krokodille

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krokodille m or f (definite singular krokodillen or krokodilla, indefinite plural krokodillar or krokodiller, definite plural krokodillane or krokodillene)

krokodillen (definite singular)
krokodilla (definite singular)
krokodillar (indefinite plural)
krokodiller (indefinite plural)
krokodillane (definite plural)
krokodillene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).


massør

massør m (definite singular massøren, indefinite plural massørar, definite plural massørane)

massøren (definite singular)
massørar (indefinite plural)
massørane (definite plural)


urinblære

urinblæra (definite singular)
urinblærer (indefinite plural)
urinblærene (definite plural)


tiår

tiår n (definite singular tiåret, indefinite plural tiår, definite plural tiåra)

tiåret (definite singular)
tiår (indefinite plural)
tiåra (definite plural)


årrekke

årrekka (definite singular)
årrekker (indefinite plural)
årrekkene (definite plural)

a period of time spanning several years; a number of years


utstrekning

utstrekninga (definite singular)
utstrekningar (indefinite plural)
utstrekningane (definite plural)
utstrekningen (definite singular)
utstrekningar (indefinite plural)
utstrekningane (definite plural)


kulturhistorie

kulturhistoria (definite singular)
kulturhistorier (indefinite plural)
kulturhistoriene (definite plural)


opplysningstid

opplysningstid f (definite singular opplysningstida)

Age of Enlightenment
Age of Enlightenment


avsnitt

avsnittet (definite singular)
avsnitt (indefinite plural)
avsnitta (definite plural)

From av- + snitt; a calque of German Abschnitt.


slutning

slutninga (definite singular)
slutningar (indefinite plural)
slutningane (definite plural)

conclusion (a decision reached after careful thought)


hebraisk

hebraisk m (definite singular hebraisken)


brøk

brøken (definite singular)
brøkar (indefinite plural)
brøkane (definite plural)

(arithmetic) a fraction (part of a whole)


mynte

mynta (definite singular)
mynter (indefinite plural)
myntene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē), via Latin menta.


tuberkulose

tuberkulose m (definite singular tuberkulosen)

tuberkulosen (definite singular)
TB (abbreviation)


hoke

hoka (definite singular)
hoker (indefinite plural)
hokor (indefinite plural)
hokene (definite plural)
hokone (definite plural)


pungdyr

pungdyret (definite singular)
pungdyr (indefinite plural)
pungdyra (definite plural)


forskjell

forskjellen (definite singular)
forskjellar (indefinite plural)
forskjellane (definite plural)


nervesystem

nervesystemet (definite singular)
nervesystem (indefinite plural)
nervesystema (definite plural)


vandrefalk

vandrefalken (definite singular)
vandrefalkar (indefinite plural)
vandrefalkane (definite plural)

Falco peregrinus
Falco peregrinus#Translingual


krage

kragen (definite singular)
kragar (indefinite plural)
kragane (definite plural)

From Middle Low German krage and Middle Norwegian kragi.


eksemplar

eksemplaret (definite singular)
eksemplar (indefinite plural)
eksemplara (definite plural)


gys

gysen (definite singular)
gysar (indefinite plural)
gysane (definite plural)
gyset (definite singular)
gys (indefinite plural)
gysa (definite plural)


dynasti

dynastiet (definite singular)
dynasti (indefinite plural)
dynastia (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek δυναστεία (dunasteía, “power, dominion”).


smykke

smykket (definite singular)
smykke (indefinite plural)
smykka (definite plural)

an ornament or decoration, often made of metal or precious stones


bulevard

bulevarden (definite singular)
bulevardar (indefinite plural)
bulevardane (definite plural)


juveler

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juveler m (definite singular juveleren, indefinite plural juvelerar, definite plural juvelerane)

juveleren (definite singular)
juvelerar (indefinite plural)
juvelerane (definite plural)


bytte

byttet (definite singular)
bytte (indefinite plural)
bytta (definite plural)

From Old Norse býti and Middle Low German bute, via Norwegian Bokmål.


termostat

termostaten (definite singular)
termostatar (indefinite plural)
termostatane (definite plural)


hyler

(non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of hỳl


hyl

hylet (definite singular)
hyl (indefinite plural)
hyla (definite plural)


hyl

hỳl m (definite singular hỳlen, indefinite plural hỳler or hỳlir, definite plural hỳlerne or hỳline)

hỳl (canonical masculine)
hỳlen (definite singular)
hỳler (indefinite plural)
hỳlir (indefinite plural)
hỳlerne (definite plural)
hỳline (definite plural)


raseri

raseriet (definite singular)
raseri (indefinite plural)
raseria (definite plural)


globalisering

globalisering f (definite singular globaliseringa)


kleptoman

kleptomanen (definite singular)
kleptomanar (indefinite plural)
kleptomanane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō) + -man.


knebel

knebelen (definite singular)
kneblar (indefinite plural)
kneblane (definite plural)

clipping of knebelsbart – a handlebar moustache


eventyr

eventyret (definite singular)
eventyr (indefinite plural)
eventyra (definite plural)

From late Old Norse æfintýr, from Middle Low German eventü̂r, from Middle French adventure (“aventure”).


