plural)
levrene (definite plural)

From Old Norse lifr, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smudge, stick”), from *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”). Akin to English liver.


ei

Ei ny bok.


ei

From Middle Norwegian eigh, from Old Norse eigi.


problem

problemet (definite singular)
problem (indefinite plural)
problema (definite plural)


trente

inflection of trena:
plural past participle

inflection of trena:
definite singular past participle


tu

(dialectal, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) Nonstandard form of ut or (“out from, out of”).


import

importen (definite singular)
importar (indefinite plural)
importane (definite plural)


bolt

bolten (definite singular)
boltar (indefinite plural)
boltane (definite plural)

From Middle Norwegian boltr, from Middle Low German bolte.


dash

dashen (definite singular)
dashar (indefinite plural)
dashane (definite plural)


visa

viser (present)
viste (past)
vist (participle past)
visast (infinitive passive)
visande (participle present)
vis (imperative)

From Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną.

(transitive) to demonstrate, to give proof of


visa

visa (definite singular)
viser (indefinite plural)
visor (indefinite plural)
visene (definite plural)
visone (definite plural)
Historical inflection of vise


visa

(non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of visum

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of visum


pianist

pianisten (definite singular)
pianistar (indefinite plural)
pianistane (definite plural)


papyrus

(usually uncountable) papyrus (plant; writing material)

(countable) papyrus (scroll or document)


becquerel

becquerelen (definite singular)
becquerel (indefinite plural)
becquerelane (definite plural)

Named after French physicist A. H. Becquerel (1857–1927).

named-after

becquerel (the derived unit of radioactive activity; the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second). Symbol: Bq


ampere

amperen (definite singular)
ampere (indefinite plural)
amperane (definite plural)

From French ampère, from French physicist André-Marie Ampère.


hertz

hertzen (definite singular)
hertz (indefinite plural)
hertzane (definite plural)

Named after German physicist Heinrich Rufolf Hertz.


Berlin

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)

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


vent

head

vent (definite singular and plural vente)


ohm

ohmen (definite singular)
ohm (indefinite plural)
ohmane (definite plural)

Named after Bavarian physicist Georg Ohm.


pascal

pascalen (definite singular)
pascal (indefinite plural)
pascalane (definite plural)

Named after French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).


synonymordbok

synonymordboka (definite singular)
synonymordbøker (indefinite plural)
synonymordbøkene (definite plural)


coulomb

Borrowed from French coulomb, from the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.


fate

fatar (present)
fata (past)
fata (participle past)
fatast (infinitive passive)
fatande (participle present)
fate (imperative)
fat (imperative)


enkel

head

enkel (neuter singular enkelt, definite singular and plural enkle, comparative enklare, indefinite superlative enklast, definite superlative enklaste)

enkelt (neuter singular)
enkle (definite plural singular)
enklare (comparative)
enklast (indefinite superlative)
enklaste (definite superlative)


watt

watt m (definite singular watten, indefinite plural watt, definite plural wattane)

watten (definite singular)
watt (indefinite plural)
wattane (definite plural)

Named after the Scottish engineer James Watt.


nynorsk

From ny- (“new, modern”) + norsk (“Norwegian”), where ny- means modern in the sense that it’s the last stage of the language, cf. nyislandsk (“New Icelandic”) and nyengelsk (“New English”). Cognate with Icelandic nýnorska.

prefix

Nynorsk, New Norwegian (Norwegian as spoken after 1500, and the written language that is based on this)


union

unionen (definite singular)
unionar (indefinite plural)
unionane (definite plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

bor+

Noreg var i union med Sverige fram til 1905.

Norway was part of a union with Sweden until 1905.

union (a political entity consisting of two or more state that are united)

(mathematics) union (the set containing all of the elements of two or more sets)


bokmål

bokmålet (definite singular)
bokmål (indefinite plural)
bokmåla (definite plural)

From bok (“book”) + mål (“language”), equivalent to Old Norse bókamál, which meant Latin.

Um den sokallade „falske Fyresetningi,“ at eit Folk skulde sjølv kunna velja seg eit Bokmaal, kunde der vera ymist aa segja.

1869, Ivar Aasen, Minningar fraa Maalstriden um Hausten 1858:

About the so-called “false precondition”, that a people is able to choose a written language, one could say various things.

written language; the language used in books

(uncountable) Bokmål (one of Norway's two official languages)


-ist

From French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

used to form nouns, usually relating to people.


sandwich

sandwichen (definite singular)
sandwichar (indefinite plural)
sandwichane (definite plural)

From English sandwich, supposedly named for its inventor, the Earl of Sandwich.


la

head

la (present tense lar or lèt, past tense lét, supine latt or late, past participle latt or laten, present participle latande, imperative la)

lar (present)
lèt (present)
lét (past)
latt (supine)
late (supine)
latt (participle past)
laten (participle past)
latande (participle present)
la (imperative)

From Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną. Akin to English let.

La meg få gjera det.


la

la (present tense lar, past tense ladde, supine ladd or ladt, past participle ladd, present participle ladande, imperative la)

lar (present)
ladde (past)
ladd (supine)
ladt (supine)
ladd (participle past)
ladande (participle present)
la (imperative)

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

(transitive, intransitive) to load, charge


la

la-en (definite singular)
la-ar (indefinite plural)
la-ane (definite plural)

From Latin labii, from the first word of the sixth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through Italian.

(music) la, a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.


la

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


gymnasium

gymnasiet (definite singular)
gymnasium (indefinite plural)
gymnasia (definite plural)


prototype

prototypen (definite singular)
prototypar (indefinite plural)
prototypane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) + τύπος (túpos).


tau

tauet (definite singular)
tau (indefinite plural)
taua (definite plural)

From earlier and Old Norse tog (“rope”), from Proto-Germanic *taugō.


tau

tauen (definite singular)
tauar (indefinite plural)
tauane (definite plural)

tau: The letter Τ/τ in the Greek, Hebrew and ancient Semitic alphabets, being the nineteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, the twenty-first letter of Old and Ancient Greek.


tap

tapet (definite singular)
tap (indefinite plural)
tapa (definite plural)


element

elementet (definite singular)
element (indefinite plural)
elementa (definite plural)


font

fonten (definite singular)
fontar (indefinite plural)
fontane (definite plural)

From Latin fons, via Old Norse fontr (sense 1), and French fonte, via English font (sense 2).


kava

kavar (present)
kava (past)
kava (participle past)
kavast (infinitive passive)
kavande (participle present)
kava (imperative)
kav (imperative)


radius

radiusen (definite singular)
radiusar (indefinite plural)
radiusane (definite plural)


banjo

banjoen (definite singular)
banjoar (indefinite plural)
banjoane (definite plural)


kim

kimen (definite singular)
kimar (indefinite plural)
kimane (definite plural)


kaputt

From French être capot, via German kaputt.


slave

slaven (definite singular)
slavar (indefinite plural)
slavane (definite plural)


sel

selen (definite singular)
selar (indefinite plural)
selane (definite plural)


sel

selet (definite singular)
sel (indefinite plural)
sela (definite plural)

From Old Norse sel n, from Proto-Germanic *salją.

a seter cottage, with sleeping room(s), a kitchen and a dairy storage room


sel

From Middle Low German sel (“soul”), as does also ultimately sjel. From Old Saxon sēola, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.

a soul; Used only in the expression mi sel (“truly!”).


sel

n


altar

altaret (definite singular)
altar (indefinite plural)
altara (definite plural)

From late Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, itself taken from Latin altāre (“altar”).


mit

miten (definite singular)
mitar (indefinite plural)
mitane (definite plural)


side

sida (definite singular)
sider (indefinite plural)
sidene (definite plural)

From Old Norse síða. Akin to English side.

ei bok på 300 sider


lyre

lyra (definite singular)
lyrer (indefinite plural)
lyrene (definite plural)


drone

dronen (definite singular)
dronar (indefinite plural)
dronane (definite plural)

From Middle Low German drone (sense 1), and English drone (sense 2).


ido

idoen (definite singular)
idoar (indefinite plural)
idoane (definite plural)


ido

(non-standard since 1917) definite singular of idu


score

scoren (definite singular)
scorar (indefinite plural)
scorane (definite plural)

Borrowed from English score. Doublet of skòr.


score

scorar (present)
scora (past)
scora (participle past)
scorast (infinitive passive)
scorande (participle present)
score (imperative)
scor (imperative)


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)


hybrid

hybriden (definite singular)
hybridar (indefinite plural)
hybridane (definite plural)


Reykjavik

[²rœʏː.çɐ̞.ʋiˑk]

Unadapted borrowing from Icelandic Reykjavík.


