poll

pollen (definite singular)
pollar (indefinite plural)
pollane (definite plural)

a small branch of a fjord, often with a narrow inlet


alle

alleen (definite singular)
allear (indefinite plural)
alleane (definite plural)


svastika

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svastika m (definite singular svastikaen, indefinite plural svastikaar or svastikaer, definite plural svastikaane or svastikaene)

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

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika).


burka

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

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


ellipse

ellipsen (definite singular)
ellipsar (indefinite plural)
ellipsane (definite plural)

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

(grammar, rhetoric, typography) an ellipsis


rush

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


bimbo

bimboen (definite singular)
bimboar (indefinite plural)
bimboane (definite plural)


stad

staden (definite singular)
stader (indefinite plural)
stadar (indefinite plural)
stadene (definite plural)
stadane (definite plural)

From Old Norse staðr, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis.


stad

stadet (definite singular)
stad (indefinite plural)
stada (definite plural)


begonia

begonia m (definite singular begoniaen, indefinite plural begoniaar or begoniaer, definite plural begoniaane or begoniaene)

begoniaen (definite singular)
begoniaar (indefinite plural)
begoniaer (indefinite plural)
begoniaane (definite plural)
begoniaene (definite plural)

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

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


pistol

pistolen (definite singular)
pistolar (indefinite plural)
pistolane (definite plural)

From Czech píšťala (“whistle”), via German Pistole.


motor

motoren (definite singular)
motorar (indefinite plural)
motorane (definite plural)


bye

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


solo

soloen (definite singular)
soloar (indefinite plural)
soloane (definite plural)

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


regiment

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


pelargonium

pelargoniumen (definite singular)
pelargoniumar (indefinite plural)
pelargoniumane (definite plural)

(pre-2005) alternative form of pelargonia


trance

trancen (definite singular)
trancar (indefinite plural)
trancane (definite plural)


geranium

geraniumen (definite singular)
geraniumar (indefinite plural)
geraniumane (definite plural)

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


hug

hugen (definite singular)
hugar (indefinite plural)
hugane (definite plural)

From Old Norse hugr (“thought”), from Proto-Germanic *hugiz og uncertain origin. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål hu.

(chiefly uncountable, collective) one's thoughts

Meir enn fyrr har han hug å draga seg attende til ein slik hageflekk.

More than before, he has a desire to retreat to such a small garden.

(uncountable, folklore) an itch in the nose which comes when someone is thinking of one, or as a warning that someone is about to arrive


oval

ovalen (definite singular)
ovalar (indefinite plural)
ovalane (definite plural)


petunia

petuniaen (definite singular)
petuniaer (indefinite plural)
petuniaar (indefinite plural)
petuniaene (definite plural)
petuniaane (definite plural)

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


arena

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


banane

definite masculine plural of bane (Etymology 1)


western

westernen (definite singular)
westernar (indefinite plural)
westernane (definite plural)


mold

From Old Norse mold, from Proto-Germanic *muldō.


vismut

vismuten (definite singular)
vismutet (definite singular)


ananas

ananasen (definite singular)
ananasar (indefinite plural)
ananasane (definite plural)

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


jul

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

As a written form borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål jul, from Danish jul, from Old East Norse iūl. Also through the spoken language as an earlier East Nordic loan. Cognate with Old West Norse jól, compare jol. Akin to English Yule.


voodoo

voodooen (definite singular)
voodooar (indefinite plural)
voodooane (definite plural)

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


nov

novet (definite singular)
nov (indefinite plural)
nova (definite plural)

a construction type of a corner of a log cabin


mamma

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


kompassi

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of kompass


post

posten (definite singular)
postar (indefinite plural)
postane (definite plural)

Derived from Italian posta (in this sense).

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


folklore

folkloren (definite singular)
folklorar (indefinite plural)
folklorane (definite plural)


container

containeren (definite singular)
containerar (indefinite plural)
containerane (definite plural)

a container (large metal box for transporting goods)


fond

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


tal

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


villa

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


mil

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

From Latin milia, millia and Old Norse míla.

(today in Norway) a distance of 10 kilometres

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

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


uniform

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

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


reit

reit m (definite singular reiten, indefinite plural reitar, definite plural reitane)

reit f (definite singular reita, indefinite plural reiter, definite plural reitene)

reiten (definite singular)
reitar (indefinite plural)
reitane (definite plural)
reita (definite singular)
reiter (indefinite plural)
reitene (definite plural)


arrangement

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


mens

mensen (definite singular)
mensar (indefinite plural)
mensane (definite plural)

short for menstruasjon (menstruation), a monthly period.


milliard

milliarden (definite singular)
milliardar (indefinite plural)
milliardane (definite plural)


halo

halo m (definite singular haloen, indefinite plural haloar, definite plural haloane)

haloen (definite singular)
haloar (indefinite plural)
haloane (definite plural)


gula

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


bunker

bunkeren (definite singular)
bunkerar (indefinite plural)
bunkerane (definite plural)


forum

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forum n (definite singular forumet, indefinite plural forum, definite plural foruma)

forumet (definite singular)
forum (indefinite plural)
foruma (definite plural)


gran

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

From Old Norse grǫn (“spruce or pine tree”), whence also gron (“muzzle; animal lips”). From Proto-Germanic *granō (“awn, bristles”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰroH-néh₂-. Cognate with Faroese gron, Icelandic grön, and Swedish and Danish gran.

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


anemometer

anemometer n (definite singular anemometeret, indefinite plural anemometer, definite plural anemometera)

anemometeret (definite singular)
anemometer (indefinite plural)
anemometera (definite plural)


von

vona (definite singular)
voner (indefinite plural)
vonene (definite plural)

From Old Norse ván, vón, ón, from Proto-Germanic *wēniz.

(fishing) a place where one hopes to make a good catch


von

vonen (definite singular)
vonar (indefinite plural)
vonane (definite plural)

From German von. Doublet of van. The noun is derived from the preposition.

(rare) a person with the preposition von in their name


donna

donnaa (definite singular)
donnaer (indefinite plural)
donnaene (definite plural)


vin

vinen (definite singular)
vinar (indefinite plural)
vinane (definite plural)

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


vin

viner (plural)
vin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
vinen (accusative definite nominative singular)
viner (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
vinerne (accusative definite nominative plural)
vine (dative definite singular)
vinom (dative definite plural)
vine- (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)

nn-decl-blank-full

vin

(pre-1901 (Landsmål) or dialectal) alternative form of ven (“friend”)


paprika

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

From German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian paprika.


aerosol

aerosolen (definite singular)
aerosolar (indefinite plural)
aerosolane (definite plural)


genesis

genesisen (definite singular)
genesisar (indefinite plural)
genesisane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, creation, beginning”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth, production”), from *ǵenh₁-.


status

statusen (definite singular)
statusar (indefinite plural)
statusane (definite plural)


stall

stallen (definite singular)
stallar (indefinite plural)
stallane (definite plural)

a stable (building where horses are housed)


hula

hulaen (definite singular)
hulaer (indefinite plural)
hulaar (indefinite plural)
hulaene (definite plural)
hulaane (definite plural)


satire

satiren (definite singular)
satirar (indefinite plural)
satirane (definite plural)


polka

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

Via German Polka or French polka from Czech polka and půlka


barometer

barometeret (definite singular)
barometer (indefinite plural)
barometera (definite plural)

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


kuk

kuken (definite singular)
kukar (indefinite plural)
kukane (definite plural)

From Middle Norwegian kúkr m of unknown origin, probably utilised as a pejorative nickname. Likely related to kjuke or kvik (“raw or sensitive flesh, quick”).


folk

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

From Old Norse folk, fólk. Akin to English folk.

Folk er rare.

Nordmennene er eit rart folk.


bris

brisen (definite singular)
brisar (indefinite plural)
brisane (definite plural)


gard

garden (definite singular)
gardar (indefinite plural)
gardane (definite plural)

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

townhouse (often in the compound bygard)

fence (often in the compounds skigard or steingard)


museum

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


yoga

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

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

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


moped

mopeden (definite singular)
mopedar (indefinite plural)
mopedane (definite plural)


chakra

chakraet (definite singular)
chakra (indefinite plural)
chakraa (definite plural)

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


veranda

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


panorama

panoramaet (definite singular)
panorama (indefinite plural)
panoramaa (definite plural)


jackpot

jackpoten (definite singular)
jackpotar (indefinite plural)
jackpotane (definite plural)


patriot

patrioten (definite singular)
patriotar (indefinite plural)
patriotane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs).


trauma

traumaet (definite singular)
trauma (indefinite plural)
traumaa (definite plural)


bori

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of bor


atoll

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

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


bruna

(nonstandard, dialectal) definite singular of bru


hiss

hissen (definite singular)
hissar (indefinite plural)
hissane (definite plural)


skipper

skipperen (definite singular)
skipperar (indefinite plural)
skipperane (definite plural)


borg

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

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

From Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”).


tiki

(non-standard since 2012) definite singular of tik


niob

Named after Niobe, daughter of Tantalus.

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


setting

settinga (definite singular)
settingar (indefinite plural)
settingane (definite plural)

the act of putting, setting (something somewhere)

the manner of putting, setting (something somewhere)


setting

settingen (definite singular)
settingar (indefinite plural)
settingane (definite plural)

a setting (frame, background, context, scenario)


polymer

polymeren (definite singular)
polymerar (indefinite plural)
polymerane (definite plural)

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


tid

tida (definite singular)
tider (indefinite plural)
tidene (definite plural)
tide (dative)

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


plast

plasten (definite singular)
plastar (indefinite plural)
plastane (definite plural)

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


tv

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


PMS

premenstruelt syndrom
premenstruelt syndrom#Norwegian_Nynorsk

(medicine) Initialism of premenstruelt syndrom (“premenstrual syndrome”).


margin

marginen (definite singular)
marginar (indefinite plural)
marginane (definite plural)


litotes

litotesen (definite singular)
litotesar (indefinite plural)
litotesane (definite plural)


bona

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of bunad.


trombone

trombonen (definite singular)
trombonar (indefinite plural)
trombonane (definite plural)


puma

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

Puma concolor
Puma concolor#Translingual


flog

floget (definite singular)
flog (indefinite plural)
floga (definite plural)


portugis

portugisen (definite singular)
portugisar (indefinite plural)
portugisane (definite plural)

(pre-2012) alternative form of portugisar


monogram

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


feber

feberen (definite singular)
febrar (indefinite plural)
febrane (definite plural)


nid

From Old Norse níð, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą, sense 2 being a semantic loan from German Neid. Doublet of ni-.