tavle

tavla (definite singular)
tavler (indefinite plural)
tavlene (definite plural)


arving

arvingen (definite singular)
arvingar (indefinite plural)
arvingane (definite plural)


dys

dysa (plural)
Historical inflection of dys
but considered second-tier.

nn-noun-infl

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


sædcelle

sædcella (definite singular)
sædceller (indefinite plural)
sædcellene (definite plural)


nazist

nazisten (definite singular)
nazistar (indefinite plural)
nazistane (definite plural)


karri

From Tamil கறி (kaṟi), via English curry.


sludd

(meteorology) sleet (mixture of rain and snow)


strømmen

definite singular of strøm (non-standard since 2012)


tæl

tælet (definite singular)
tæl (indefinite plural)
tæla (definite plural)

From Old Norse þel (“underwool, interior, disposition”).

inh

perseverance, drive, determination, doggedness, grit, sisu


bavian

bavianen (definite singular)
bavianar (indefinite plural)
bavianane (definite plural)

(nautical) a man having watch on a boat, when no one other can do it, e.g. on a Sunday evening


sidde

sidda (definite singular)
sidder (indefinite plural)
siddene (definite plural)


parkering

parkeringa (definite singular)
parkeringar (indefinite plural)
parkeringane (definite plural)


morr

morren (definite singular)
morrar (indefinite plural)
morrane (definite plural)

(collective) offals, often cut or ground

a traditional Norwegian cured sausage made of meat and intestines from sheep, cow and pig


kull

kullet (definite singular)
kull (indefinite plural)
kulla (definite plural)

a litter (number of young animals born of the same mother at the same time)


spegel

spegelen (definite singular)
speglar (indefinite plural)
speglane (definite plural)

From Old Norse spegill, from Middle Low German spēgel, from Latin speculum (“mirror”). Cognate with Faroese spegil, Icelandic spegill, Swedish spegel and Danish spejl (> Norwegian Bokmål speil)

Det hang speglar på veggene.


stamme

stammen (definite singular)
stammar (indefinite plural)
stammane (definite plural)
stamma (definite singular)
stammer (indefinite plural)
stammene (definite plural)


briks

briksen (definite singular)
briksar (indefinite plural)
briksane (definite plural)


vorte

vorta (definite singular)
vorter (indefinite plural)
vortene (definite plural)

From Old Norse vǫrtu, accusative of varta.


østers

østersen (definite singular)
østersar (indefinite plural)
østersane (definite plural)


støn

stønet (definite singular)
støn (indefinite plural)
støna (definite plural)


skabb

skabben (definite singular)
skabbar (indefinite plural)
skabbane (definite plural)

(pathology, usually uncountable) scabies


gruset

(non-standard since 2019) definite neuter singular of grus


skali

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of skal


tempora

(non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of tempus

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of tempus


styr

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styr m or n (def styren or styret, uncountable)


rumpe

rumpa (definite singular)
rumper (indefinite plural)
rumpene (definite plural)

Uncertain. Compare Swedish rumpa. The Swedish word with sense arse is attested since 1579. Compare also Danish rumpe, which is probably borrowed from Norwegian. The senses human arse and animal butt are attested in Moth's Dictionary of Danish language from 18th century.

arse (UK), ass (US), butt (US), buttocks, bottom, bum


filar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemmas

(non-standard since 1983) indefinite plural of fil (“computer file; driving lane”)


masken

definite masculine singular of maske (Etymology 2)


blondine

blondina (definite singular)
blondiner (indefinite plural)
blondinene (definite plural)


koffert

kofferten (definite singular)
koffertar (indefinite plural)
koffertane (definite plural)

From Middle Low German, from French coffre, from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).


arkipelag

arkipelaget (definite singular)
arkipelag (indefinite plural)
arkipelaga (definite plural)


menuett

menuetten (definite singular)
menuettar (indefinite plural)
menuettane (definite plural)


klynge

klynga (definite singular)
klynger (indefinite plural)
klyngene (definite plural)


entreprenør

entreprenøren (definite singular)
entreprenørar (indefinite plural)
entreprenørane (definite plural)


billett

billetten (definite singular)
billettar (indefinite plural)
billettane (definite plural)


ludder

ludderet (definite singular)
ludder (indefinite plural)
luddera (definite plural)

From German Luder (“hussy; carcass used as bait”).


arve

arven (definite singular)
arvar (indefinite plural)
arvane (definite plural)


huske

huska (definite singular)
husker (indefinite plural)
huskene (definite plural)


mugg

muggen (definite singular)
muggar (indefinite plural)
muggane (definite plural)

(usually collective, uncountable) mould (layer)


mugg

From Danish muk, from Middle Low German muke.