Longyearbyen

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

named-after

The administrative centre of Svalbard, Norway


Bretagne

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


Sofia

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


Sofia

a female given name, variant of Sofie, equivalent to English Sophia


idi

(non-standard since 2012) definite singular of id


tyre

tyren (definite singular)
tyret (definite singular)
tyrar (indefinite plural)
tyre (indefinite plural)
tyrane (definite plural)
tyra (definite plural)

From Old Norse tyr(v)i n, from Proto-Germanic *terwią. Compare Swedish törve. Probably related to tjære.


riga

rigar (present)
riga (past)
riga (participle past)
rigast (infinitive passive)
rigande (participle present)
riga (imperative)
rig (imperative)


loft

loftet (definite singular)
loft (indefinite plural)
lofta (definite plural)

a two-storey building made in medieval times or in a similar style


demo

demoen (definite singular)
demoar (indefinite plural)
demoane (definite plural)

(informal, politics) short form of demonstrasjon


kopi

kopien (definite singular)
kopiar (indefinite plural)
kopiane (definite plural)


signal

signalet (definite singular)
signal (indefinite plural)
signala (definite plural)


leopard

leoparden (definite singular)
leopardar (indefinite plural)
leopardane (definite plural)


flamingo

flamingoen (definite singular)
flamingoar (indefinite plural)
flamingoane (definite plural)


los

losen (definite singular)
losar (indefinite plural)
losane (definite plural)


los

loset (definite singular)
los (indefinite plural)
losa (definite plural)


cruise

cruiset (definite singular)
cruise (indefinite plural)
cruisa (definite plural)


pentagon

pentagonen (definite singular)
pentagonar (indefinite plural)
pentagonane (definite plural)


dis

disa (definite singular)
diser (indefinite plural)
disene (definite plural)

From Old Norse dís f, form Proto-Germanic *dīsiz (“(demi-)goddess; virgin”)


dis

From De (“you (formal singular)”) modelled after the adjective dus.

having formal distance (of interpersonal relationships)

(originally historically, formal) being on terms where one may address each other with the formal 2nd person singular pronoun De, as opposed to the more formal du.


manual

manualen (definite singular)
manualar (indefinite plural)
manualane (definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin manualis, or English manual (“handbook”).


mange

head

mange (comparative fleire, superlative flest)

fleire (comparative)
flest (superlative)


puritan

puritanen (definite singular)
puritanar (indefinite plural)
puritanane (definite plural)

(pre-2016) alternative form of puritanar


meine

meiner (present)
meinte (past)
meint (participle past)
meinast (infinitive passive)
meinande (participle present)
mein (imperative)


meine

meina (definite singular)
meiner (indefinite plural)
meinene (definite plural)

From Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German meinen, mēnen, from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną. The noun is derived from the verb.

det var meina mi


meine

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


dans

dansen (definite singular)
dansar (indefinite plural)
dansane (definite plural)

From Old French dance; and Old Norse dans.


lite

head

lite (comparative mindre, superlative minst)

mindre (comparative)
minst (superlative)

Me veit lite om djuphava.


lite

lit (present)
leit (past)
lite (participle past)
litast (infinitive passive)
litande (participle present)
lit (imperative)


sans

sansen (definite singular)
sansar (indefinite plural)
sansane (definite plural)


mote

moten (definite singular)
motar (indefinite plural)
motane (definite plural)


tsar

tsaren (definite singular)
tsarar (indefinite plural)
tsarane (definite plural)

From Russian царь (carʹ), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar), from Latin Caesar.


dugong

dugongen (definite singular)
dugongar (indefinite plural)
dugongane (definite plural)

From English dugong, from Cebuano dugong.


transport

transporten (definite singular)
transportar (indefinite plural)
transportane (definite plural)

From Medieval Latin transportus, from Latin transportare.


roman

romanen (definite singular)
romanar (indefinite plural)
romanane (definite plural)


ape

apen (definite singular)
apar (indefinite plural)
apane (definite plural)
apa (definite singular)
aper (indefinite plural)
apene (definite plural)


ape

apar (present)
apa (past)
apa (participle past)
apast (infinitive passive)
apande (participle present)
ape (imperative)
ap (imperative)


drama

dramaet (definite singular)
drama (indefinite plural)
dramaa (definite plural)
Historical inflection of drama
but considered second-tier.


sein

seint (neuter)
seine (definite plural singular)
seinare (comparative)
seinast (indefinite superlative)
seinaste (definite superlative)


atlas

atlaset (definite singular)
atlas (indefinite plural)
atlasa (definite plural)


festival

festivalen (definite singular)
festivalar (indefinite plural)
festivalane (definite plural)

From Latin festivalis, via English festival.


melon

melonen (definite singular)
melonar (indefinite plural)
melonane (definite plural)


mule

mulen (definite singular)
mular (indefinite plural)
mulane (definite plural)

From Old Norse múli, from Proto-Germanic *mūlô.


mule

mular (present)
mula (past)
mula (participle past)
mulast (infinitive passive)
mulande (participle present)
mule (imperative)
mul (imperative)

From Old Norse múli, from Proto-Germanic *mūlô. The verb is derived from the noun.


mule

(eye dialect spelling, Trøndelag) Alternative form of mogeleg (“possible”)


offer

offeret (definite singular)
offer (indefinite plural)
offera (definite plural)

Offera var alle drepne på same måten.

The victims were all killed in the same manner.


ska

ska (present tense skar, past tense skadde, past participle skadd, present participle skadande, imperative ska)

skar (present)
skadde (past)
skadd (participle past)
skadande (participle present)
ska (imperative)


ska

Qvar ein Dag ſka Gjæstbo væra, Māt ſka naa aat døkre Kne.

1802, Edvard Storm, “Sæterreiſe”, in Laurents Hallager, Norsk Ordsamling, Sebastian Popp, page 183:

Every day shall be a feast, food shall reach to your knees

den ret-færigie ska værte salig a trunaa

c. 1700, Sigurd Kolsrud, quoting Jacob Rasch, “Eldste nynorske bibeltekst: Jacob Rasch c. 1700”, in Syn og Segn, volume 56, published 1950, page 110:

(dialectal) alternative form of skal, present tense of skulle


fare

faren (definite singular)
farar (indefinite plural)
farane (definite plural)

From Middle Low German vare, from Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”). Compare Swedish fara.


fare

fare (present tense fer, past tense fór, supine fare, past participle faren, present participle farande, imperative far)

fer (present)
fór (past)
fare (supine)
faren (participle past)
farande (participle present)
far (imperative)

From Old Norse fara, from Proto-Germanic *faraną.