(archaic or historical) mockery, defamation, shame


ballast

ballasten (definite singular)
ballastar (indefinite plural)
ballastane (definite plural)
ballasta (definite singular)
ballaster (indefinite plural)
ballastene (definite plural)


prat

praten (definite singular)
pratar (indefinite plural)
pratane (definite plural)
pratet (definite singular)
prat (indefinite plural)
prata (definite plural)


temperatur

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temperatur m (definite singular temperaturen, indefinite plural temperaturar, definite plural temperaturane)

temperaturen (definite singular)
temperaturar (indefinite plural)
temperaturane (definite plural)


pris

prisen (definite singular)
prisar (indefinite plural)
prisane (definite plural)


gods

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

an estate (large area of land under single ownership)


initial

initialen (definite singular)
initialar (indefinite plural)
initialane (definite plural)


kall

kallet (definite singular)
kall (indefinite plural)
kalla (definite plural)

From Old Norse kall. See also the verb kalla (“to call”).

a calling or vocation, religious or otherwise

an office and/or the geographic area of said office


kall

kallen (definite singular)
kallar (indefinite plural)
kallane (definite plural)

From Old Norse karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of kar. Cognates include Elfdalian kall and Swedish karl.

kall og kjerring

(folklore) (a general term for) a male supernatural creature


merde

merda (definite singular)
merder (indefinite plural)
merdene (definite plural)


mycelium

myceliet (definite singular)
mycelium (indefinite plural)
mycelia (definite plural)


mor

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

From Old Norse móðir. Akin to English mother.

Han elskar mora si.


mor

moren (definite singular)
morar (indefinite plural)
morane (definite plural)


knagg

knaggen (definite singular)
knaggar (indefinite plural)
knaggane (definite plural)

A peg for hanging things on; hook for hanging clothes

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


ottoman

ottomanen (definite singular)
ottomanar (indefinite plural)
ottomanane (definite plural)

an ottoman (sofa without arms or backrest)


femtedel

femtedelen (definite singular)
femtedelar (indefinite plural)
femtedelane (definite plural)


rapport

rapporten (definite singular)
rapportar (indefinite plural)
rapportane (definite plural)


hint

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


flora

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


år

året (definite singular)
år (indefinite plural)
åra (definite plural)
Historical inflection of år

From Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r-. Akin to English year.


år

åra (definite singular)
årar (indefinite plural)
årer (indefinite plural)
årane (definite plural)
årene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of år

nn-noun-infl

<i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">åre</i> was taken in as an alternative form.


år

From Old Norse æðr, from Proto-Germanic *ēþrǭ.

han ransakar aadrarna i bladet

1915, Kristofer Janson, Norske eventyr som taletekster, page 75:


rev

reven (definite singular)
revar (indefinite plural)
revane (definite plural)

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

Dan fatige fangar Reven; dan rike fær Skinnet.

The poor man catches the fox; the rich man gets its hide.


rev

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

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


giro

giroen (definite singular)
giroar (indefinite plural)
giroane (definite plural)

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


stig

stigen (definite singular)
stigar (indefinite plural)
stigane (definite plural)


stig

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stìg n (definite singular stìget, indefinite plural stìg, definite plural stìgi)

stìg (canonical neuter)
stìget (definite singular)
stìg (indefinite plural)
stìgi (definite plural)


journalist

journalisten (definite singular)
journalistar (indefinite plural)
journalistane (definite plural)


lyn

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


skip

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

From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą. Akin to English ship.


nav

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

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


gal

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


gal

(eye dialect spelling, Trøndelag dialect, Eastern Norway) Alternative spelling of gard (“farm”)

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


tabu

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


fester

festra (definite singular)
festri (definite singular)
festrer (indefinite plural)
festrene (definite plural)

From Old Norse festr, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *fastuz.

-fest

place to moor boats; used in place names


fester

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


organist

organisten (definite singular)
organistar (indefinite plural)
organistane (definite plural)

From Medieval Latin organista, from organum.


alt

alten (definite singular)
altar (indefinite plural)
altane (definite plural)

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


flauta

flauta (definite singular)
flauter (indefinite plural)
flautor (indefinite plural)
flautene (definite plural)
flautone (definite plural)

(pre-2012) alternative form of flaute (“crossbeam in a sleigh”)


grin

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


lupe

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


seid

seiden (definite singular)
seidar (indefinite plural)
seidane (definite plural)


seid

A type of magic, especially in Norse conditions.


optimist

optimisten (definite singular)
optimistar (indefinite plural)
optimistane (definite plural)


tusen

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

From Old Norse þúsund, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundī. Akin to English thousand.


båt

båten (definite singular)
båtar (indefinite plural)
båtane (definite plural)

From Old Norse bátr. Akin to English boat.


natt

natta (definite singular)
netter (indefinite plural)
nettene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of natt

nn-noun-infl

Aasen only lists Natt in his dictionary (1850), but both Natt and Naatt in his grammar (1864).

Form was allowed for schoolchildren already in 1910.

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


blink

blinken (definite singular)
blinkar (indefinite plural)
blinkane (definite plural)


revolver

revolveren (definite singular)
revolverar (indefinite plural)
revolverane (definite plural)

Han fekk tak i ein revolver.


ri

ria (definite singular)
rier (indefinite plural)
riene (definite plural)


fut

futen (definite singular)
futar (indefinite plural)
futane (definite plural)

Ultimately from Latin advocatus, compare Danish foged, Norwegian Bokmål fogd and Swedish fogde.

Å fúten vi’ eg no gjeva mí kló,
han skríve så mykje eitt fy tvo.

And I’ll give my claw to the bailiff (so he can use it as a pen),
he writes one instead of two so often


morgon

morgonen (definite singular)
morgonar (indefinite plural)
morgnar (indefinite plural)
morgonane (definite plural)
morgnane (definite plural)

From Old Norse morgunn, morginn, from Proto-Germanic *murginaz, from Proto-Indo-European *merkʷ-, *merǝkʷ-. Cognate with Faroese morgun, Icelandic morgunn, Swedish morgon and Danish morgen. Akin to English morning.

morning (the part of the day around dawn and before midday)


kiosk

kiosken (definite singular)
kioskar (indefinite plural)
kioskane (definite plural)


pung

pungen (definite singular)
pungar (indefinite plural)
pungane (definite plural)


pose

posen (definite singular)
posar (indefinite plural)
posane (definite plural)


fille

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

From Old Norse filla (“skin”), compare Dutch vel.


stunt

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


pinn

pinnen (definite singular)
pinnar (indefinite plural)
pinnane (definite plural)


litir

(non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of lìt


killing

killingen (definite singular)
killingar (indefinite plural)
killingane (definite plural)


bile

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

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


smaragd

smaragden (definite singular)
smaragdar (indefinite plural)
smaragdane (definite plural)

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


cyanose

cyanosen (definite singular)
cyanosar (indefinite plural)
cyanosane (definite plural)


reform

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


frue

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


haka

Borrowed from English haka, from Maori haka.


stump

stumpen (definite singular)
stumpar (indefinite plural)
stumpane (definite plural)

From Old Norse stumpr and Middle Low German stump.

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

(humorous) buttocks, little scamp, tiny tot


mais

maisen (definite singular)
maisar (indefinite plural)
maisane (definite plural)

Borrowed from Spanish maiz, from Taíno mahis.

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


sko

skoen (plural)
Historical inflection of sko

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


curriculum vitae

curriculum vitaeen (definite singular)
curriculum vitaeet (definite singular)
curriculum vitaear (indefinite plural)
curriculum vitae (indefinite plural)
curriculum vitaeane (definite plural)
curriculum vitaea (definite plural)

curriculum vitae
curriculum vitae#English


straff

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

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


rektor

rektoren (definite singular)
rektorar (indefinite plural)
rektorane (definite plural)

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


ro

From Old Norse ró. Akin to dialectal English roo.


punt

punten (definite singular)
puntar (indefinite plural)
puntane (definite plural)


barking

barkinga (definite singular)
barkingar (indefinite plural)
barkingane (definite plural)

tanning of skin with help of bark (usually willow, birch or oak bark)


terre

From Old Norse þorri. Cognate with Icelandic þorri

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) a period between January 13 and February 11, same as torre


fud

fuda (definite singular)
fuder (indefinite plural)
fudene (definite plural)

From Old Norse fuð (“vagina, vulva; cunt”)

få fuda i gir!

get on with it! (literally, “get your butt in gear”)


lek

leken (definite singular)
lekar (indefinite plural)
lekane (definite plural)


debut

debuten (definite singular)
debutar (indefinite plural)
debutane (definite plural)


vor

voren (definite singular)
vorar (indefinite plural)
vorane (definite plural)


entre

entreen (definite singular)
entrear (indefinite plural)
entreane (definite plural)


deja vu

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


racket

racketen (definite singular)
racketar (indefinite plural)
racketane (definite plural)

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


libretto

librettoen (definite singular)
librettoar (indefinite plural)
librettoane (definite plural)


gamp

gampen (definite singular)
gampar (indefinite plural)
gampane (definite plural)

Related to gimpe (“twist the upper body”)


bora

definite neuter plural of bor (Etymology 2)


veteran

veteranen (definite singular)
veteranar (indefinite plural)
veteranane (definite plural)


verde

verdet (definite singular)
verde (indefinite plural)
verda (definite plural)


ultimatum

ultimatumet (definite singular)
ultimatum (indefinite plural)
ultimatuma (definite plural)


overdose

overdosen (definite singular)
overdosar (indefinite plural)
overdosane (definite plural)


angina

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


couronne

couronnen (definite singular)
couronnar (indefinite plural)
couronnane (definite plural)


hygrometer

hygrometeret (definite singular)
hygrometer (indefinite plural)
hygrometera (definite plural)


fossil

fossilet (definite singular)
fossil (indefinite plural)
fossila (definite plural)


yogi

yogien (definite singular)
yogiar (indefinite plural)
yogiane (definite plural)


øre

øren (definite singular)
øret (definite singular)
øre (indefinite plural)
ørane (definite plural)
øra (definite plural)

From Norwegian Nynorsk øre, from Danish øre, from Old Norse eyrir. Doublet of øyre.