(pathology) mud fever (skin disease in horses)


hypofyse

hypofysen (definite singular)
hypofysar (indefinite plural)
hypofysane (definite plural)

From hypo- + Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis).


dormitorium

dormatoriet (definite singular)
dormitorium (indefinite plural)
dormatoria (definite plural)


elde

elda (definite singular)
elder (indefinite plural)
eldene (definite plural)

Related to alder (“age”) and eldre (“older”, comparative degree of gamal/gammal), going all the way back to the Proto-Germanic adjective *aldaz, whence modern English old and German alt. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (“grow”).
* (noun): From Danish ælde, from with Old Norse elli, from Proto-Germanic *alþį̄.
* (verb): From Old Norse elda.


elde

Derived from eld (“fire”), from Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz. The verb may be directly inherited from Old Norse elda.

the act of kindling a fire, heating, warming

firewood (or other material set for burning)


elde

eldet (definite singular)
elde (indefinite plural)
elda (definite plural)

From Old Norse eldi. Related to ala (“to foster, breed”), from Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“grow”).

han er av godt elde


midlet

(non-standard since 2012) definite singular of middel


vaskemiddel

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vaskemiddel n (definite singular vaskemiddelet, indefinite plural vaskemiddel, definite plural vaskemidla)

vaskemiddelet (definite singular)
vaskemiddel (indefinite plural)
vaskemidla (definite plural)

laundry detergent, washing powder (any product for washing clothes)


talje

taljen (definite singular)
talja (definite singular)
taljer (indefinite plural)
taljar (indefinite plural)
taljene (definite plural)
taljane (definite plural)

From Dutch and Low German talje, from Italian taglia. Doublet of takkel, takle, and also Etymology 2.

Skal vi lyfte noko verkeleg tungt, er taljar til god hjelp. På store heisekraner er det taljar med tre eller fire trinsehjul. No skal vi lage to ulike taljar.

1999, Marit Hebæk, Terrella, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, page 50:

If we want to lift something heavy, block and tackles are of great help. Large cranes have block and tackles with three or four pulleys. We are now going to make to different block and tackles.


talje

From French taille. Ultimately of the same origin as Etymology 1.


skonk

skonka (definite singular)
skonki (definite singular)
skjenker (indefinite plural)
skjenkene (definite plural)


periskop

periskopet (definite singular)
periskop (indefinite plural)
periskopa (definite plural)


kjerneved

kjerneveden (definite singular)
kjernevedar (indefinite plural)
kjernevedane (definite plural)


fotosyntese

fotosyntese m (definite singular fotosyntesen)


kunstgalleri

kunstgalleri n (definite singular kunstgalleriet, indefinite plural kunstgalleri, definite plural kunstgalleria)

kunstgalleriet (definite singular)
kunstgalleri (indefinite plural)
kunstgalleria (definite plural)


stut

stuten (definite singular)
stutar (indefinite plural)
stutane (definite plural)

From Old Norse stútr. Cognate with Danish stud, Swedish stut, and English stot.


kjøter

kjøteren (definite singular)
kjøterar (indefinite plural)
kjøterane (definite plural)


biograf

biografen (definite singular)
biografar (indefinite plural)
biografane (definite plural)


monomani

monomanien (definite singular)
monomaniar (indefinite plural)
monomaniane (definite plural)


kark

Hypercorrection of karsk. The letter "r" in Nynorsk/Bokmål-spelled words corresponds in most cases to /ʂ/ in Trøndelag dialect if it stands before s, k, t or p. Due to this change, the letter combination rk can be written as rsk (or sjk) in dialectal spelling, and vice versa (e.g. oberst can be mispronouced as obert in case of self-correction of the speaker who tries to avoid dialect in his/her speech).

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) pronunciation spelling or back-formation of karsk (“coffee together with moonshine and sugar”)


mentalitet

mentaliteten (definite singular)
mentalitetar (indefinite plural)
mentalitetane (definite plural)


trening

treninga (definite singular)
treningar (indefinite plural)
treningane (definite plural)


vemod

From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) + mod (“mood”).


maksime

maksimen (definite singular)
maksimar (indefinite plural)
maksimane (definite plural)


nekt

nekten (definite singular)
nektar (indefinite plural)
nektane (definite plural)

clipping of nekting (“denial; negation”)


melde

melda (definite singular)
melder (indefinite plural)
meldene (definite plural)


melde

melden (definite singular)
meldet (definite singular)
meldar (indefinite plural)
melde (indefinite plural)
meldane (definite plural)
melda (definite plural)

Related to mala (“to grind, crush”), related to the crushedness of the referent.

waste material with weed seeds left after threshing and sorting of grains


kinne

kinna (definite singular)
kinner (indefinite plural)
kinnene (definite plural)

From Old Norse kirna f, from Proto-Germanic *kernǭ. The verb is derived from the noun.


leku

lèku f (definite singular lèko, indefinite plural lèkur, definite plural lèkune)

lèku (canonical feminine)
lèko (definite singular)
lèkur (indefinite plural)
lèkune (definite plural)


kommunisme

kommunisme m (definite singular kommunismen, singulare tantum)

kommune + -isme. Calque of French communisme.


flugu

flugu f (definite singular flugo or (dialectal) flugua, indefinite plural flugur, definite plural flugune)

flugo (definite singular)
flugua (definite dialectal singular)
flugur (indefinite plural)
flugune (definite plural)

From Old Norse flugu, oblique case of fluga (“a fly”). Compare Elfdalian flugu.