Alternative form of fara (fara is split-infinitive and/or a-infinitive verb form)


pause

pausen (definite singular)
pausar (indefinite plural)
pausane (definite plural)

From Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”).

a pause or break (short time for relaxing)


sort

sorten (definite singular)
sortar (indefinite plural)
sortane (definite plural)


bar

baren (definite singular)
barar (indefinite plural)
barane (definite plural)

a bar (sandbank at the mouth of a river or harbour)


bar

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), coined circa 1900.


bar

Derfor eg fann millom Bjørkar og Bar i Vaaren ei Gaata […]

Therefore I found, between the birches and conifers, in spring a riddle […]

the needles of the conifers, twigs and branches of conifers


bar

bart (neuter)
bare (definite plural singular)
barare (comparative)
barast (indefinite superlative)
baraste (definite superlative)


je

meg (accusative)
me (accusative dialectal)

(pre-1938 or dialectal) alternative form of eg (“I”)


avis

avisa (definite singular)
aviser (indefinite plural)
avisene (definite plural)


juice

juicen (definite singular)
juicar (indefinite plural)
juicane (definite plural)


juli

From Latin Julius, named after Julius Caesar.


glad

glad (neuter singular glad, definite singular and plural glade, comparative gladare, indefinite superlative gladast, definite superlative gladaste)

glad (neuter singular)
glade (definite plural singular)
gladare (comparative)
gladast (indefinite superlative)
gladaste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse glaðr. Akin to English glad.


real

realt (neuter)
reale (definite plural singular)

From Late Latin reālis, from Latin rēs (“thing”).


real

realen (definite singular)
realar (indefinite plural)
realane (definite plural)

From Spanish and Portuguese real, from Latin rēgālis (“royal”). Doublet of rijal.

"Og han fekk dei 1,500 realarne, Jose Maria, elder rettare: han fekk dei att."

1887, Prosper Mérimée, “Røvarliv i Spania [Letters from Spain]”, in Sjur, transl., Ungdom: franske forteljingar [Youth – French tales], translation of Lettres d'Espagne, page 34:

"And he got those 1,500 reales, Jose Maria, or more accurately: he got them back again."

(historical) a real, one of the former units of currency and coins used in Spain, Portugal and their colonies


real

Han tok til å drikke øl i 6., vin i 7. og vodka i 1. real […]

1991, Ola Grøvdal, Engelen og måsen, page 26:

He began drinking beer in the sixth, wine in the seventh and vodka in the eighth [grade] […]

(education, historical, colloquial) short for realskuleklasse


scenario

scenarioet (definite singular)
scenario (indefinite plural)
scenarioa (definite plural)


blad

bladet (definite singular)
blad (indefinite plural)
blada (definite plural)

From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.


fan

fanen (definite singular)
fans (indefinite plural)
fanane (definite plural)

Borrowed from English fan, where it was a clipping of fanatic.

(countable) a fan (person who is fond of someone or something)


fan

Han er ein feig fan.
He's a wimpy fucker.

(swear word, in juxtapositions) Alternative form of faen


type

type m (definite singular typen, indefinite plural typar, definite plural typane)

typen (definite singular)
typar (indefinite plural)
typane (definite plural)


valde

inflection of velja:
definite singular past participle

inflection of velja:
plural past participle


drake

draken (definite singular)
drakar (indefinite plural)
drakane (definite plural)

From Old Norse dreki and Middle Low German drake, from Proto-West Germanic *drakō.

a type of longship decorated with a dragon's head


form

forma (definite singular)
former (indefinite plural)
formene (definite plural)


harpe

harpa (definite singular)
harper (indefinite plural)
harpene (definite plural)

From Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.


tsarina

tsarinaa (definite singular)
tsarinaer (indefinite plural)
tsarinaene (definite plural)

From German Zarin, a feminine form of Zar (“Tsar”).


oase

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

From Demotic wḥj via Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis).


lyra

lyra (definite singular)
lyrer (indefinite plural)
lyror (indefinite plural)
lyrene (definite plural)
lyrone (definite plural)


timber

timber n (definite singular timberet or timbret, uncountable)

timberet (definite singular)
timbret (definite singular)


pale

paleet (definite singular)
pale (indefinite plural)
palea (definite plural)


net

netet (definite singular)
net (indefinite plural)
neta (definite plural)
neti (definite plural)


datum

datumet (definite singular)
datum (indefinite plural)
datuma (definite plural)


neger

negeren (definite singular)
negrar (indefinite plural)
negrane (definite plural)

From French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin niger (“black”).

a Negro (sometimes derogatory and offensive)


hippie

hippien (definite singular)
hippiar (indefinite plural)
hippiane (definite plural)


serva

servar (present)
serva (past)
serva (participle past)
servast (infinitive passive)
servande (participle present)
serva (imperative)
serv (imperative)


video

videoen (definite singular)
videoar (indefinite plural)
videoane (definite plural)

a video (video film or tape, video player)


si

si-en (definite singular)
si-ar (indefinite plural)
si-ane (definite plural)

Acronym of Latin Sancte Ioannes, the phrase ending the hymn Ut queant laxis from earlier words of which the other notes of solfège were derived. A younger alteration, ti, allows for every note of the solfège to begin with a different letter.

(music) si, a syllable used in seventh note of a major scale


si

Akin to the first part of Old Norse síþráðr.

(collective, nautical, dated) tatters of rope used to stop leakage


si

Used only idiomatically in the prepositional phrase på si.


system

systemet (definite singular)
system (indefinite plural)
systema (definite plural)


lupa

lupa (definite singular)
luper (indefinite plural)
lupor (indefinite plural)
lupene (definite plural)
lupone (definite plural)


vita

nn-verb

vita (present tense veit, past tense visste, past participle visst, passive infinitive vitast, present participle vitande, imperative vit)

veit (present)
visste (past)
visst (participle past)
vitast (infinitive passive)
vitande (participle present)
vit (imperative)

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).

Veit du kva dette er?


vita

vitaet (definite singular)
vita (indefinite plural)
vitaa (definite plural)


vita

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


vy

vyen (definite singular)
vyar (indefinite plural)
vyane (definite plural)

Han har store vyar for framtida.


front

fronten (definite singular)
frontar (indefinite plural)
frontane (definite plural)


nerd

nerden (definite singular)
nerdar (indefinite plural)
nerdane (definite plural)


homo

Short for homofil (“homophile”) or homofil person (“homophile person”).


homo

homoen (definite singular)
homoar (indefinite plural)
homoane (definite plural)

a homosexual or gay (male homosexual person).


vane

vanen (definite singular)
vanar (indefinite plural)
vanane (definite plural)

Hege hadde for lang tid sidan slutta og bedi han halde seg ifrå denna trøyttande vanen.

Hege had long ago stopped asking him to refrain from this tiresome habit.


nach

nachet (definite singular)
nach (indefinite plural)
nacha (definite plural)


tram

trammen (definite singular)
trammar (indefinite plural)
trammane (definite plural)

Syskenparet sat ute på trammen til den skrale stoga der dei budde to-eine.

1957, Tarjei Vesaas, Fuglane [The Birds], page 7:

The pair of siblings sat out on the porch of the dilapidated cottage in which they lived alone.


rope

head

rope (imperative rop, present tense ropar or roper, simple past ropa or ropte, past participle ropa or ropt, present participle ropande)

rop (imperative)
ropar (present)
roper (present)
ropa (past)
ropte (past)
ropa (participle past)
ropt (participle past)
ropande (participle present)


less

(non-standard since 2012) past tense of låss


log

logen (definite singular)
logar (indefinite plural)
logane (definite plural)

From Old Norse lǫgr (“lake, liquid”), from Proto-Germanic *laguz, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“pond, pool”). Cognates include Latin lacus and Scottish Gaelic loch.

inh

a fluid used in the boiling of plant material

the resulting broth or stock from such a process

(agriculture) a drink for livestock made from hey boiled or soaked in water

(brewing) hot water poured over the malt during the brewing process

(in place names) a body of water, usually a river or lake


log

logi (definite singular)
loger (indefinite plural)
logene (definite plural)

From Old Norse lǫg, neuter plural nominative and accusative of lag. Akin to English law.