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


øre

head

øre n (definite singular øret, indefinite plural øre, definite plural øra or øri)

øret (definite singular)
øre (indefinite plural)
øra (definite plural)
øri (definite plural)

ear; (pre-2012) alternative form of øyra


symposium

symposiet (definite singular)
symposium (indefinite plural)
symposia (definite plural)


profil

profilen (definite singular)
profilar (indefinite plural)
profilane (definite plural)


bork

Borken til treet hadde falle av.

cortex (outer layer of an internal organ or body structure)


bartender

bartenderen (definite singular)
bartenderar (indefinite plural)
bartenderane (definite plural)


glas

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


grad

graden (definite singular)
gradar (indefinite plural)
gradane (definite plural)
grada (definite singular)
grader (indefinite plural)
gradene (definite plural)


visdom

visdom m (definite singular visdomen or visdommen)

visdomen (definite singular)
visdommen (definite singular)

/²ʋiːsˌdʊmː/

/²ʋiːsˌdɔmː/


var

varet (definite singular)
var (indefinite plural)
vara (definite plural)

From Old Norse ver, from verja. Doublet of vær.

Har du dratt var på putene endå?

Have you put the pillows in pillowcases yet?


helvete

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

der

vegen til helvete er brulagt med gode føremål

Somme trur dei fordømde kjem til helvete.

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

Some people believe that the damned are sent to hell.

Now I am probably the only priest in the lands of Norway who can say that he has been in Hell, and has escaped it safe and sound.

No er eg visst den einaste presten i Noregs land som kan seie han har vore i Helvete, og som har sloppe heil-skinna ut att. (Article in the Norwegian Nynorsk edition of Wikipedia)

Hell; a place of suffering for the damned.

Eg dreg aldri til den staden igjen, han var eit helvete.

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

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


plage

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

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


salve

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


salve

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


penicillin

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


spanjor

spanjoren (definite singular)
spanjorar (indefinite plural)
spanjorane (definite plural)


glede

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

happiness, joy, delight, gladness, pleasure


grim

grimen (definite singular)
grimar (indefinite plural)
grimane (definite plural)


sone

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

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


sonde

sonden (definite singular)
sondar (indefinite plural)
sondane (definite plural)

a probe (used to explore, investigate or measure)


bikini

head

bikini m (definite singular bikinien, indefinite plural bikiniar, definite plural bikiniane)

bikinien (definite singular)
bikiniar (indefinite plural)
bikiniane (definite plural)


gradient

gradienten (definite singular)
gradientar (indefinite plural)
gradientane (definite plural)

From English gradient, from Latin gradiens.


syra

syra (definite singular)
syrer (indefinite plural)
syror (indefinite plural)
syrene (definite plural)
syrone (definite plural)


pandemonium

pandemoniet (definite singular)
pandemonium (indefinite plural)
pandemonia (definite plural)

(antiquity) temple for all gods and demigods


morfar

morfaren (definite singular)
morfedrar (indefinite plural)
morfedrane (definite plural)

maternal grandfather
maternal grandfather


ånd

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

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


handled

handleden (definite singular)
handleder (indefinite plural)
handledar (indefinite plural)
handledene (definite plural)
handledane (definite plural)


rike

riket (definite singular)
rike (indefinite plural)
rika (definite plural)


føl

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

From Old Norse fyl, from Proto-Germanic *fulją.


spalte

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

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

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


bakar

bakaren (definite singular)
bakarar (indefinite plural)
bakarane (definite plural)

From Old Norse bakari, from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz.


landsby

landsbyen (definite singular)
landsbyar (indefinite plural)
landsbyane (definite plural)


lager

lageret (definite singular)
lager (indefinite plural)
lagera (definite plural)


moratorium

moratoriet (definite singular)
moratorium (indefinite plural)
moratoria (definite plural)


shorts

shorts m (definite singular shortsen, indefinite plural shorts or shortsar, definite plural shortsane)

shortsen (definite singular)
shorts (indefinite plural)
shortsar (indefinite plural)
shortsane (definite plural)


etylen

etylenen (definite singular)
etylenet (definite singular)


pike

pikeen (definite singular)
pikear (indefinite plural)
pikeane (definite plural)


voll

vollen (definite singular)
vollar (indefinite plural)
vollane (definite plural)

From Old Norse vǫllr. Akin to English wold.

The orb of day […] dimly twinkles o'er the watery plain […]

1853, Ivar Aasen, "Barne-Minne", translated from Lord Byron, "Childish recollections" Som Morgonsoli […] blinkar dimt ut paa dan vaate Voll […]

(agricultural) a meadow, grassy area, grassy plain


voll

From Middle Low German wal, from Latin vallum.


ål

ålen (definite singular)
ålar (indefinite plural)
ålane (definite plural)

From Old Norse áll, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz of unclear origin.

a groove at the bottom of a body of water


trampoline

trampolinen (definite singular)
trampolinar (indefinite plural)
trampolinane (definite plural)


abc

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


hjul

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

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


abakus

abakusen (definite singular)
abakusar (indefinite plural)
abakusane (definite plural)

(architecture) abacus (the uppermost portion of the capital of a column)


IT

information technology
information technology

Abbreviation of informasjonsteknologi (“information technology”).


bastu

bastu f (definite singular bastua or basto, indefinite plural bastuer or bastur, definite plural bastuene or badstune)

bastua (definite singular)
basto (definite singular)
bastuer (indefinite plural)
bastur (indefinite plural)
bastuene (definite plural)
badstune (definite plural)

A clipping of Old Norse baðstofu (oblique case of baðstofa) with metaphony. Compare badstugu.

(dialectal) alternative form of badstove (“sauna”)


foton

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

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


regatta

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

From Italian (Venetian dialect) regatta.


comeback

comeback n (definite singular comebacket, indefinite plural comeback, definite plural comebacka)

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

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


elefant

elefanten (definite singular)
elefantar (indefinite plural)
elefantane (definite plural)


lyske

lysken (definite singular)
lyskar (indefinite plural)
lyskane (definite plural)


børste

børsten (definite singular)
børstar (indefinite plural)
børstane (definite plural)

From German Bürste, via Norwegian Bokmål børste.


fu

fua (definite singular)
fuer (indefinite plural)
fuene (definite plural)

From Old Norse fuð (only attested in compounds).


ande

anden (definite singular)
andar (indefinite plural)
andane (definite plural)


æra

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

ein æra er forbi


unse

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

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

og heilt visst er det at det gjekk 12 unsor på det engelske Tower-pundet.

1927, Asgaut Steinnes, Ymist um norsk vekt fyre år 900, Oslo: Jacob Dybwad, page 15:

and it is certain that the English Tower pound had 12 ounces.

(historical) any of a number of various historical units of measure used for metals or medicine, weighing around 30 grams

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

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


sild

silda (definite singular)
sildar (indefinite plural)
silder (indefinite plural)
sildane (definite plural)
sildene (definite plural)

Clupea harengus
Clupea harengus#Translingual


turban

turbanen (definite singular)
turbanar (indefinite plural)
turbanane (definite plural)

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


heft

heftet (definite singular)
heft (indefinite plural)
hefta (definite plural)


alkyl

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


kylling

kyllingen (definite singular)
kyllingar (indefinite plural)
kyllingane (definite plural)

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål kylling from Danish kylling, from Old Norse kjúklingr, whence also kjukling.


flamme

flammen (definite singular)
flammar (indefinite plural)
flammane (definite plural)
flamma (definite singular)
flammer (indefinite plural)
flammene (definite plural)


høne

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


istid

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

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


jagt

jagti (definite singular)
jagter (indefinite plural)
jagterne (definite plural)
jagtene (definite plural)


script

scriptet (definite singular)
script (indefinite plural)
scripta (definite plural)
scripten (definite singular)
scriptar (indefinite plural)
scriptane (definite plural)

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

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


harpun

harpunen (definite singular)
harpunar (indefinite plural)
harpunane (definite plural)


pedal

pedalen (definite singular)
pedalar (indefinite plural)
pedalane (definite plural)


produkt

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

From German Produkt, from Latin productum.


kan

kanen (definite singular)
kanar (indefinite plural)
kanane (definite plural)


hane

hanen (definite singular)
hanar (indefinite plural)
hanane (definite plural)

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


hane

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

a female goat which has not yet borne a kid


auditorium

auditoriet (definite singular)
auditorium (indefinite plural)
auditoria (definite plural)

an auditorium, in particular a lecture hall


tzatziki

tzatzikien (definite singular)
tzatzikiar (indefinite plural)
tzatzikiane (definite plural)


maru

maro (definite singular)
marur (indefinite plural)
marune (definite plural)


træl

trælen (definite singular)
trælar (indefinite plural)
trælane (definite plural)


træl

Ung og sterk kar med træl i nevane

Young and strong guy with a worker's hands


alfa

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

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

alpha, first letter of the Greek alphabet.


bod

bodet (definite singular)
bod (indefinite plural)
boda (definite plural)

From Old West Norse boð, from Proto-Germanic *budą (“offer, message”), cognate with Icelandic boð, Dutch bod, German Gebot.