Eg helsar deg, flugo, eg talar til deg [...]

1913, Hulda Garborg, “Tor Brynjulv og flugo”, in Norske dansevisur, page 73:

(dialectal or Midlandsnormalen) alternative form of fluge (“a fly”)


legu

lègu f (definite singular lègo, indefinite plural lègur, definite plural lègune)

lègu (canonical feminine)
lègo (definite singular)
lègur (indefinite plural)
lègune (definite plural)


voku

vòku f (definite singular vòko, indefinite plural vòkur, definite plural vòkune)

vòku (canonical feminine)
vòko (definite singular)
vòkur (indefinite plural)
vòkune (definite plural)

From Old Norse vǫku, oblique cases singular of vaka.

(Midlandsnormalen or dialectal) alternative form of voke


sandpapir

sandpapir n (definite singular sandpapiret)


røyrkval

→ English: rorqual

→ French: rorqual
→ Catalan: rorqual

→ German: Rorqual, Rorwal

→ Spanish: rorcual

From Old Norse reyðarhvalr (“fin whale”), a compound of reyðr (“fin whale”) + hvalr (“whale”). Old Norse reyðr is cognate with rauðr (“red”). Compare Danish rørhval.


skyle

skylet (definite singular)
skyle (indefinite plural)
skyla (definite plural)


omgang

omgangen (definite singular)
omgangar (indefinite plural)
omgangane (definite plural)

From Old Norse umgangr; also from omgå and omgåast.

round (of drinks, contest, boxing match etc.)


ultralyd

ultralyden (definite singular)
ultralydar (indefinite plural)
ultralydane (definite plural)


suspensorium

suspensoriet (definite singular)
suspensorium (indefinite plural)
suspensoria (definite plural)


islamisme

islamismen (definite singular)
islamismar (indefinite plural)
islamismane (definite plural)

From French islamisme. Equivalent to islam + -isme.


bibliotekar

bibliotekaren (definite singular)
bibliotekarar (indefinite plural)
bibliotekarane (definite plural)


krigstid

krigstida (definite singular)
krigstider (indefinite plural)
krigstidene (definite plural)


fredstid

fredstida (definite singular)
fredstider (indefinite plural)
fredstidene (definite plural)


berber

berberen (definite singular)
berberar (indefinite plural)
berberane (definite plural)


tannverk

tannverk m (definite singular tannverken)


aprilsnarren

definite masculine singular of aprilsnarr


retoromansk

From reto-, after Latin Raetia (“old Roman province”) [Term?] + romansk (“Romance”).


aksjonær

aksjonæren (definite singular)
aksjonærar (indefinite plural)
aksjonærane (definite plural)


robåt

robåten (definite singular)
robåtar (indefinite plural)
robåtane (definite plural)


impuls

impulsen (definite singular)
impulsar (indefinite plural)
impulsane (definite plural)


perfeksjonist

perfeksjonist m (definite singular perfeksjonisten, indefinite plural perfeksjonistar, definite plural perfeksjonistane)

perfeksjonisten (definite singular)
perfeksjonistar (indefinite plural)
perfeksjonistane (definite plural)


mikroskopi

mikroskopien (definite singular)
mikroskopiar (indefinite plural)
mikroskopiane (definite plural)


borar

indefinite masculine plural of bor (Etymology 2)


hydrat

hydratet (definite singular)
hydrat (indefinite plural)
hydrata (definite plural)


rododendron

rododendronen (definite singular)
rododendronar (indefinite plural)
rododendronane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).


flua

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


sparegris

sparegris m (definite singular sparegrisen, indefinite plural sparegriser or sparegrisar, definite plural sparegrisene or sparegrisane)

sparegrisen (definite singular)
sparegriser (indefinite plural)
sparegrisar (indefinite plural)
sparegrisene (definite plural)
sparegrisane (definite plural)


disiplin

disiplinen (definite singular)
disiplinar (indefinite plural)
disiplinane (definite plural)

(uncountable) discipline (relating to behaviour)


bregne

bregnen (definite singular)
bregnar (indefinite plural)
bregnane (definite plural)

Related to Danish bregne, English bracken, and Swedish bräken


pauke

pauken (definite singular)
paukar (indefinite plural)
paukane (definite plural)


bengali

bengalien (definite singular)
bengaliet (definite singular)


løynd

Dei møttest i løynd.


identitet

identitet m (definite singular identiteten, indefinite plural identitetar, definite plural identitetane)

identiteten (definite singular)
identitetar (indefinite plural)
identitetane (definite plural)


julekort

julekortet (definite singular)
julekort (indefinite plural)
julekorta (definite plural)


smeltepunkt

smeltepunkt n (definite singular smeltepunktet, indefinite plural smeltepunkt, definite plural smeltepunkta)

smeltepunktet (definite singular)
smeltepunkt (indefinite plural)
smeltepunkta (definite plural)


økosystem

økosystem n (definite singular økosystemet, indefinite plural økosystem, definite plural økosystema)

økosystemet (definite singular)
økosystem (indefinite plural)
økosystema (definite plural)


åtgaum

Bragdene hans vekte åtgaum.