§2 Naar normaltid etter denne logi er innførd, og det daa maatte visa seg trong til aa byta um noko klokkeslætte, som er nemnt i eldre loger, skal kongen kunne taka avgjerd um slikt umbyte fyr det heile land elder fyr einskilde landsluter.
§2 If when, standard time is introduced according to this law, there be need to change some times mentioned in older laws, the king shall decide on such a change for all the land, or for a specific province.

1894, Log um sams normaltid fyr kongeriket Norig [Law about standard time in the Kingdom of Norway] (Wikipedia)


arme

armeen (definite singular)
armear (indefinite plural)
armeane (definite plural)


ny

head

ny (masculine and feminine ny, neuter singular nytt, definite singular and plural nye, comparative nyare, superlative nyast or nyaste)

ny (feminine masculine)
nytt (neuter singular)
nye (definite plural singular)
nyare (comparative)
nyast (superlative)
nyaste (superlative)

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”). Cognates include Latin novus, Ancient Greek νέος (néos), and English new. The noun is derived from the adjective.


ny

nyet (definite singular)
ny (indefinite plural)
nya (definite plural)

a lunar phase of a new moon, i.e. a period of time in which the moon is waxing


porto

portoen (definite singular)
portoar (indefinite plural)
portoane (definite plural)


plan

planet (definite singular)
plan (indefinite plural)
plana (definite plural)


plan

planen (definite singular)
planar (indefinite plural)
planane (definite plural)

Kva er planen din?


plan

plant (neuter)
plane (definite plural singular)
planare (comparative)
planast (indefinite superlative)
planaste (definite superlative)


skid

skid (plural)
skid (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
skidet (accusative definite nominative singular)
skid (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
skidi (accusative definite nominative plural)
skide (dative definite singular)
skidom (dative definite plural)

nn-decl-blank-full

skid

From Old Norse skíð n, from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“billet”).

ganga på skid (plural)

(pre-1901 (Landsmål) or dialectal) alternative spelling of ski (“ski”)


rand

randa (definite singular)
render (indefinite plural)
rendene (definite plural)

med lette Smaasky, lagd i langa Render

with small light clouds laid in long stripes

type, nature, tendency (to do something)


rand

From Afrikaans rand, named after The Rand (Witwatersrand), a gold mining district.


rand

randa (definite singular)
rander (indefinite plural)
randene (definite plural)


truck

trucken (definite singular)
truckar (indefinite plural)
truckane (definite plural)

(anglicism) Abbreviation of gaffeltruck; A forklift truck (used to move and lift goods)


sum

summen (definite singular)
summar (indefinite plural)
summane (definite plural)

Kva er summen av 2+2?


sum

sumet (definite singular)
sum (indefinite plural)
suma (definite plural)

Dei la på sum utover mot holmen.


sum

head

sum m (feminine sum, neuter sumt, plural sume)

sum (feminine)
sumt (neuter)
sume (plural)


veto

vetoet (definite singular)
veto (indefinite plural)
vetoa (definite plural)


fender

fenderen (definite singular)
fenderar (indefinite plural)
fenderane (definite plural)


via

via (present tense vier, past tense vigde, supine vigd or vigt, past participle vigd, present participle viande, imperative vi)

vier (present)
vigde (past)
vigd (supine)
vigt (supine)
vigd (participle past)
viande (participle present)
vi (imperative)

From earlier form vigja, from Old Norse vígja, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną.


nord

From Old Norse norðr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą. Akin to English north.


nord

det høge nord

indefinite singular of Norden - the Nordic countries


landsmål

landsmålet (definite singular)
landsmål (indefinite plural)
landsmåla (definite plural)

From land + mål. Cognate with Faroese landsmál (“regional language; Landsmål”) and Icelandic landsmál (“politics; Landsmål”).

cog

(uncountable) Landsmål (the name given to Nynorsk until 1929)


alternative

inflection of alternativ:
definite singular


berg

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

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


berg

berga (definite singular)
berger (indefinite plural)
bergene (definite plural)


norsk

From Middle Norwegian nornskr, from earlier norrǿnn (“Norwegian, northern”) + -skr after the same pattern as svenskr and danskr. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic norskur and Middle Low German norrensch, norrisch, nornsch.


norsk

head

norsk m or f (indefinite singular neuter norsk or (unofficial) norskt, definite singular and plural norske, comparative norskare, superlative norskast)

norsk (indefinite neuter singular)
norskt (colloquial indefinite neuter singular)
norske (definite plural singular)
norskare (comparative)
norskast (superlative)

Norwegian (of or relating to Norway, Norwegians or the Norwegian language)


gale

gale (present tense gjel, past tense gol, supine gale, past participle galen, present participle galande, imperative gal)

gjel (present)
gol (past)
gale (supine)
galen (participle past)
galande (participle present)
gal (imperative)


moment

momentet (definite singular)
moment (indefinite plural)
momenta (definite plural)

Det er mange moment som spelar inn her.

element, variable, contributing factor or circumstance


ty

tyr (present)
tydde (past)
tytt (participle past)
tydd (participle past)
tyast (infinitive passive)
tyande (participle present)
ty (imperative)


ty

tyet (definite singular)
ty (indefinite plural)
tya (definite plural)
tyi (definite plural)


fuga

fugar (present)
fuga (past)
fuga (participle past)
fugast (infinitive passive)
fugande (participle present)
fuga (imperative)
fug (imperative)


horn

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

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

(automotive, rail transport) horn (warning device)


adresse

adressa (definite singular)
adresser (indefinite plural)
adressene (definite plural)


rouge

rougen (definite singular)
rougar (indefinite plural)
rougane (definite plural)

From French rouge (“red”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Doublet of raud.


land

landet (definite singular)
land (indefinite plural)
landa (definite plural)

From Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Akin to English land.

der

Noreg er eit land i nord.

Det var mangel på land for jordbruk.

There was a lack of land for agriculture.


land

From Old Norse hland, from Proto-Germanic *hlandą.


ros

From the verb rosa (“to praise”), from Old Norse hrósa. Prior to the spelling reform of 1959, this noun was considered grammatically feminine or neuter. The revision made non-standard the definite singular forms rosa, rosi, and roset.

Det er mi høgste Æra, // det er mi største Ros // hans Fylgjesvein at vera // og vandra i hans Ljos.

1875, Elias Blix, “Med Jesus”, in Nokre Salmar [Some hymns], 3rd edition, page 25:

It is my highest honour, // it is my highest praise: // to be a His disciple // and wander in His light.

Sophies Minde vart flau av all rosen, og gav noko nebbete uttrykk for at no heldt det lenge.