Eg kjem med bod.

Postbod


diplomat

diplomaten (definite singular)
diplomatar (indefinite plural)
diplomatane (definite plural)


referendum

referendumet (definite singular)
referendum (indefinite plural)
referenduma (definite plural)


leister

(non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of leist


oregano

oreganoen (definite singular)
oreganoar (indefinite plural)
oreganoane (definite plural)

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


motto

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


cello

celloen (definite singular)
celloar (indefinite plural)
celloane (definite plural)


majoritet

majoriteten (definite singular)
majoritetar (indefinite plural)
majoritetane (definite plural)

majority (subgroup that forms a numerical majority)


minoritet

minoriteten (definite singular)
minoritetar (indefinite plural)
minoritetane (definite plural)

From Medieval Latin minoritas via French minorité and German Minorität.

minority (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)


koreansk

koreansk m (definite singular koreansken)

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


polsk

polsken (definite singular)
polskar (indefinite plural)
polskane (definite plural)


sinn

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


svensk

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


absint

absinten (definite singular)
absintar (indefinite plural)
absintane (definite plural)

Borrowed from French absinthe, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion).


teleskop

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


mikroskop

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


attentat

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

an assassination, or attempted assassination


hans

hansen (definite singular)
hansar (indefinite plural)
hansane (definite plural)


hans

(historical, nautical, collective) a feast or a set of gifts which a sailor was expected to provide his fellow crewmen upon the return of his first voyage.


disse

dissa (definite singular)
disser (indefinite plural)
dissene (definite plural)


asp

aspen (definite singular)
aspar (indefinite plural)
aspane (definite plural)


filatelist

filatelisten (definite singular)
filatelistar (indefinite plural)
filatelistane (definite plural)


mani

manien (definite singular)
maniar (indefinite plural)
maniane (definite plural)

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

mania (mental illness, or excessive enthusiasm)


afro

afroen (definite singular)
afroar (indefinite plural)
afroane (definite plural)


lege

legen (definite singular)
legar (indefinite plural)
legane (definite plural)

From Danish læge through Norwegian Bokmål lege. Compare also lækjar, from lækja (“to heal”).


lege

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

the act of lying (resting in a horizontal position)

a place where something lies, e.g. an animal

any kind of resting place for livestock and it's shepherd (usually high in the mountains, especially in Setesdalsheiene)


quilt

quilten (definite singular)
quiltar (indefinite plural)
quiltane (definite plural)


fata

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


mausoleum

mausoleet (definite singular)
mausoleum (indefinite plural)
mausolea (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖον (Mausōleîon) from Ancient Greek Μαύσωλος (Maúsōlos); named for Mausolus (Μαύσωλος or Μαύσσωλλος), via Latin mausoleum.


patent

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

Short form of Anglo-Norman lettre patente.


ordre

ordren (definite singular)
ordrar (indefinite plural)
ordrane (definite plural)

order (request for some product or service)


orsak

orsaki (definite singular)
orsaker (indefinite plural)
orsakir (indefinite plural)
orsakerne (definite plural)
orsakine (definite plural)


dodekaeder

dodekaederet (definite singular)
dodekaeder (indefinite plural)
dodekaedera (definite plural)


tetraeder

tetraederet (definite singular)
tetraeder (indefinite plural)
tetraedera (definite plural)


dolk

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dolk m (definite singular dolken, indefinite plural dolkar, definite plural dolkane)

dolken (definite singular)
dolkar (indefinite plural)
dolkane (definite plural)


New Age

New Age (gender indeterminate, not declined)


diamant

diamanten (definite singular)
diamantar (indefinite plural)
diamantane (definite plural)

Borrowed from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Classical Latin adamās.

Kongen bar ei krone av gull, innsett med diamantar.

The king wore a crown of gold set with diamonds.

Saga er innsett med diamant.

letterpress printing
letterpress printing

the smallest typeface in letterpress printing


singel

singelen (definite singular)
singelar (indefinite plural)
singelane (definite plural)


singel

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


singel

singelet (definite singular)
singel (indefinite plural)
singela (definite plural)

From the verb single (“make a crackling, ringing sound”).


VM

VM-et (definite singular)
VM (indefinite plural)
VM-a (definite plural)

Initialism of verdsmeisterskap (“World championship, World cup”).


kanin

kaninen (definite singular)
kaninar (indefinite plural)
kaninane (definite plural)

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


hose

hosa (definite singular)
hoser (indefinite plural)
hosene (definite plural)

From Old Norse hosa, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ.


pute

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

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


moder

modera (definite singular)
mødrer (indefinite plural)
mødrene (definite plural)


sitting

sittinga (definite singular)
sittingar (indefinite plural)
sittingane (definite plural)


bombing

bombinga (definite singular)
bombingar (indefinite plural)
bombingane (definite plural)


tunga

tunga (definite singular)
tunger (indefinite plural)
tungor (indefinite plural)
tungene (definite plural)
tungone (definite plural)


øy

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

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


dikti

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of dikt


vit

From Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *witją. Cognate with Faroese vit, Norwegian Bokmål vett, Swedish vett, Danish vid, English wit, Dutch wit, German Witz.


tights

tightsen (definite singular)
tights (indefinite plural)
tightsar (indefinite plural)
tightsane (definite plural)


leto

(non-standard since 1917) definite singular of lètu


fess

fessen (definite singular)
fessar (indefinite plural)
fessane (definite plural)


perle

perla (definite singular)
perler (indefinite plural)
perlene (definite plural)


dato

datoen (definite singular)
datoar (indefinite plural)
datoane (definite plural)


monument

monumentet (definite singular)
monument (indefinite plural)
monumenta (definite plural)


Ass

Assen (definite singular)
Assar (indefinite plural)
Assane (definite plural)


stat

staten (definite singular)
statar (indefinite plural)
statane (definite plural)

Borrowed from Middle Low German stat, from Latin status.

Frankrike er ein av dei største statane i Europa.

France is one of the largest countries of Europe.

Eg har fått meg jobb i staten.

I have got a job working for the government.

(definite form) the government, authorities


soda

sodaen (definite singular)
sodaar (indefinite plural)
sodaer (indefinite plural)
sodaane (definite plural)
sodaene (definite plural)

From Italian sodo, possibly from Latin solidus (“solid”). The second sense is borrowed from English.


KI

kunstig intelligens
kunstig intelligens#Norwegian_Nynorsk


bh

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


aari

(non-standard since 1917) definite singular of aar f

(non-standard since 1917) definite plural of aar n


maori

maorien (definite singular)
maoriar (indefinite plural)
maoriane (definite plural)

a Maori (member of the native people of New Zealand)

(uncountable) Maori (the language spoken by the Maori people)


familie

familien (definite singular)
familiar (indefinite plural)
familiane (definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin familia, via German Familie.

a family (father, mother and their sons and daughters)

(biology) family (a principal taxonomic category)


gimmer

gimra (definite singular)
gimrar (indefinite plural)
gimrer (indefinite plural)
gimrane (definite plural)
gimrene (definite plural)

From Old Norse gymbr, from Proto-Germanic *gimrį̄.

a gimmer, a ewe between one and two years old


fijian

fijianen (definite singular)
fijianar (indefinite plural)
fijianane (definite plural)


ragnarok

ragnaroket (definite singular)
ragnarok (indefinite plural)
ragnaroka (definite plural)

From Old Norse ragnarǫk, from regin (“gods”) + rǫk (“fate, judgment”).


tamil

tamilen (definite singular)
tamilar (indefinite plural)
tamilane (definite plural)

a Tamil (member of a people living in parts of Southern India and Sri Lanka)


genoa

(nautical, sailing) a genoa (type of foresail)


slovak

slovaken (definite singular)
slovakar (indefinite plural)
slovakane (definite plural)


auge

auget (definite singular)
auge (indefinite plural)
auga (definite plural)


afar

afaren (definite singular)
afarar (indefinite plural)
afarane (definite plural)


koine

koineen (definite singular)
koinear (indefinite plural)
koineane (definite plural)


german

germanen (definite singular)
germanar (indefinite plural)
germanane (definite plural)


ivorian

ivorianen (definite singular)
ivorianar (indefinite plural)
ivorianane (definite plural)

(pre-2012) alternative form of ivorianar


meister

meisteren (definite singular)
meistrar (indefinite plural)
meistrane (definite plural)

From Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German.

champion (someone who has been winner in a contest)


butan

butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)

butanen (definite singular)
butanet (definite singular)


samaritan

samaritanen (definite singular)
samaritanar (indefinite plural)
samaritanane (definite plural)

ein miskunnsam samaritan

a Samaritan (charitable, helpful person)


feder

(non-standard since 1938) indefinite plural of far


november

From Latin november, from novem (“nine”).


september

From Latin september, from septem (“seven”).


pore

pora (definite singular)
porer (indefinite plural)
porene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”).


brigade

brigaden (definite singular)
brigadar (indefinite plural)
brigadane (definite plural)

Borrowed from French brigade, from Italian brigata, from Italian or Medieval Latin briga (“strife”).


mandel

mandel m (definite singular mandelen, indefinite plural mandlar, definite plural mandlane)

mandelen (definite singular)
mandlar (indefinite plural)
mandlane (definite plural)


dane

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

Riket til danane var større enn dagens Danmark.

The realm of the Danes was larger than present day Denmark.

a Dane (when referring to early Medieval times/the Viking era)


swahili

From Arabic سَوَاحِل (sawāḥil, “coasts”).


nase

nasen (definite singular)
nasar (indefinite plural)
nasane (definite plural)

From Old Norse nasar and nasir, nominative and accusative plurals of nǫs f (whence Norwegian Nynorsk nos f. The verb is derived from the noun.

Du har noko på nasen din.

Nasen på flyet var dekt med snø.