merksemd

merksemda (definite singular)
merksemder (indefinite plural)
merksemdene (definite plural)

Merksemda hennar var annanstads.


byrde

byrda (definite singular)
byrder (indefinite plural)
byrdene (definite plural)


trong

Me har trong for fleire folk.


astigmatisme

From a- + Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma) + -isme.


songar

songaren (definite singular)
songarar (indefinite plural)
songarane (definite plural)

Dei var alle gode songarar.


prest

presten (definite singular)
prestar (indefinite plural)
prestane (definite plural)


etymolog

etymologen (definite singular)
etymologar (indefinite plural)
etymologane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἔτυμον (étumon) + -log.


skåp

skåpet (definite singular)
skåp (indefinite plural)
skåpa (definite plural)

From Middle Norwegian skáp, from Middle Low German schap, from Old Saxon skap, from Proto-West Germanic *skap (“shape”), from Proto-Germanic *skapą.


merksemdi

definite singular of merksemd, bracket form


forskar

forskaren (definite singular)
forskarar (indefinite plural)
forskarane (definite plural)

Forskarane hadde studert fenomenet i månadsvis

The scientists had studied the phenomena for months.


gangbru

gangbru f (definite singular gangbrua, indefinite plural gangbruer, definite plural gangbruene)

gangbrua (definite singular)
gangbruer (indefinite plural)
gangbruene (definite plural)

Dei gjekk ute på gangbrua.

They were walking on the footbridge.


mjødm

mjødma (definite singular)
mjødmar (indefinite plural)
mjødmer (indefinite plural)
mjødmane (definite plural)
mjødmene (definite plural)

From Old Norse mjǫðm, from Proto-Germanic *medumō (“middle”). Akin to Faroese mjødn, Icelandic mjöðm and Elfdalian myörm.

Ho hadde verk i mjødmane som ikkje ville gå vekk.

She had aches in her hips that wouldn't go away.

mjønn

all dialectal and/or currently non-standard


eigar

eigaren (definite singular)
eigarar (indefinite plural)
eigarane (definite plural)

Kven er eigaren av denne bilen?


eige

eige [eiga] (feminine indefinite singular)
eiga (definite feminine singular)
eiger (feminine indefinite plural)
eigene (definite feminine plural)
eige (indefinite neuter singular)
eiget (definite neuter singular)
eige (indefinite neuter plural)
eiga (definite neuter plural)

Endeleg kom det i eiga mi.


kjelda

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


selje

selja (definite singular)
seljer (indefinite plural)
seljene (definite plural)


kjelde

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

[²c͡çɛɪ̯ldə]

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

Dei henta vatn i kjelda.

They fetched water from the source.

Dei fann ei oljekjelde under ørkensanda.

They found a reservoir of oil below the desert sand.

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

Hendinga var ei kjelde til frustrasjon.

The incident was a cause of frustration.

Er kjeldene dine til å stola på?


vold

(pre-2012) alternative form of vald (“violence”)


smidje

smidja (definite singular)
smidjer (indefinite plural)
smidjene (definite plural)


vellæte

vellætet (definite singular)
vellæte (indefinite plural)
vellæta (definite plural)

Dei fekk einast vellæte for arbeidet deira.

They only received positive mention for their work.

a positive mention, reception, repute; positive feedback


vêr

vêren (definite singular)
vêrar (indefinite plural)
vêrane (definite plural)

From Old Norse veðr. Akin to English wether.

På bakken gjekk det nokre vêrar.


vêr

vêret (definite singular)
vêr (indefinite plural)
vêra (definite plural)

From Old Norse veðr. Akin to English weather.

Vêret plar vera bra på denne tida av året.

The weather is normally good at this time of the year.

Dei drog alle godt etter vêret då dei var framme.

They all took deep breaths when they arrived.


oksid

oksidet (definite singular)
oksid (indefinite plural)
oksida (definite plural)


bauna

bauna (definite singular)
bauner (indefinite plural)
baunor (indefinite plural)
baunene (definite plural)
baunone (definite plural)

definite singular of baune (non-standard since 2012)


baune

From Old Norse baun, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-, *bʰabʰ-eh₂- (“bean”). The final -e was added under Middle Low German influence.

I dag er det bauner til middag.

bean; (pre-2012) alternative form of bønne


karbonat

karbonatet (definite singular)
karbonat (indefinite plural)
karbonata (definite plural)

From French carbonate and German Karbonat, from Latin carbo.


hjarte

hjartet (definite singular)
hjarte (indefinite plural)
hjarta (definite plural)
Historical inflection of hjarte
Historical inflection of hjarte
but considered second-tier.

nn-noun-infl

²<small>Aasen notes that the weak feminine plural is more common.</small>

hjarte

hjerte

between the 1938 and 2012 spelling reforms

Hjartet er ein muskel.

Hjartet mitt vil det annleis.


verje

verja (definite singular)
verjer (indefinite plural)
verjene (definite plural)

From Old Norse verja, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną.

verja

bracket form until and nonstandard since 2012

guardian (legally responsible for a minor)


livsstil

livsstilen (definite singular)
livsstilar (indefinite plural)
livsstilane (definite plural)


hernad

hernaden (definite singular)
hernader (indefinite plural)
hernadene (definite plural)

Dei for på hernad til framande land.