1992, Arne Ruset, Den svarte kista, pages 85–86:

Sophies Minde got embarrassed by all the praise, and expressed somewhat snarkily that this would be enough for a good while.


ros

rosa (definite singular)
roser (indefinite plural)
rosene (definite plural)

From Old Norse rǫs, plural of ras n, whence also the more common doublet of ras.

cavity left in place of the masses displaced by such an avalanche, landslide or other


ros

After German Rose, from Old High German rōsa, from Latin rosa. Doublet of rose.


papa

papaen (definite singular)
papaer (indefinite plural)
papaar (indefinite plural)
papaene (definite plural)
papaane (definite plural)


idiot

idioten (definite singular)
idiotar (indefinite plural)
idiotane (definite plural)


medium

mediet (definite singular)
medium (indefinite plural)
media (definite plural)


draft

draftet (definite singular)
draft (indefinite plural)
drafta (definite plural)
drafta (definite singular)
drafter (indefinite plural)
draftene (definite plural)


rad

rada (definite singular)
rader (indefinite plural)
radene (definite plural)


rad

radt (neuter)
rade (definite plural singular)
radare (comparative)
radast (indefinite superlative)
radaste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse hraðr, from Proto-Germanic *hradaz.


auto-

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).


kip

kipt (neuter)
kipe (definite plural singular)
kipare (comparative)
kipast (indefinite superlative)
kipaste (definite superlative)


best

indefinite singular superlative degree of god: best

indefinite singular superlative degree of bra


rosa

From Latin rosa. Doublet of rose and ros.


rosa

rosar (present)
roser (present)
rosa (past)
roste (past)
rosa (participle past)
rost (participle past)
rosast (infinitive passive)
rosande (participle present)
rosa (imperative)
ros (imperative)


rosa

rosa (definite singular)
roser (indefinite plural)
rosor (indefinite plural)
rosene (definite plural)
rosone (definite plural)

From Old Norse rós, rósa, from Latin rosa.

(pre-2012) alternative form of rose. See there for more.


rosa

(non-standard since 1959) definite singular of ros (“praise”)


rosa

definite singular of ros (“avalanche; landslide; scratch”)


trio

trioen (definite singular)
trioar (indefinite plural)
trioane (definite plural)

trio (group of three musicians; piece of music for three instruments)


hop

hopen (definite singular)
hopar (indefinite plural)
hopane (definite plural)

From Old Norse hópr. Akin to English heap.


per

Borrowed from Latin per (related to native for).

per porsjon

per dag


rik

head

rik (neuter singular rikt, definite singular and plural rike, comparative rikare, indefinite superlative rikast, definite superlative rikaste)

rikt (neuter singular)
rike (definite plural singular)
rikare (comparative)
rikast (indefinite superlative)
rikaste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse ríkr, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz, a derivative of *rīks (“king, ruler”), itself a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Akin to English rich.

rich (having wealth, or more generally, much of something)


zloty

zlotyen (definite singular)
zloty (indefinite plural)
zlotyane (definite plural)


tom

tom (neuter singular tomt, definite singular and plural tomme, comparative tommare, indefinite superlative tommast, definite superlative tommaste)

tomt (neuter singular)
tomme (definite plural singular)
tommare (comparative)
tommast (indefinite superlative)
tommaste (definite superlative)


tom

tommen (definite singular)
tommar (indefinite plural)
tommane (definite plural)

Alternative form of taum; (pre-2012) alternative form of taum


From Old Norse hana, the accusative form of hon (“she”). Compare with Swedish na. The correct term in Norwegian Bokmål would be henne, and either ho or henne in Norwegian Nynorsk.

(dialectal, colloquial) her; object form of ho


interregnum

interregnumet (definite singular)
interregnum (indefinite plural)
interregnuma (definite plural)
Historical inflection of interregnum
were made in 1983

nn-noun-infl

Decisions on the definite singular, indefinite plural and definite plural forms, were made in 1983, 1981 and 1982 respectively.

interregna, interregnaa 􂀿interregnai􂁀, interregnuma 􂀿interregnumi􂁀


marine

marinen (definite singular)
marinar (indefinite plural)
marinane (definite plural)


lik

head

lik (neuter singular likt, definite singular and plural like, comparative likare, indefinite superlative likast, definite superlative likaste)

likt (neuter singular)
like (definite plural singular)
likare (comparative)
likast (indefinite superlative)
likaste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse líkr, alternative spelling of glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.

Og kjenner du inkje ikvell ikvell, at Livet, det er no det likaste lell?

And can you not feel, tonight, tonight, that life is the best thing after all?

good (mainly used in comparative and superlative form)


lik

liket (definite singular)
lik (indefinite plural)
lika (definite plural)

From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image, likeness; similar, like”).


tik

tika (definite singular)
tiker (indefinite plural)
tikene (definite plural)


eigen

head

eigen m (feminine eiga, neuter eige, plural eigne)

eiga (feminine)
eige (neuter)
eigne (plural)

From Old Norse eiginn. Akin to English own.

Dei har fått seg eige hus no.

Det er noko eige over dette.


kom

inflection of koma and komma:
imperative


same

samen (definite singular)
samar (indefinite plural)
samane (definite plural)


same

From Old Norse sami. Akin to English same.

Eg er framleis den same.

Det er det same for meg.

Same kva som skjer […]


bos

(Western and Southern Norway) garbage, rubbish, waste


lid

(pre-1917 or dialectal) a sloping mountainside or hillside covered with grass or forest. Alternative form of li.


stol

stolen (definite singular)
stolar (indefinite plural)
stolane (definite plural)

From Old Norse stóll, from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stāl- (“frame, rack, stand”).


stol

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


stove

stova (definite singular)
stover (indefinite plural)
stovene (definite plural)

From Old Norse stofa (also stoga and stufa). Akin to English stove.

Kom til stova hans Mikkel, me skal ha grill der i kveld

Come to Mikkel's house, we're gonna have a BBQ there tonight


bom

head

bom m (definite singular bommen, indefinite plural bommar, definite plural bommane)

bommen (definite singular)
bommar (indefinite plural)
bommane (definite plural)

a derrick (nautical, for loading/unloading cargo)


hus

huset (definite singular)
hus (indefinite plural)
husa (definite plural)

From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”) of unknown origin. Akin to English house. Doublet of house.

(in compound) a small container for an item, a liquid or a powder (e.g. sunglasses, seeds or ink)


dragon

dragonen (definite singular)
dragonar (indefinite plural)
dragonane (definite plural)

a dragoon (soldier of the mounted infantry)


hai

haien (definite singular)
haiar (indefinite plural)
haiane (definite plural)

From Dutch haai, from Old Norse hár, whence also hå.


sik

siken (definite singular)
sikar (indefinite plural)
sikane (definite plural)

Inherited from Old Norse síkr. Compare also Proto-Finnic *siika (of unknown origin), Russian сиг (sig) and Latvian sīga.

Coregonus lavaretus
Coregonus lavaretus#Translingual


sik

siket (definite singular)
sik (indefinite plural)
sika (definite plural)

From Old Norse sík n. Related to the verb siga (“to seep, sink”).


sik

sika (definite singular)
siker (indefinite plural)
sikene (definite plural)


lire

lira (definite singular)
lirer (indefinite plural)
lirene (definite plural)


lire

From Old Norse líri m, likely onomatopoetic.


lire

liren (definite singular)
lirar (indefinite plural)
lire (indefinite plural)
lirane (definite plural)

Italian plural of lira, from Latin libra (“pound, weight”). Doublet of lira.


cykel

cykelen (definite singular)
cyklar (indefinite plural)
cyklane (definite plural)


mongol

mongolen (definite singular)
mongolar (indefinite plural)
mongolane (definite plural)


advent

adventa (definite singular)
adventer (indefinite plural)
adventene (definite plural)


ja

jaet (definite singular)
ja (indefinite plural)
jaa (definite plural)


dress

dressen (definite singular)
dressar (indefinite plural)
dressane (definite plural)

(clothing) a suit (either formal wear, or leisure or sports wear)


halve

halva (definite singular)
halver (indefinite plural)
halvene (definite plural)


largo

largoen (definite singular)
largoar (indefinite plural)
largoane (definite plural)


kid

kìd n (definite singular kìdet, indefinite plural kìd, definite plural kìdi)

kìd (canonical neuter)
kìdet (definite singular)
kìd (indefinite plural)
kìdi (definite plural)


vandal

vandalen (definite singular)
vandalar (indefinite plural)
vandalane (definite plural)


bon

På Ulefoss blei det set i gang ein slags skule for bona på verket.