The nose of the airplane was covered in snow.


viking

vikingen (definite singular)
vikingar (indefinite plural)
vikingane (definite plural)

Learned borrowing from Old Norse víkingr, from Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz. Borrowed into Norwegian not before 17th century, when it first came in use in Swedish (see Swedish viking) and Danish (see Danish viking).


viking

vikinga (definite singular)
vikinger (indefinite plural)
vikingene (definite plural)

fara i viking

(historical) a freebooting voyage, piracy


viking

an inhabitant of a bay (vik) (usually used as an ending in demonyms, see -viking)


viking

From vika (“to yield, give away”) (or its alternative form vikja). Compare to Swedish vikning (“aliasing”)

a turning (from the norm, way or frequency)


jod

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jod m or n (definite singular joden or jodet)

joden (definite singular)
jodet (definite singular)

From Ancient Greek ἰοειδής (ioeidḗs, “violet”).


orden

ordenen (definite singular)
ordenar (indefinite plural)
ordenane (definite plural)

From Latin ordo, via Middle Low German orden.

i alfabetisk orden


islamist

islamisten (definite singular)
islamistar (indefinite plural)
islamistane (definite plural)


mormon

mormonen (definite singular)
mormonar (indefinite plural)
mormonane (definite plural)

Directly or ultimately from English Mormon.

(religion) a Mormon (adherent of Mormonism)


seminar

seminaret (definite singular)
seminar (indefinite plural)
seminara (definite plural)


adam

adamen (definite singular)
adamar (indefinite plural)
adamane (definite plural)

From the name of Adam in the book of Genesis.

(figurative) original sin or human frailty


feminist

feministen (definite singular)
feministar (indefinite plural)
feministane (definite plural)


magnolia

head

magnolia m (definite singular magnoliaen, indefinite plural magnoliaer or magnoliaar, definite plural magnoliaene or magnoliaane)

magnoliaen (definite singular)
magnoliaer (indefinite plural)
magnoliaar (indefinite plural)
magnoliaene (definite plural)
magnoliaane (definite plural)

Named after French botanist Pierre Magnol (1638–1715).


hei

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

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

From Old Norse heiðr. Akin to English heath.


cuban

cubanen (definite singular)
cubanar (indefinite plural)
cubanane (definite plural)


mo

moen (definite singular)
moar (indefinite plural)
moane (definite plural)

From Old Norse mór (“moor”), from Proto-Germanic *mōraz.


mo

moet (definite singular)
mo (indefinite plural)
moa (definite plural)


texas

(slang) craziness, wildness (like the Wild West)


champagne

champagnen (definite singular)
champagnar (indefinite plural)
champagnane (definite plural)


urea

From French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).


hindu

hinduen (definite singular)
hinduar (indefinite plural)
hinduane (definite plural)

From Persian هندو (hendu, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-ūg), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).


faute

fauten (definite singular)
fauta (definite singular)
fauter (indefinite plural)
fautar (indefinite plural)
fautene (definite plural)
fautane (definite plural)


buddhist

buddhist (indefinite masculine singular)
buddhisten (definite masculine singular)
buddhistar (indefinite masculine plural)
buddhistane (definite masculine plural)


anarki

anarkiet (definite singular)
anarki (indefinite plural)
anarkia (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”), + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “power, authority”). The /ki/ sound combination is probably from English anarchy.

anarchy (absence of any form of political authority or government)


hindi

Hindi; one of the official languages of India


eid

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

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


eid

eidet (definite singular)
eid (indefinite plural)
eida (definite plural)

From Old Norse eið, from Proto-Germanic *aidiją, probably related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“go”) and Latin eo. Cognate with Swedish ed, Icelandic eið, and Faroese eið.


eid

From Arabic عِيد (ʕīd), via Persian عید ('eyd).


saum

saumen (definite singular)
saumar (indefinite plural)
saumane (definite plural)


kvadrat

head

kvadrat n (definite singular kvadratet, indefinite plural kvadrat, definite plural kvadrata)

kvadratet (definite singular)
kvadrat (indefinite plural)
kvadrata (definite plural)


krone

krona (definite singular)
kroner (indefinite plural)
kronene (definite plural)

From Old Norse krúna, from Middle Low German krōne, from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē), from κορωνός (korōnós, “curved”).

(metonymically) the sovereign as a head of state

(numismatics) a currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress), or more specifically:

krone (the currencies of Norway, Denmark and Iceland);

(historical) such currencies used within the Austro-Hungarian Empire or her successor states.

kron

noun): krona (non-standard since 2012; heads of a coin

(dentistry) crown (prosthetic covering for a tooth)


saudi

saudien (definite singular)
saudiar (indefinite plural)
saudiane (definite plural)


saudi

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of saud


hijab

hijaben (definite singular)
hijabar (indefinite plural)
hijabane (definite plural)


haga

From Old Norse haga, oblique case singular of hagi, from Proto-Germanic *hagô.

I hagan din er alle roser raue.

1937, Asbjørn Dørumsgard, Jordmål, [Oslo]: Noregs boklag, page 69:

(dialectal, Southern East Norway) alternative form of hage


haga

(dialectal) alternative form of hagar; indefinite plural of hage or hagje


raja

rajaen (definite singular)
rajaer (indefinite plural)
rajaar (indefinite plural)
rajaene (definite plural)
rajaane (definite plural)

Borrowed from English rajah, from Hindi राजा (rājā) and Urdu راجا (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of rex.


gau

gauet (definite singular)
gau (indefinite plural)
gaua (definite plural)


emir

emiren (definite singular)
emirar (indefinite plural)
emirane (definite plural)

From Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”).


salat

salaten (definite singular)
salatar (indefinite plural)
salatane (definite plural)

Lactuca sativa
Lactuca sativa#Translingual


okla

okla (definite singular)
okler (indefinite plural)
oklor (indefinite plural)
oklene (definite plural)
oklone (definite plural)
Historical inflection of okla
n.

nn-noun-infl

In 1917, an alternative form okle n was introduced.


ili

(non-standard since 2012) definite singular of il


kors

korset (definite singular)
kors (indefinite plural)
korsa (definite plural)


geometri

geometrien (definite singular)
geometriar (indefinite plural)
geometriane (definite plural)

geo- + -metri, from Ancient Greek γεωμετρία (geōmetría, “geometry, land-survey”)


vatn

vatnet (definite singular)
vatn (indefinite plural)
vatna (definite plural)

From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Akin to English water.

Eg skulle ynskja eg hadde noko vatn å drikka.

Dette vatnet har eg ikkje sett før.


sura

suraen (definite singular)
suraer (indefinite plural)
suraar (indefinite plural)
suraene (definite plural)
suraane (definite plural)


kyn

kynet (definite singular)
kyn (indefinite plural)
kyna (definite plural)
kyni (definite plural)


kenyan

kenyanen (definite singular)
kenyanar (indefinite plural)
kenyanane (definite plural)


geit

geita (definite singular)
geiter (indefinite plural)
geitene (definite plural)
geit (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
geita (accusative definite nominative singular)
geiter (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
geitene (accusative definite nominative plural)
geite- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)
geite- (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)
geit (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
geiti (accusative definite nominative singular)
geiter (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
geiterna (accusative definite nominative plural)
geitenne (dative definite singular)
geitom (dative definite plural)
geitar- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)
geite- (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)

geit

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

nn-decl-blank-full

geit

From Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.


fakultet

fakultetet (definite singular)
fakultet (indefinite plural)
fakulteta (definite plural)


underside

undersida (definite singular)
undersider (indefinite plural)
undersidene (definite plural)


garnison

garnisonen (definite singular)
garnisonar (indefinite plural)
garnisonane (definite plural)


aud

riches, wealth (only used in given names)


yr

yret (definite singular)
yr (indefinite plural)
yra (definite plural)


puss

pussen (definite singular)
pussar (indefinite plural)
pussane (definite plural)

From pusse (“to clean, polish, plaster, render”).

(a layer of) plaster (mortar), plastering


puss

head

puss m or n (definite singular pussen or pusset)

pussen (definite singular)
pusset (definite singular)

(pathology) pus (yellowish fluid from infected tissue)


puss

pusset (definite singular)
puss (indefinite plural)
pussa (definite plural)

From Middle Low German putze, pusse, posse. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to hit”), likely in part through Old French boce (“bump”). Compare German Posse, Dutch poets.


smoking

smokingen (definite singular)
smokingar (indefinite plural)
smokingane (definite plural)


tariff

tariffen (definite singular)
tariffar (indefinite plural)
tariffane (definite plural)

From German Tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Arabic تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf).

tariff, scale, table of rates or charges


graf

grafen (definite singular)
grafar (indefinite plural)
grafane (definite plural)


assistent

assistenten (definite singular)
assistentar (indefinite plural)
assistentane (definite plural)


reporter

reporteren (definite singular)
reporterar (indefinite plural)
reporterane (definite plural)


sinus

sinusen (definite singular)
sinusar (indefinite plural)
sinusane (definite plural)


papir

papiret (definite singular)
papir (indefinite plural)
papira (definite plural)

From late Old Norse pappir, from Middle Low German pappir, from Old French papier.


regent

regenten (definite singular)
regentar (indefinite plural)
regentane (definite plural)


ballerina

ballerinaa (definite singular)
ballerinaer (indefinite plural)
ballerinaene (definite plural)


peritoneum

peritoneumen (definite singular)
peritoneumar (indefinite plural)
peritoneumane (definite plural)


domino

dominoen (definite singular)
dominoar (indefinite plural)
dominoane (definite plural)


muslim

muslimen (definite singular)
muslimar (indefinite plural)
muslimane (definite plural)


royalty

royaltyen (definite singular)
royaltyar (indefinite plural)
royalties (indefinite plural)
royaltyane (definite plural)


supplement

supplementet (definite singular)
supplement (indefinite plural)
supplementa (definite plural)


parlament

parlamentet (definite singular)
parlament (indefinite plural)
parlamenta (definite plural)


vise

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

nn-noun-infl

Form was allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.

lyrical or epic poem with plain content and plain melody


vise

visen (definite singular)
visar (indefinite plural)
visane (definite plural)

From Old Norse vísir. Probably related to visk.


søndag

søndagen (definite singular)
søndagar (indefinite plural)
søndagane (definite plural)

From Norwegian Bokmål søndag, from Danish søndag.


pappa

pappaen (definite singular)
pappaer (indefinite plural)
pappaar (indefinite plural)
pappaene (definite plural)
pappaane (definite plural)


etu

eto (definite singular)
etur (indefinite plural)
etune (definite plural)


temperament

temperamentet (definite singular)
temperament (indefinite plural)
temperamenta (definite plural)


huvud

huvudet (definite singular)
huvud (indefinite plural)
huvuda (definite plural)
huvud (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
huvudet (accusative definite nominative singular)
huvud (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
huvuda (accusative definite nominative plural)
huvu (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
huvu (accusative definite nominative singular)
huvue (accusative definite nominative singular)
huvu (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
huvue (accusative definite nominative plural)
huvue (dative definite singular)
huvuo (dative definite plural)

huvud

huvud

Metaphony of hovud, from Old Norse hǫfuð. Compare Jamtish huvu and Swedish huvud.