They went on a military campaign to foreign countries.

military expedition, military campaign; raid, ravage

Det var ein heil hernad av dei.


herskare

herskaren (definite singular)
herskarar (indefinite plural)
herskarane (definite plural)

Det var ein heil herskare av dei.

host (multitude), a large group or flock, an army (large group)


hærnad

hærnaden (definite singular)
hærnader (indefinite plural)
hærnadar (indefinite plural)
hærnadene (definite plural)
hærnadane (definite plural)

Dei for på hærnad til framande land.

Det var ein heil hærnad av dei.


hærskare

hærskaren (definite singular)
hærskarar (indefinite plural)
hærskarane (definite plural)

Det var ein heil hærskare av dei.


ljos

ljoset (definite singular)
ljos (indefinite plural)
ljosa (definite plural)

From Old Norse ljós, from Proto-Germanic *leuhsą. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic ljós.

Ljoset fer med ein fart på nesten 300 000 kilometer i sekundet.

Light travels at a velocity of almost 300,000 kilometres per second.


ynske

ynsket (definite singular)
ynske (indefinite plural)
ynska (definite plural)

From Old Norse ósk, from Proto-Germanic *wunskō, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). The 'n' was re-added under the influence of Middle Low German (compare German Low German wönschen (“wish”), Plautdietsch Wensch (“wish”)).

der

Eg har eit ynske om at dette går som planlagd.

a friendly thought or wish for someone else


eftan

eftanen (definite singular)
eftnar (indefinite plural)
eftnane (definite plural)


øyre

øyren (definite singular)
øyrar (indefinite plural)
øyrane (definite plural)

From Old Norse eyrir, plural aurar, from Latin aureus. Cognate with Icelandic eyrir and Swedish öre.

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


øyre

øyret (definite singular)
øyre (indefinite plural)
øyra (definite plural)


nyttårseftan

nyttårseftanen (definite singular)
nyttårseftnar (indefinite plural)
nyttårseftnane (definite plural)

From nyttår (“new year”) + eftan (“evening”).

Kva skal du gjera på nyttårseftan?

What will you be doing on New Year's Eve?


graut

grauten (definite singular)
grautar (indefinite plural)
grautane (definite plural)

From Old Norse grautr, from Proto-Germanic *grautiz. Cognate with Faroese greytur, Icelandic grautur, Swedish gröt, and Danish grød.

Koss smaka grauten?

something having similar consistency to porridge, a mush


nyttårsaftan

nyttårsaftanen (definite singular)
nyttårsaftnar (indefinite plural)
nyttårsaftnane (definite plural)

From nyttår (“new year”) + aftan (“evening”).

Kva skal du gjera på nyttårsaftan?


øyra

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

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øyra

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


herskar

Han var herskar i mange land.


forsking

forskinga (definite singular)
forskingar (indefinite plural)
forskingane (definite plural)

Forsking synte at det var sunt trass i alt.

Science showed that it was healthy after all.


gardin

gardina (definite singular)
gardiner (indefinite plural)
gardinene (definite plural)
gardinet (definite singular)
gardin (indefinite plural)
gardina (definite plural)

From Late Latin cortina, via German Gardine.


naud

nauda (definite singular)
nauder (indefinite plural)
naudene (definite plural)

From Old Norse nauð, nauðr, from Proto-Germanic *naudiz, *nauþiz.

Dei er i naud ute på havet!


skjere

skjera (definite singular)
skjerer (indefinite plural)
skjerene (definite plural)

Related to skjere m, from Old Norse skeri.


lygn

lygna (definite singular)
lygner (indefinite plural)
lygnene (definite plural)

Han har fortald deg ei lygn.


fengd

fengda (definite singular)
fengder (indefinite plural)
fengdene (definite plural)

Fiskinga gav stor fengd.


gjætar

gjætaren (definite singular)
gjætarar (indefinite plural)
gjætarane (definite plural)

Heile sommaren gjekk han på fjellet og var gjætar.

The entire summer he was in the mountains and acted as a shepherd.

someone who tends animals like sheep or goats; a shepherd or goatherd


gjetar

gjetaren (definite singular)
gjetarar (indefinite plural)
gjetarane (definite plural)

Heile sommaren gjekk han på fjellet og var gjetar.

During the entire summer, he travelled in the mountains being a shepherd.


fiskar

fiskaren (definite singular)
fiskarar (indefinite plural)
fiskarane (definite plural)

Fiskarane hadde fått mykje fengd denne hausten.