1984, Jon Hvitsand, Soga om Hørteverket, [Hørte]: Hørtesogelaget, page 64:

At Ulefoss, a school was opened for the children of the factory.

„Mat!“ ropar Boni og tuttrar og græt.

1890, Jørund Telnes, Netar [Nights], Kristiania, page 53:

"Food!" cry the children, whining and weeping.

Bon'i deires va ſtore, aa dei eldſte va vakſne jamvæl

1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge, Christiania: Carl C. Werner & Comp., page 55:

Their children were big, the eldest even were grownups.

Vælkomne te Vaagaa mæ Kiæring aa Bon

c. 1770, Edvard Storm, “Åt Monken”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 241:

utu Likna ingen hejl [e]l End fær mæ Bonom

1704, “Hap up qvar Ejn Bærge tind”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 66:

From likeness none rather than one gets with [his] children


nos

nosa (definite singular)
naser (indefinite plural)
nasene (definite plural)

From Old Norse nǫs, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.


neve

neven (definite singular)
nevar (indefinite plural)
nevane (definite plural)


snare

snara (definite singular)
snarer (indefinite plural)
snarene (definite plural)

From Old Norse snara (“a snare”), from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ. Cognate with English snare.


snare

snarar (present)
snara (past)
snara (participle past)
snarast (infinitive passive)
snarande (participle present)
snare (imperative)
snar (imperative)


lamb

lamb n (definite singular lambet, definite singular dative lambe, indefinite plural lamb or lomb, definite plural lambi or lombi, definite plural dative lambom or lombom)

lambet (definite singular)
lambe (dative definite singular)
lamb (indefinite plural)
lomb (indefinite plural)
lambi (definite plural)
lombi (definite plural)
lambom (dative definite plural)
lombom (dative definite plural)
Historical inflection of lamb

a lamb (young sheep); (pre-1938) alternative form of lam

(by extension, Christianity, figurative) Christ as sacrificial lamb


admiral

admiralen (definite singular)
admiralar (indefinite plural)
admiralane (definite plural)

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


bok

boka (definite singular)
bøker (indefinite plural)
bøkene (definite plural)

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Akin to English book, German Low German Book.


som

Han jobbar som kelner.


som

Dette er bilen som eg kjøpte.

Det var den mannen som kom.


som

som m (feminine som, neuter somt, plural somme)

som (feminine)
somt (neuter)
somme (plural)

From Old Norse sumr. Akin to English some.

Somt av det er nytt, resten er gamalt.


administrator

administratoren (definite singular)
administratorar (indefinite plural)
administratorane (definite plural)


omen

omenet (definite singular)
omen (indefinite plural)
omena (definite plural)


alkaloid

alkaloidet (definite singular)
alkaloid (indefinite plural)
alkaloida (definite plural)


instrument

instrument n (definite singular instrumentet, indefinite plural instrument, definite plural instrumenta)

instrumentet (definite singular)
instrument (indefinite plural)
instrumenta (definite plural)


gris

grisen (definite singular)
griser (indefinite plural)
grisar (indefinite plural)
grisene (definite plural)
grisane (definite plural)
Historical inflection of gris


tape

tape (present tense tapar or taper, past tense tapa or tapte, supine and past participle tapa or tapt, present participle tapande, imperative tap)

tapar (present)
taper (present)
tapa (past)
tapte (past)
tapa (participle past supine)
tapt (participle past supine)
tapande (participle present)
tap (imperative)

From Old Norse tapa. Cognate with Danish tabe, Swedish tappa, and Faroese tapa.

to lose (to come last, lose a match, lose money)


tape

tapen (definite singular)
tapar (indefinite plural)
tapane (definite plural)


tape

tapar (present)
tapa (past)
tapa (participle past)
tapast (infinitive passive)
tapande (participle present)
tape (imperative)
tap (imperative)


hen

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


hen

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">possessive</i>

hen (third person singular gender-neutral personal pronoun, possessive hens)

Kjem studenten for seint, må hen venta ute.

If the student comes too late, they have to wait outside.

Har du nummeret hens?


analyse

analysen (definite singular)
analysar (indefinite plural)
analysane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis, “dissolution”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up, throughout”) + λύσις (lúsis, “loosening”).

der

I dag skal vi utføre ein analyse av denne prøva.

Today we are going to do an analysis on this sample.

Ho kom med ein skarpsindig analyse av situasjonen.

She came up with a shrewd analysis of the situation.

analysis (action of taking something apart to study it)


od

head

od (neuter singular odt, definite singular and plural ode, comparative odare, indefinite superlative odast, definite superlative odaste)

odt (neuter singular)
ode (definite plural singular)
odare (comparative)
odast (indefinite superlative)
odaste (definite superlative)

Han er så od i dag at eg torer ikkje snakka til han.

He's so mad today that I don't dare talk to him.


od

odet (definite singular)
od (indefinite plural)
oda (definite plural)

Eg gjorde det med odet var på meg.

wild impulse, sudden compulsion, yearning, frenzy


haste

hastar (present)
hasta (past)
hasta (participle past)
hastast (infinitive passive)
hastande (participle present)
haste (imperative)
hast (imperative)


tale

talen (definite singular)
talar (indefinite plural)
talane (definite plural)
tala (definite singular)
taler (indefinite plural)
talene (definite plural)


tale

talar (present)
taler (present)
tala (past)
talte (past)
tala (participle past)
talt (participle past)
talast (infinitive passive)
talande (participle present)
tal (imperative)

alternative form of tala (tala is split-infinitive and/or a-infinitive verb form)


alkali

alkaliet (definite singular)
alkali (indefinite plural)
alkalia (definite plural)


hangar

hangaren (definite singular)
hangarar (indefinite plural)
hangarane (definite plural)


amid

amidet (definite singular)
amid (indefinite plural)
amida (definite plural)


intensive

inflection of intensiv:
definite singular


Belgia

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


boar

boaren (definite singular)
boarar (indefinite plural)
boarane (definite plural)


dom

dommen (definite singular)
dommar (indefinite plural)
dommane (definite plural)


dom

domen (definite singular)
domar (indefinite plural)
domane (definite plural)


agent

agenten (definite singular)
agentar (indefinite plural)
agentane (definite plural)


beda

beda (present tense bed, past tense bad, past participle bede or bedd or bedt, present participle bedande, imperative bed)

bed (present)
bad (past)
bede (participle past)
bedd (participle past)
bedt (participle past)
bedande (participle present)
bed (imperative)


nei

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

no (used to show disagreement or negation)


nei

neiet (definite singular)
nei (indefinite plural)
neia (definite plural)


nei

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of ne


agenda

agenda m (definite singular agendaen, indefinite plural agendaer or agendaar, definite plural agendaene or agendaane)

agendaen (definite singular)
agendaer (indefinite plural)
agendaar (indefinite plural)
agendaene (definite plural)
agendaane (definite plural)

From Latin agenda (“what ought to be done”).


presto

prestoen (definite singular)
prestoar (indefinite plural)
prestoane (definite plural)


nytt

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


allegro

allegroen (definite singular)
allegroar (indefinite plural)
allegroane (definite plural)


kam

kammen (definite singular)
kammar (indefinite plural)
kammane (definite plural)

From Old Norse kambr. Akin to English comb.


barn

barn n (definite singular barnet, indefinite plural barn or born, definite plural barna or borna)

barnet (definite singular)
barn (indefinite plural)
born (indefinite plural)
barna (definite plural)
borna (definite plural)
Historical inflection of barn