Aa er det som er mitt i huvu’ ditt?

1923, Sigurd Nergaard, Eventyr, barnevers, spurningar og ordspraak [Fairytales, Children’s Verset, Riddles, and Sayings], page 93:

det store Haaret laag i digre Lokkar og Krullar kring Huvud og Nakke, men Blod rann fraa Tindingen ned yver Kinnen hans.

1884, Arne Garborg, Forteljingar og sogur [Tales and stories], page 14:

his big hair lay in huge locks and curls around the head and neck, but blood ran from the temple down his cheek.

(nonstandard, dialectal) alternative form of hovud


armband

armbandet (definite singular)
armband (indefinite plural)
armbanda (definite plural)


tå

tåa (definite singular)
tær (indefinite plural)
tærne (definite plural)

From Old Norse tá, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ. from the Proto-Indo-European root *deyḱ- (“to point out”). Cognate with Latin digitus.

a toe (part of a foot; also part of a sock, stocking or shoe)


tå

tåa (definite singular)
tåer (indefinite plural)
tåene (definite plural)

From Old Norse þá, from Proto-Germanic *þawō. Related to the verb tø (from Old Norse þeyja). Related to English thaw.

thawed ground; ground that is free from frost and ice


klon

klonen (definite singular)
klonar (indefinite plural)
klonane (definite plural)


koru

head

kòru f (definite singular kòro, indefinite plural kòrur, definite plural kòrune)

kòru (canonical feminine)
kòro (definite singular)
kòrur (indefinite plural)
kòrune (definite plural)


bing

bingen (definite singular)
bingar (indefinite plural)
bingane (definite plural)


radiator

radiatoren (definite singular)
radiatorar (indefinite plural)
radiatorane (definite plural)


vig

vigen (definite singular)
vigar (indefinite plural)
vigane (definite plural)

fight, battle (only used in given names)


new age

new age (gender indeterminate, not declined)


dyr

dyret (definite singular)
dyr (indefinite plural)
dyra (definite plural)

From Old West Norse dýr, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.


dinosaurus

dinosaurusen (definite singular)
dinosaurar (indefinite plural)
dinosaurane (definite plural)


logi

definite singular of log (archaic spelling of lov)


grill

grillen (definite singular)
grillar (indefinite plural)
grillane (definite plural)

From French grille, gril, via English grill, grille.


bolivian

bolivianen (definite singular)
bolivianar (indefinite plural)
bolivianane (definite plural)

(pre-2012) alternative form of bolivianar


kokain

kokain m or n (definite singular kokainen or kokainet)

kokainen (definite singular)
kokainet (definite singular)


hau

hauet (definite singular)
hau (indefinite plural)
haua (definite plural)

Men det såg ut som han hadde fått eit hardt slag på sia av hauet.

1978, Dagmar Blix, Vanja, Trondheim: Rune, page 24:

But it looked as though he had taken a hard blow on the side of his head.

"Då hadde du vore eit hau kortare, far."

1979, Edvard Hoem, Der storbåra bryt, Oslo: Det norske samlaget, page 18:

(dialectal) alternative spelling of haud (“head”)


koma

From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).


eine

einen (definite singular)
einar (indefinite plural)
einane (definite plural)

From Old Norse einir, from Proto-Germanic *(j)ainijaz, or borrowed from Vulgar Latin ziniperus. Cognate with Faroese eini and Icelandic einir.


bre

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

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

Of uncertain origin. Compare to Icelandic breði and Icelandic breðafönn


torp

torpet (definite singular)
torp (indefinite plural)
torpa (definite plural)

(most common) A solitary farm, distant from other settlements.

(optional) A solitary group of farms, distant from other settlements.

(optional before 1960s) A solitary farm without owned land, renting land from a larger farm nearby.


sau

sauen (definite singular)
sauer (indefinite plural)
sauar (indefinite plural)
sauene (definite plural)
sauane (definite plural)

Sjå på den sauen!

(colloquial, derogatory) fool, moron, idiot


herbarium

herbariet (definite singular)
herbarium (indefinite plural)
herbaria (definite plural)


mun

From Old Norse munr, from Proto-Germanic *muniz.


spore

sporen (definite singular)
sporar (indefinite plural)
sporane (definite plural)


filament

filamentet (definite singular)
filament (indefinite plural)
filamenta (definite plural)


elv

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

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

elv

nn-decl-blank-full

elv

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


elv

head

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

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

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


slump

slumpen (definite singular)
slumpar (indefinite plural)
slumpane (definite plural)

Eg valde han ut på slump.

Eg vann ein god slump pengar i går.


rotta

rotta (definite singular)
rotter (indefinite plural)
rottor (indefinite plural)
rottene (definite plural)
rottone (definite plural)


kone

kona (definite singular)
koner (indefinite plural)
konene (definite plural)


kvin

kvinet (definite singular)
kvin (indefinite plural)
kvina (definite plural)


heid

heidi (definite singular)
heidar (indefinite plural)
heidarne (definite plural)
heidane (definite plural)


afghan

afghanen (definite singular)
afghanar (indefinite plural)
afghanane (definite plural)


heim

heimen (definite singular)
heimar (indefinite plural)
heimane (definite plural)

From Old Norse heim, heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Akin to English home.

Place of origin or belonging, similar to German Heimat.


kol

From Old Norse kol, from Proto-Germanic *kulą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-, from *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”).


isolator

isolatoren (definite singular)
isolatorar (indefinite plural)
isolatorane (definite plural)


haus

hausen (definite singular)
hausar (indefinite plural)
hausane (definite plural)

From Old Norse hauss, from Proto-Germanic *hausaz.


plask

plasket (definite singular)
plask (indefinite plural)
plaska (definite plural)


boer

boeren (definite singular)
boerar (indefinite plural)
boerane (definite plural)


sabbat

sabbaten (definite singular)
sabbatar (indefinite plural)
sabbatane (definite plural)


kunst

kunsten (definite singular)
kunsta (definite singular)
kunster (indefinite plural)
kunstar (indefinite plural)
kunstene (definite plural)
kunstane (definite plural)
Historical inflection of kunst

nn-noun-infl

kunst <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>

(in some compound words) artificial, man-made; see also kunstig.


urne

urna (definite singular)
urner (indefinite plural)
urnene (definite plural)

gå til urnene


amplitude

amplituden (definite singular)
amplitudar (indefinite plural)
amplitudane (definite plural)


vakuum

vakuumet (definite singular)
vakuum (indefinite plural)
vakuuma (definite plural)


digitalkamera

digitalkameraet (definite singular)
digitalkamera (indefinite plural)
digitalkameraa (definite plural)


trojan

trojanen (definite singular)
trojanar (indefinite plural)
trojanane (definite plural)


nek

neket (definite singular)
nek (indefinite plural)
neka (definite plural)

Likely from Swedish nek. See also Danish neg.


sanatorium

sanatoriet (definite singular)
sanatorium (indefinite plural)
sanatoria (definite plural)


beisli

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of beisel


så

såa (definite singular)
såer (indefinite plural)
såene (definite plural)


så

såen (definite singular)
såar (indefinite plural)
såane (definite plural)


brokk

brokken (definite singular)
brokkar (indefinite plural)
brokkane (definite plural)

(countable or collective, pathology) hernia


fari

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of far


bygging

bygginga (definite singular)
byggingar (indefinite plural)
byggingane (definite plural)


dekk

head

dekk n (definite singular dekket, indefinite plural dekk, definite plural dekka)

dekket (definite singular)
dekk (indefinite plural)
dekka (definite plural)


bóndi

(dialectal, Setesdal dialect, West Telemark) alternative form of bonde (“farmer”)


gigant

giganten (definite singular)
gigantar (indefinite plural)
gigantane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “plural gigantes: giant”).

der

a giant (mythical being of superhuman size)

a giant (very large company or organisation)


eign

eigna (definite singular)
eigner (indefinite plural)
eignene (definite plural)


sensor

sensoren (definite singular)
sensorar (indefinite plural)
sensorane (definite plural)


berja

berja (definite singular)
berjer (indefinite plural)
berjor (indefinite plural)
berjene (definite plural)
berjone (definite plural)


vivi

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of viv


mynt

mynten (definite singular)
myntar (indefinite plural)
myntane (definite plural)


innbrot

innbrotet (definite singular)
innbrot (indefinite plural)
innbrota (definite plural)


fluga

fluga (definite singular)
fluger (indefinite plural)
flugor (indefinite plural)
flugene (definite plural)
flugone (definite plural)


akkord

akkorden (definite singular)
akkordar (indefinite plural)
akkordane (definite plural)

From French accord, derived from accorder, from Late Latin accordare (“to make agree”).