The fishermen had caught a lot of fish this autumn.


gneis

gneisen (definite singular)
gneisar (indefinite plural)
gneisane (definite plural)


bardage

bardagen (definite singular)
bardagar (indefinite plural)
bardagane (definite plural)


hårbørste

head

hårbørste m (definite singular hårbørsten, indefinite plural hårbørstar, definite plural hårbørstane)

hårbørsten (definite singular)
hårbørstar (indefinite plural)
hårbørstane (definite plural)


herar

(non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of her


herskaren

definite singular of herskare (bracket form)


herskarar

indefinite plural of herskare (bracket form)


herskarane

definite plural of herskare (bracket form)


herane

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of her


kolonist

kolonisten (definite singular)
kolonistar (indefinite plural)
kolonistane (definite plural)


hierarki

hierarkiet (definite singular)
hierarki (indefinite plural)
hierarkia (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἱεραρχία (hierarkhía, “rule of a high priest”), from ἱεράρχης (hierárkhēs, “high priest”), from ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) + ἄρχω (árkhō, “I rule”).


hyrna

head

hyrna n (definite singular hyrna, indefinite and definite plural hyrno)

hyrna (definite singular)
hyrno (definite indefinite plural)

From Middle Norwegian hyrni n, from Old Norse hyrna f, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ f.

corner ((pre-1938) alternative form of hyrne n)


hyrna

hyrna (definite singular)
hyrner (indefinite plural)
hyrnor (indefinite plural)
hyrnene (definite plural)
hyrnone (definite plural)

horned animal ((pre-2012) alternative form of hyrne f)


topografi

topografien (definite singular)
topografiar (indefinite plural)
topografiane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek τοπογραφία (topographía), τόπος (tópos) + -grafi.


kartagar

kartagaren (definite singular)
kartagarar (indefinite plural)
kartagarane (definite plural)

Kartagarane kom frå Kartago.


romar

romaren (definite singular)
romarar (indefinite plural)
romarane (definite plural)

Romarane la under seg mykje land.

a Roman (inhabitant of the Roman Empire)


signatur

signaturen (definite singular)
signaturar (indefinite plural)
signaturane (definite plural)


trakar

trakaren (definite singular)
trakarar (indefinite plural)
trakarane (definite plural)

Trakarane kom frå Trakia.
The Thracians came from Thracia.


iberar

iberaren (definite singular)
iberarar (indefinite plural)
iberarane (definite plural)

an Iberian (person from Iberia in Southern Europe)


numidar

numidaren (definite singular)
numidarar (indefinite plural)
numidarane (definite plural)

Numidarane kom frå Nord-Afrika.


bysantin

bysantinen (definite singular)
bysantinar (indefinite plural)
bysantinane (definite plural)

(pre-2016) alternative form of bysantinar


skytar

skytar m (definite singular skytaren, indefinite plural skytarar or skytar, definite plural skytarane or skytane)

skytaren (definite singular)
skytarar (indefinite plural)
skytar (indefinite plural)
skytarane (definite plural)
skytane (definite plural)

Skytarane kom frå Skytia.
The Scythians came from Scythia.


skytar

skytaren (definite singular)
skytarar (indefinite plural)
skytarane (definite plural)


bysantinar

bysantinaren (definite singular)
bysantinarar (indefinite plural)
bysantinarane (definite plural)


bysantinar

indefinite plural of bysantin (non-standard since 2016)


nordlending

nordlendingen (definite singular)
nordlendingar (indefinite plural)
nordlendingane (definite plural)

Dei var alle nordlendingar.


sørlending

sørlendingen (definite singular)
sørlendingar (indefinite plural)
sørlendingane (definite plural)

From Sørlandet, using the suffix + -lending.

Dei var alle sørlendingar.

a person from Southern Norway, Sørlandet.


vestlending

vestlendingen (definite singular)
vestlendingar (indefinite plural)
vestlendingane (definite plural)

Dei var alle vestlendingar.

a person from Western Norway (Vestlandet)


teiste

teisten (definite singular)
teistar (indefinite plural)
teistane (definite plural)

From Old Norse þeisti. Akin to English tystie.

Cepphus grylle
Cepphus grylle#Translingual

A black guillemot, tystie, Cepphus grylle.


gallar

gallaren (definite singular)
gallarar (indefinite plural)
gallarane (definite plural)

Gallarane kom frå Gallia.


austlending

austlendingen (definite singular)
austlendingar (indefinite plural)
austlendingane (definite plural)

From Austlandet + -ing (using the ending -lending).

Dei var alle austlendingar.

hjaltlending (< Old Norse: hjaltlendingr, = shetlendar

leilending

< Old Norse: leiglendingr < leiguland + -ingr


utlending

utlendingen (definite singular)
utlendingar (indefinite plural)
utlendingane (definite plural)

Combination of utland (“outland, foreign land”) + -lending (“(person) from, belonging to”). Compare Norwegian land + -ing > -lending and also English -ing, Old English -ing.

af

Utlendingar kjem frå utlandet.


teljing

teljinga (definite singular)
teljingar (indefinite plural)
teljingane (definite plural)

Teljinga er no ferdig.


trønder

head

trønder m pl (definite plural trøndene, indefinite singular trønder, definite singular trønderen)

trøndene (definite plural)
trønder (indefinite singular)
trønderen (definite singular)

Originally only plural; from Old Norse þrǿndr, þrǿndir, plural of þróndr. From the present participle of Proto-Germanic *þrōwōną, whence also Old Norse þróask, þróast, and Norwegian troast (“to thrive”). The proposed Proto-Norse ancestor is *þrōwendīʀ m pl (< Proto-Germanic *þrōwōną + *-ndz), cf. Old English Þrōwendas pl. A similar construction is found in the plural bønder (“farmers”) of bonde, which is also from a present participle. The singular form of trønder is lost today, and -o- is only found in the compound Trondheim.
Cognates include Faroese trøndur m pl, Icelandic Þrændir m pl, Swedish trönder m pl, German Drönter m pl, and English Throwends pl.