From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną (“child”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). The plural form born is from the Old Norse u-umlauted form bǫrn. This umlaut can also be seen in Icelandic börn and Danish and Faroese børn.


rip

ripa (definite singular)
ripar (indefinite plural)
riper (indefinite plural)
ripane (definite plural)
ripene (definite plural)

Unknown. Possibly from Dutch or Frisian. Compare Old Norse ríp.


rip

ripet (definite singular)
rip (indefinite plural)
ripa (definite plural)


register

registeret (definite singular)
register (indefinite plural)
registera (definite plural)

(music) a register (voice range in singing; part of an organ)


buffet

buffeten (definite singular)
buffetar (indefinite plural)
buffetane (definite plural)

sideboard or buffet (US) (dining room furniture containing table linen and services)

buffet (a counter or room where refreshments are sold)

ståande buffet - buffet (a meal which guests can serve themselves)


cymbal

cymbalen (definite singular)
cymbalar (indefinite plural)
cymbalane (definite plural)


cup

cupen (definite singular)
cupar (indefinite plural)
cupane (definite plural)


koti

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of kot


den

den m or f (neuter singular det, plural dei)

From Old Norse þann, þenn, masculine accusative singular of sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só.

Eg vil ha den bilen.


den

det (neuter singular)
dei (plural)
den (accusative nominative)
denn (accusative nominative)
dann (accusative nominative)
det (accusative neuter nominative)
dat (accusative neuter nominative)
deim (dative dialectal rare)
di (dative dialectal neuter rare)
dei (nominative)
dei (neuter nominative)
dei (accusative)
dei (accusative neuter)
deim (accusative)
deim (accusative neuter)
deim (dative dialectal neuter rare)
deira (genitive)
deira (genitive neuter)
deires (dialectal genitive rare)
deires (dialectal genitive neuter rare)

Han køyrde den raude bilen.

the; only used if there is an adjective or numeral to the noun


den

Eg vil ha den.


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


alarm

alarmen (definite singular)
alarmar (indefinite plural)
alarmane (definite plural)

From Italian all' arme (“to arms”) and allarme, via French alarme.


farao

faraoen (definite singular)
faraoar (indefinite plural)
faraoane (definite plural)

a pharaoh (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)


lira

head

lira m (definite singular liraen, indefinite plural liraar or liraer or lira, definite plural liraane or liraene)

liraen (definite singular)
liraar (indefinite plural)
liraer (indefinite plural)
lira (indefinite plural)
liraane (definite plural)
liraene (definite plural)


da

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


gele

geleen (definite singular)
gelear (indefinite plural)
geleane (definite plural)


vene

vena (definite singular)
vener (indefinite plural)
venene (definite plural)
venen (definite singular)
venar (indefinite plural)
venane (definite plural)

Borrowed ultimately from Latin vēna; compare French veine.


steppe

steppe f (definite singular steppa, indefinite plural stepper, definite plural steppene)

steppa (definite singular)
stepper (indefinite plural)
steppene (definite plural)


ornament

ornamentet (definite singular)
ornament (indefinite plural)
ornamenta (definite plural)


WC

WCen (definite singular)
WCet (definite singular)
WCar (indefinite plural)
WC (indefinite plural)
WCane (definite plural)
WCa (definite plural)

Borrowed from English WC, an initialism for water closet.

WC; water closet (room containing a toilet, especially one in a commercial establishment)


hobbit

hobbiten (definite singular)
hobbitar (indefinite plural)
hobbitane (definite plural)

From English hobbit; coined by J.R.R. Tolkien.

hobbit (a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet)


tone

tonen (definite singular)
tonar (indefinite plural)
tonane (definite plural)

From Old Norse tóni, from Latin tonus (“sound, tone”), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).


bantu

bantuen (definite singular)
bantuar (indefinite plural)
bantuane (definite plural)

a Bantu (person who speaks a Bantu language)

a collective term for all Bantu speakers


rival

rivalen (definite singular)
rivalar (indefinite plural)
rivalane (definite plural)


guide

guiden (definite singular)
guidar (indefinite plural)
guidane (definite plural)


guide

guidar (present)
guida (past)
guida (participle past)
guidast (infinitive passive)
guidande (participle present)
guide (imperative)
guid (imperative)


demon

demonen (definite singular)
demonar (indefinite plural)
demonane (definite plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn).


bark

barken (definite singular)
barkar (indefinite plural)
barkane (definite plural)

From Late Latin barca, via French barque.

(nautical) a barque or bark (type of sailing ship)


ambi-

From Latin ambi- (“both”), from ambo (“both”).


bord

bordet (definite singular)
bord (indefinite plural)
borda (definite plural)

From Old Norse borð, from Proto-Germanic *burdą.


bord

borden (definite singular)
bordar (indefinite plural)
bordane (definite plural)

From Middle Low German borde. Akin to English border and German Borte.


shilling

From English shilling, from Middle English shilling, Old English sċilling, and ultimately Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Doublet of schilling and skilling.

a shilling: the currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda


kaki

head

kaki (definite and plural kaki or kakie)

kaki (definite plural)
kakie (definite plural)


kaki

kakien (definite singular)
kakiar (indefinite plural)
kakiane (definite plural)


ever

indefinite plural of eva (non-standard since 2012)


dessert

desserten (definite singular)
dessertar (indefinite plural)
dessertane (definite plural)


ski

skia (definite singular)
ski (indefinite plural)
skier (indefinite plural)
skia (definite plural)
skiene (definite plural)

→ Albanian: ski

→ Bulgarian: ски (ski)

→ Danish: ski

→ Dutch: ski

desctree

→ English: ski
→ Japanese: スキー (sukī)
→ Korean: 스키 (seuki)
→ Okinawan: スキー
→ Thai: สกี (sà-gii)

→ French: ski
→ Asturian: esquí
→ Catalan: esquí
→ Galician: esquí
→ Persian: اسکی (eski)
→ Portuguese: esqui
→ Romanian: schi
→ Spanish: esquí
→ Basque: eski
→ Tagalog: eski

→ German: Ski, Schi (less common)
→ Hungarian: sí

→ Greek: σκι (ski)

→ Hebrew: סקי (ski)

→ Hindi: स्की (skī)

→ Italian: sci

→ Khmer: ស្គី (skii)

→ Ladino: schi

→ Lao: ສະກີ (sa kī)

→ Macedonian: скија (skija)

→ Mòcheno: ski

→ Portuguese: esqui

→ Serbo-Croatian: skija / скија

→ Urdu: سکی (skī)

→ Vietnamese: xki

→ Welsh: sgi

→⇒ Cimbrian: skin

From Old Norse skíð n, from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“billet”).

gå på ski (plural)


grime

grima (definite singular)
grimer (indefinite plural)
grimene (definite plural)

From Old Norse gríma f, from Proto-Germanic *grimô m (“mask; visor”). Cognates include English grime and grimace. The verb is derived from the noun.


grime

grimar (present)
grima (past)
grima (participle past)
grimast (infinitive passive)
grimande (participle present)
grime (imperative)
grim (imperative)


anti-

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).


mono-

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).


anger

regret, remorse, contrition, repentance, penitence


fee

(non-standard since 1917) definite singular of fe


tee

tee-en (definite singular)
tee-ar (indefinite plural)
tee-ane (definite plural)


poly-

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“much, many”). Related to full and fleire.


roe

roar (present)
roa (past)
roa (participle past)
roast (infinitive passive)
roande (participle present)
roe (imperative)
ro (imperative)