Dei måtte søkje om akkord.

They had to apply for a debt settlement.

a debt settlement, composition, arrangement; an arrangement between a creditor and his/her debtor aiming to spare the latter from bankruptcy. Also used in the sense of compromise.

Dei tilsette arbeider på akkord.

a piece work contract, piece rate; a work where one is paid according to his/her performance rather than the number of hours.

Ho slo an ein akkord på pianoet.

(music) a chord; combination of and harmony between three or more pitches.


kivi

kivien (definite singular)
kiviar (indefinite plural)
kiviane (definite plural)

a kiwi (flightless bird native to New Zealand)


koro

(non-standard since 1917) definite singular of kòru


fugl

fuglen (definite singular)
fuglar (indefinite plural)
fuglane (definite plural)

From Old Norse fogl, fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz. Akin to English fowl.


flaska

flaska (definite singular)
flasker (indefinite plural)
flaskor (indefinite plural)
flaskene (definite plural)
flaskone (definite plural)


haust

hausten (definite singular)
haustar (indefinite plural)
haustane (definite plural)

From Old Norse haust n, from Proto-Germanic *harbustaz, *harbistaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-. Cognates include Icelandic haust, Faroese heyst, Swedish höst, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høst, German Herbst and English harvest.


haust

(dialectal) alternative form of høgsete (“high seat”)


krydd

kryddet (definite singular)
krydd (indefinite plural)
krydda (definite plural)


landslag

landslaget (definite singular)
landslag (indefinite plural)
landslaga (definite plural)


tro

troa (definite singular)
trør (indefinite plural)
trørne (definite plural)

From Old Norse þró. Akin to obsolete English through.

an oblong trough to give livestock drink and fodder

(especially in compounds) a wooden water drain


tro

troa (definite singular)
troer (indefinite plural)
troene (definite plural)

a place or location that is literally downtrodden


debutant

debutanten (definite singular)
debutantar (indefinite plural)
debutantane (definite plural)

a debutant (male) or debutante (female) (there is no distinction between sexes)


bær

bæret (definite singular)
bær (indefinite plural)
bæra (definite plural)
Historical inflection of bær
berja-

nn-noun-infl

Aasen (1850) notes that dialects of Nordhordland use a form, <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">berja-</i>, to form compounds.

Bær <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr>³

He also notes that this word is considered feminine in some locations.<ref name=Aasen/>

bær <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr>

From Old Norse ber, from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Akin to English berry.


kirkja

kirkja (definite singular)
kirkjer (indefinite plural)
kirkjor (indefinite plural)
kirkjene (definite plural)
kirkjone (definite plural)

From Old Norse kirkja, or from kyrkja with influence from Danish kirke.

(nonstandard or dialectal) alternative form of kyrkje (“church”)


magn

magnet (definite singular)
magn (indefinite plural)
magna (definite plural)

Mæ Maatt aa Magne


lugar

lugaren (definite singular)
lugarar (indefinite plural)
lugarane (definite plural)


draga

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


ferja

ferja (definite singular)
ferjer (indefinite plural)
ferjor (indefinite plural)
ferjene (definite plural)
ferjone (definite plural)


bók

head

bók f (definite singular bókjí, definite singular dative bókjinn, indefinite plural bǿka, definite plural bǿkan, definite plural dative bókó)

bókjí (definite singular)
bókjinn (dative definite singular)
bǿka (indefinite plural)
bǿkan (definite plural)
bókó (dative definite plural)

(dialectal, Setesdal dialect) alternative form of bok (“book”)

(nonstandard) alternative spelling of bok (“book”)


nótt

nótt m (definite singular nóttí, definite singular dative nóttinn, indefinite plural nétta or nétte, definite plural néttan, definite plural dative néttó)

nóttí (definite singular)
nóttinn (dative definite singular)
nétta (indefinite plural)
nétte (indefinite plural)
néttan (definite plural)
néttó (dative definite plural)

(dialectal, Setesdal dialect) alternative form of helg (“night”)

(nonstandard) alternative spelling of nott (“night”)


ron

ron f (definite singular rona, indefinite plural rono or ronor, definite plural rononn or ronone)

rona (definite singular)
rono (indefinite plural)
ronor (indefinite plural)
rononn (definite plural)
ronone (definite plural)

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect, Eastern Norway) alternative spelling of run (“rune, witchcraft”).


dagblad

dagbladet (definite singular)
dagblad (indefinite plural)
dagblada (definite plural)

From dag (“day”) + blad (“magazine, newspaper”). Compare Icelandic dagblað, Dutch dagblad and German Tagblatt.


læra

læra (definite singular)
lærer (indefinite plural)
læror (indefinite plural)
lærene (definite plural)
lærone (definite plural)

From Old Norse læra. Akin to English learn.


mein

meinet (definite singular)
mein (indefinite plural)
meina (definite plural)

From Old Norse mein, from Proto-Germanic *mainą.


spurning

spurninga (definite singular)
spurningar (indefinite plural)
spurningane (definite plural)


tannkrem

tannkremen (definite singular)
tannkremar (indefinite plural)
tannkremane (definite plural)

toothpaste (paste for cleaning the teeth)


skyr

skyret (definite singular)
skyr (indefinite plural)
skyra (definite plural)


odds

head

odds m (definite singular oddsen, indefinite plural odds, definite plural oddsa)

oddsen (definite singular)
odds (indefinite plural)
oddsa (definite plural)


helikopter

helikopter n (definite singular helikopteret, indefinite plural helikopter, definite plural helikoptera)

helikopteret (definite singular)
helikopter (indefinite plural)
helikoptera (definite plural)


svar

svaret (definite singular)
svar (indefinite plural)
svara (definite plural)


vom

vomma (definite singular)
vommer (indefinite plural)
vommene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of vom

nn-noun-infl

Form was allowed for schoolchildren already in 1910.

From Old Norse vǫmb, from Proto-Germanic *wambō (“belly; womb”). Cognates include English womb.

(anatomy, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) a paunch, big belly


talar

talaren (definite singular)
talarar (indefinite plural)
talarane (definite plural)


kort

kortet (definite singular)
kort (indefinite plural)
korta (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”), via Latin charta and German Low German kort.


kanna

kanna (definite singular)
kanner (indefinite plural)
kannor (indefinite plural)
kannene (definite plural)
kannone (definite plural)


turkmen

turkmenen (definite singular)
turkmenar (indefinite plural)
turkmenane (definite plural)

(pre-2012) alternative form of turkmenar


hitt

hitten (definite singular)
hittar (indefinite plural)
hittane (definite plural)


hjarta

hjarta (definite singular)
hjarto (indefinite plural)
hjarto (definite plural)
hjarta (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
hjarta (accusative definite nominative singular)
hjarto (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
hjarto (accusative definite nominative plural)
hjarte- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)

hjarta

From Old Norse hjarta, from Proto-Germanic *hertô, whence also English heart. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerd-.

hjerte

between the 1938 and 2012 spelling reforms

Hjarta er ein muskel.

Hjarta mitt vil det annleis.


fyrst

the titular prefix given to a prince - fyrst Rainier.


rug

From Old Norse rugr, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wrugʰyo-. Cognate with Faroese rugur, Icelandic rúgur, Swedish råg, Danish rug, Dutch rogge, German Roggen, and English rye.

Secale cereale
Secale cereale#Translingual

rye (the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food)


telja

May be comparable with Icelandic tölva and Faroese telda.


då

dåen (definite singular)
dåar (indefinite plural)
dåane (definite plural)

From Old Norse ákrdái, whence also Swedish dån. Related to døy (“to die”).


fræ

frøet (definite singular)
frø (indefinite plural)
frøa (definite plural)
frøi (definite plural)


fet

feta (definite singular)
feter (indefinite plural)
fetene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of fet

a grassy meadow, especially near a body of water


jake

jaken (definite singular)
jakar (indefinite plural)
jakane (definite plural)

From Old Norse jaki, from Proto-Germanic *jekô.


sumar

sumaren (definite singular)
sumrar (indefinite plural)
sumrane (definite plural)

From Old Norse sumar n, sumarr m, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål sommer, English summer.

Om sumaren er dagane lengre.


hann

hannen (definite singular)
hannar (indefinite plural)
hannane (definite plural)

Hjå mange artar har hannar og hoer ulik storleik.

The males and females of many species have different sizes.


bein

beinet (definite singular)
bein (indefinite plural)
beina (definite plural)

From Old Norse bein, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Akin to English bone.


auga

augo (plural)
auga (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
auga (accusative definite nominative singular)
augo (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
augo (accusative definite nominative plural)
auge- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)
augne- (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)
auga (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
augat (accusative definite nominative singular)
augo (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
augo (accusative definite nominative plural)
auga (dative definite singular)
augom (dative definite plural)
auge- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)
augne- (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)

auga

nn-decl-blank-full

auga

From Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Akin to English eye.

der

Eg har noko på auga.

Augo mine er ikkje so gode som dei ein gong var.