(often reflexive, with seg) to calm (ned / down), to soothe


ale

head

ale (present tense el or aler, past tense ol or alte, supine ale or alt, past participle alen or alt, present participle alande, imperative al)

el (present)
aler (present)
ol (past)
alte (past)
ale (supine)
alt (supine)
alen (participle past)
alt (participle past)
alande (participle present)
al (imperative)


millibar

millibaren (definite singular)
millibar (indefinite plural)
millibarane (definite plural)


pest

pesten (definite singular)
pestar (indefinite plural)
pestane (definite plural)
pesta (definite singular)
pester (indefinite plural)
pestene (definite plural)

sky (noko/nokon) som pesten

avoid (something/someone) like the plague

velje mellom pest og kolera


dass

dassen (definite singular)
dassar (indefinite plural)
dassane (definite plural)
dasset (definite singular)
dass (indefinite plural)
dassa (definite plural)

From German das Haus or Häuschen ("The (little) house").


apa

apar (present)
aper (present)
apa (past)
apte (past)
apa (participle past)
apt (participle past)
apast (infinitive passive)
apande (participle present)
apa (imperative)
ap (imperative)


apa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


lok

loket (definite singular)
lok (indefinite plural)
loka (definite plural)


parameter

head

parameter m (definite singular parameteren, indefinite plural parameterar or parametrar, definite plural parameterane or parametrane)

parameteren (definite singular)
parameterar (indefinite plural)
parametrar (indefinite plural)
parameterane (definite plural)
parametrane (definite plural)


eg

From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Akin to English I.

I (first-person singular personal pronoun)


film

filmen (definite singular)
filmar (indefinite plural)
filmane (definite plural)

a film (for taking photographs in a camera)

a film (thin material, layer or coating)


essay

essayet (definite singular)
essay (indefinite plural)
essaya (definite plural)

Borrowed from English essay, from Middle French essai.

an essay, a written composition of moderate length exploring a particular subject


ane

ane (imperative an, present tense anar or aner, passive anes, simple past ana or ante, past participle ana or ant)

an (imperative)
anar (present)
aner (present)
anes (passive)
ana (past)
ante (past)
ana (participle past)
ant (participle past)

suspect (to imagine or suppose (something) to be true without evidence)


ciao

From Italian ciao, from Venetan sciavo (“slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”). This in turn is from Late Latin Sclavus (“Slav”), from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ, as Slavs were often forced into slavery in the Middle Ages. Doublet of slave and slavar.


sova

sova (present tense søv, past tense sov, supine sove, past participle soven, present participle sovande, imperative sov)

søv (present)
sov (past)
sove (supine)
soven (participle past)
sovande (participle present)
sov (imperative)


liter

literen (definite singular)
liter (indefinite plural)
literane (definite plural)
litrane (definite plural)

From French litre, Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”).


liter

(non-standard since 2012) present tense of lite


liter

(non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of lìt


anda

andar (present)
anda (past)
anda (participle past)
andast (infinitive passive)
andande (participle present)
anda (imperative)
and (imperative)


natur

naturen (definite singular)
naturar (indefinite plural)
naturane (definite plural)

(uncountable) nature (natural landscape, animal and plant life)


tema

temaet (definite singular)
tema (indefinite plural)
temaa (definite plural)


stare

staren (definite singular)
starar (indefinite plural)
starane (definite plural)

Sturnus vulgaris
Sturnus vulgaris#Translingual

a starling (a songbird, Sturnus vulgaris)


neo-

From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”).


sukka

sukkar (present)
sukka (past)
sukka (participle past)
sukkast (infinitive passive)
sukkande (participle present)
sukka (imperative)
sukk (imperative)


shah

shahen (definite singular)
shahar (indefinite plural)
shahane (definite plural)


Thor

a male given name, a less common spelling of Tor


vera

er (present)
var (past)
vore (participle past)
verast (infinitive passive)
verande (participle present)
ver (imperative)
vera (infinitive)
verande (participle present)
vore (supine)
er (present singular)
var (past singular)
ero (plural present)
våro (past plural)
vere (present)
vøre (past)
ver (present singular)
vere (plural present)

nn-conj-table

Conjugation of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">vera</i> — (irregular)

From Old Norse vera, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. The present tense is suppletive and is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).

Ikkje alle kunne vera til stades.


slav

slaven (definite singular)
slavar (indefinite plural)
slavane (definite plural)


whisky

whiskyen (definite singular)
whiskyar (indefinite plural)
whiskyane (definite plural)

From English whisky, originally from Gaelic.


toast

toasten (definite singular)
toastar (indefinite plural)
toastane (definite plural)


dan

danen (definite singular)
daner (indefinite plural)
danar (indefinite plural)
danene (definite plural)
danane (definite plural)

From Old Norse danr, from Proto-Germanic *danaz.


dan

dant (neuter)
dane (definite plural singular)
danare (comparative)
danast (indefinite superlative)
danaste (definite superlative)

From Middle Low German dān, past participle of dôn (“to do”). Akin to English done.


cowboy

cowboyen (definite singular)
cowboyar (indefinite plural)
cowboyane (definite plural)

cowboyar og indianarar


-er

Used to form indefinite plurals for most feminine nouns.

Used to form indefinite plurals for some masculine nouns.

Used to form present tense for one class of weak verbs.

(obsolete) Used to form present tense for strong verbs.


kenguru

kenguruen (definite singular)
kenguruar (indefinite plural)
kenguruane (definite plural)

From an Australian Aboriginal language, via English kangaroo.


wienerbrød

head

wienerbrød n (definite singular wienerbrødet, indefinite plural wienerbrød, definite plural wienerbrøda)

wienerbrødet (definite singular)
wienerbrød (indefinite plural)
wienerbrøda (definite plural)


malt

malt (grain prepared for brewing and distilling)


kebab

kebaben (definite singular)
kebabar (indefinite plural)
kebabane (definite plural)

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb).

kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)


prestissimo

From Italian prestissimo, superlative of presto.


prestissimo

prestissimoet (definite singular)
prestissimo (indefinite plural)
prestissimoa (definite plural)


brød

brødet (definite singular)
brød (indefinite plural)
brøda (definite plural)

Borrowed from Danish brød, from Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Akin to English bread.

rista brød


apt

apt (indefinite singular)
apte (definite plural singular)
aptare (comparative)
aptast (indefinite superlative)
aptaste (definite superlative)

From Latin aptus, likely through English apt.


veri

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of vere


rime

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.


rime

an elongated row of hills or low mountains


-ing

Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing.


-ing

Færøyane + -ing → færøying


fred

From Old Norse friðr, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz.


single

singlen (definite singular)
singlar (indefinite plural)
singlane (definite plural)

Borrowed from English single and singles.


hoe

hoa (definite singular)
hoer (indefinite plural)
hoene (definite plural)


di

From Old Norse því, þí, the neuter singular dative of the determiner sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa. Akin to the English comparative correlative the, derived from Old English þȳ. Other cognates include Norwegian Bokmål ti. Other determiners and pronouns also derive from there, such as den, det, dei, and dess.

Di sterkare, di betre

the; With multiple comparatives (or meir (“more”) with verb phrases), establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

Han sa lite, men tenkte di meir

He said little, but thought more (than he didn't speak)

With a single adverbial meir (“more”) or comparative, establishes an often inverse correlation with a preceding comparative or stated degree.


di

Used especially in more common compound adverbs and conjunctions.


di

From Old Norse þín, feminine singular nominative of þinn (“your, yours”). See main entry for more.


di

Pronunciation spelling and/or eye dialect of various pronouns and determiners. See the etymology of the respective main entries.


ufo

ufoen (definite singular)
ufoar (indefinite plural)
ufoane (definite plural)


fortissimo

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


fortissimo

fortissimoen (definite singular)
fortissimoar (indefinite plural)
fortissimoane (definite plural)