My eyes aren't as good as they once were.


maro

(non-standard since 1917) definite singular of maru

(dialectal, Southern Hordaland, Sokndal) definite singular of mara


bur

buret (definite singular)
bur (indefinite plural)
bura (definite plural)


machete

macheten (definite singular)
machetar (indefinite plural)
machetane (definite plural)


biff

biffen (definite singular)
biffar (indefinite plural)
biffane (definite plural)


premi

premien (definite singular)
premiar (indefinite plural)
premiane (definite plural)


gelatin

head

gelatin m or n (definite singular gelatinen or gelatinet)

gelatinen (definite singular)
gelatinet (definite singular)


serie

serien (definite singular)
seriar (indefinite plural)
seriane (definite plural)


kontinent

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


luke

luka (definite singular)
luker (indefinite plural)
lukene (definite plural)

a small door (including on an Advent calendar)


vika

From Old Norse víkin f, definite form of Old Norse vík f.


vika

vika (definite singular)
viker (indefinite plural)
vikor (indefinite plural)
vikene (definite plural)
vikone (definite plural)

From Old Norse vika (“week”), from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield”).

cog

a week; (pre-1938) alternative form of veke


regi

regien (definite singular)
regiar (indefinite plural)
regiane (definite plural)

Borrowed from French, derived from Latin regere (“to reign, control”).


dataillustrasjon

dataillustrasjonen (definite singular)
dataillustrasjonar (indefinite plural)
dataillustrasjonane (definite plural)

a computer illustration, an illustration made by computer


rettssal

rettssalen (definite singular)
rettssalar (indefinite plural)
rettssalane (definite plural)


illustrasjon

illustrasjonen (definite singular)
illustrasjonar (indefinite plural)
illustrasjonane (definite plural)


festi

(non-standard since 2012) definite singular of fest f

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of feste n


økonomi

økonomien (definite singular)
økonomiar (indefinite plural)
økonomiane (definite plural)

From Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía, “management of a household, administration”), from οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”).


perm

permen (definite singular)
permar (indefinite plural)
permane (definite plural)


perm

Clipping of permisjon, originally only military slang, but has since found a wider use.

(colloquial) Clipping of permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)


engelskmann

engelskmannen (definite singular)
engelskmenn (indefinite plural)
engelskmennene (definite plural)

From engelsk (“English”) + mann (“man, person”).


øks

øksa (definite singular)
øksar (indefinite plural)
økser (indefinite plural)
øksane (definite plural)
øksene (definite plural)

From Old Norse øx (“axe”), from Proto-Germanic *akwisī.


ørn

ørnen (definite singular)
ørna (definite singular)
ørnar (indefinite plural)
ørner (indefinite plural)
ørnane (definite plural)
ørnene (definite plural)

From Old Norse ǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *arô.


hyse

hysa (definite singular)
hyser (indefinite plural)
hysene (definite plural)

From Old Norse ýsa, from Proto-Germanic *eusjǭ.

Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Melanogrammus aeglefinus#Translingual

(zoology) haddock; Melanogrammus aeglefinus


øgle

øgla (definite singular)
øgler (indefinite plural)
øglene (definite plural)


ære

From Old Norse æra, from Middle Low German ere.


bastion

bastionen (definite singular)
bastionar (indefinite plural)
bastionane (definite plural)

From Italian bastione, via French bastion.

a bastion (part of a fortification; also figurative)


øl

From Old Norse ǫl, from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (“beer”).


øl

ølen (definite singular)
øla (definite singular)
ølar (indefinite plural)
øler (indefinite plural)
ølane (definite plural)
ølene (definite plural)


ættegransking

ættegranskinga (definite singular)
ættegranskingar (indefinite plural)
ættegranskingane (definite plural)


slå

slåa (definite singular)
slåer (indefinite plural)
slåene (definite plural)

From Old Norse slá (“to hit, beat, strike”), from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to hit, strike, kill”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Akin to English slay.


maskinvare

maskinvara (definite singular)
maskinvarer (indefinite plural)
maskinvarene (definite plural)


drivstoff

drivstoffet (definite singular)
drivstoff (indefinite plural)
drivstoffa (definite plural)


sida

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


sida

sidaen (definite singular)
sidaer (indefinite plural)
sidaar (indefinite plural)
sidaene (definite plural)
sidaane (definite plural)

From Northern Sami siida, from Proto-Samic *sijtë (“village”).


bruk

bruken (definite singular)
bruket (definite singular)


bruk

bruket (definite singular)
bruk (indefinite plural)
bruka (definite plural)

farm, works, mill, factory (industrial undertaking)


steinkast

steinkastet (definite singular)
steinkast (indefinite plural)
steinkasta (definite plural)


kabellengde

kabellengda (definite singular)
kabellengder (indefinite plural)
kabellengdene (definite plural)

(usually electrical) the length of a particular cable


åre

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


åre

åren (definite singular)
årar (indefinite plural)
årane (definite plural)

From Old Norse arinn, árinn. Cognates include Danish and Norwegian Bokmål arne.

Krykkja hjalp 'aam ſta aat Aarin.

1802, Edvard Storm, “Eilderdomen [Old age]”, in Laurents Hallager, Norsk ordsamling, eller Prøve af norske Ord og Talemaader. Tilligemed Et Anhang indeholdende endeel Viser, som ere skrevne i det norske Bondesprog, Sebastian Popp, page 160:

The crutch helped him forth to the hearth.


a

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a m (definite singular a-en, indefinite plural a-ar, definite plural a-ane)

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


aids

From English AIDS, "acquired immune deficiency syndrome".


sampan

sampanen (definite singular)
sampanar (indefinite plural)
sampanane (definite plural)

From English sampan, from Sinitic, see the English entry.


hela

hela (definite singular)
heler (indefinite plural)
helor (indefinite plural)
helene (definite plural)
helone (definite plural)


frosk

frosken (definite singular)
froskar (indefinite plural)
froskane (definite plural)

From Old Norse froskr, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).


decennium

decenniet (definite singular)
decennium (indefinite plural)
decennia (definite plural)


linje

linja (definite singular)
linjer (indefinite plural)
linjene (definite plural)


hors

horset (definite singular)
hors (indefinite plural)
horsa (definite plural)

From Old Norse hors, metathesis of hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą. Akin to English horse.


olifant

olifanten (definite singular)
olifantar (indefinite plural)
olifantane (definite plural)


liv

livet (definite singular)
liv (indefinite plural)
liva (definite plural)
livsens (definite genitive singular)

From Old Norse líf, from Proto-Germanic *lībą. Akin to English life.

Dei har levt mykje av liva sine her.

They have lived much of their lives here.


hord

horden (definite singular)
hordar (indefinite plural)
hordane (definite plural)

From Old Norse hǫrðar m pl, from Proto-Germanic *haruðōz.


dominion

dominionen (definite singular)
dominionar (indefinite plural)
dominionane (definite plural)

From English dominion, from Latin dominium.


skit

skiten (definite singular)
skitar (indefinite plural)
skitane (definite plural)

From Old Norse skítr m, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Akin to English shit.


sandal

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sandal m (definite singular sandalen, indefinite plural sandalar, definite plural sandalane)

sandalen (definite singular)
sandalar (indefinite plural)
sandalane (definite plural)


parti

partiet (definite singular)
parti (indefinite plural)
partia (definite plural)

From French partir (“to go away, to leave, to depart”).


fyr

fyren (definite singular)
fyrar (indefinite plural)
fyrane (definite plural)

Probably a shortening of the Low German firburs, meaning an unemployed craftsman.

Det er den største Gleda, ein liten Fyr kann faa, at han slepp upp i Høgdi, so Folk maa honom sjaa[…]

It is the greatest joy a little guy can have, to make it into the heights, so that people can see him […]


fyr

From Old Norse fýrr, cognate with its Nordic equivalents, Old Frisian fiur, Old Saxon fiur, Dutch vuur, Old High German fiur, German Feuer and English fire. Believed to ultimately stem from Proto-Germanic *fōr, and Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥, which also is the origin of Greek πυρ (pyr).

Har du fyr?


fyr

fyret (definite singular)
fyr (indefinite plural)
fyra (definite plural)

vera i fyr og flamme

be full of enthusiasm; be on fire and flame


ær

æra (definite singular)
ærer (indefinite plural)
ærene (definite plural)


ær

æret (definite singular)
ær (indefinite plural)
æra (definite plural)


pins

pinsen (definite singular)
pins (indefinite plural)
pinsar (indefinite plural)
pinsane (definite plural)


pins

pinsen (definite singular)
pinsar (indefinite plural)
pinsane (definite plural)
pinsa (definite singular)
pinsi (definite singular)
pinser (indefinite plural)
pinsene (definite plural)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

(pre-2012) alternative form of pinse f, m


celle

cella (definite singular)
celler (indefinite plural)
cellene (definite plural)


puré

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puré m (definite singular puréen or pureen, indefinite plural puréar or purear, definite plural puréane or pureane)

puréen (definite singular)
pureen (definite singular)
puréar (indefinite plural)
purear (indefinite plural)
puréane (definite plural)
pureane (definite plural)


borane

definite masculine plural of bor (Etymology 2)


matte

matte f (definite singular matta, indefinite plural matter, definite plural mattene)

matta (definite singular)
matter (indefinite plural)
mattene (definite plural)


matte

short form of "matematikk", mathematics, maths (UK), math (US)


coulometer

coulometeret (definite singular)
coulometer (indefinite plural)
coulometera (definite plural)

(pre-2005) alternative form of coulombmeter


mantel

mantelen (definite singular)
mantlar (indefinite plural)
mantlane (definite plural)

a mantel or mantelpiece, a shelf above a fireplace or support for the chimney

a cover to protect or strengthen a machine or piece of machinery

(geology) a mantle, the layer between Earth's core and crust


raun

raunen (definite singular)
raunar (indefinite plural)
raunane (definite plural)

Sorbus aucuparia
Sorbus aucuparia#Translingual

(botany) rowan
Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan

any of the small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with white flowers and red berries


konferanse

konferansen (definite singular)
konferansar (indefinite plural)
konferansane (definite plural)

From Medieval Latin conferentia, via French conférence.


donasjon

donasjonen (definite singular)
donasjonar (indefinite plural)
donasjonane (definite plural)


versjon

versjonen (definite singular)
versjonar (indefinite plural)
versjonane (definite plural)


endring

endringa (definite singular)
endringar (indefinite plural)
endringane (definite plural)


prinsesse

prinsessa (definite singular)
prinsesser (indefinite plural)
prinsessene (definite plural)


åtte

åtta (definite singular)
åtter (indefinite plural)
åttene (definite plural)

From Old Norse átta, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Compare with Icelandic átta, Swedish åtta, Danish otte.


konvolutt

konvolutten (definite singular)
konvoluttar (indefinite plural)
konvoluttane (definite plural)