Dei var trønder alle i hop.
They were all Thronds. / They were all from Trøndelag.

Naar Fedrarne vaare vandrad inn og kvat Veg dei kom, veit me inkje. Dei kom vandrande i mindre Flokkar, som dei kallad „Folk“ (som Raumar, Ryger, Hordar, Trønder, Hader). Det Stykke Land, som eit „Folk“ busette seg i, kallad dei Fylke. Kvart Folk var bytt i fleire mindre „Herar“, kvar Her paa 100 Mann, og det Stykke Land, som ein „Her“ busette seg i, kallad dei Herad.

1882, Steinar Schjøtt, Norigs Soga: til Heimelesning og Bruk fyr Lærarar [Norway’s History: For Home Reading and Use by Teachers], Kristiania: Det norske Samlags Forlag, page 2:

When our ancestors went in and what path they took, we don’t know. They went in smaller groups, which they called “folk” (such as Reams, Rugians, Hords, Throwends, Hades). The piece of land where a “folk” settled, they called a filch [i.e. county]. Each “folk” was divided into smaller “heres”, each here of 100 men, and the piece of land where a “here” settled, they called a here-rede.

Det var ein herdebreid, haarfager Trønder, ivrig og smaagløgg, med mange Hugmaal, snar til aa læ, ei livleg Sjæl.

1883, Arne Garborg, Bondestudentar, Bergen: Printed by Nygaard, page 101:

It was a broad-shouldered, fair-haired Trønder, eager and smart, with many ideas, quick to laugh, a lively soul.

Thronds, Throwends (people from the county Trøndelag in Norway)

Han tala kav trønder.


skugge

skuggen (definite singular)
skuggar (indefinite plural)
skuggane (definite plural)

Trea kasta stutte skuggar på bakken.

The trees cast short shadows on the ground.


sjølv

sjølvet (definite singular)
sjølv (indefinite plural)
sjølva (definite plural)


røyr

røyra (definite singular)
røyret (definite singular)
røyrer (indefinite plural)
røyr (indefinite plural)
røyrene (definite plural)
røyra (definite plural)
røyr (indefinite neuter singular)
røyret (definite neuter singular)
røyr (indefinite neuter plural)
røyra (definite neuter plural)
røyr (feminine indefinite singular)
røyra (definite feminine singular)
røyrer (feminine indefinite plural)
røyrene (definite feminine plural)

Utanfor låg det nokre røyr stabla opp.


røyr

røyra (definite singular)
røyrar (indefinite plural)
røyrane (definite plural)


røyr

røyra (definite singular)
røyrer (indefinite plural)
røyrene (definite plural)

Dei fekk to røyrer då dei fiska.

They got two Arctic char when they were fishing.

Salvelinus alpinus
Salvelinus alpinus#Translingual


soleglad

solegladet (definite singular)
soleglad (indefinite plural)
soleglada (definite plural)

To timar att til soleglad.


sundag

sundagen (definite singular)
sundagar (indefinite plural)
sundagane (definite plural)


laurdag

laurdagen (definite singular)
laurdagar (indefinite plural)
laurdagane (definite plural)

ᛁ.ᛉᚮᚱᛁᛆᛆ.⤉.ᚦ⤉.ᛚᚮᚢᚱᚦᛆᛁᚳ.ᚦᛆᛆ.ᚼᚮΛᚱᛆᛋᛏ.ᚴᛚᚮᚴᛆᛆ.ᚠΛᚱ+.ᚼᛁᛉ+ᚱᛁᚴᛁᛆ.ᛋᛚᛆᛆ

1949, Sivert Aarflot, Runetrolldom og ringstav [printed manuscript from ca. 1800]:

Tomorrow is the Saturday, when the bell is heard ringing for the Kingdom of Heaven

I moriaa æ dæ lourdain da hoyrast klokaa fyre himerikia slaa


solnedgang

solnedgangen (definite singular)
solnedgangar (indefinite plural)
solnedgangane (definite plural)

To timar att til solnedgang.


blome

blomen (definite singular)
blomar (indefinite plural)
blomane (definite plural)

From Old Norse blómi, blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô. Akin to English bloom.

Solsikka er ein vakker blom.

Kirsebærtrea står i blom.

bloom (the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open)


fjert

fjerten (definite singular)
fjertar (indefinite plural)
fjertane (definite plural)


kabriolet

kabriolet m (definite singular kabrioleten, indefinite plural kabrioletar, definite plural kabrioletane)

kabrioleten (definite singular)
kabrioletar (indefinite plural)
kabrioletane (definite plural)


reanalyse

reanalysen (definite singular)
reanalysar (indefinite plural)
reanalysane (definite plural)


koffein

koffeinen (definite singular)
koffeinet (definite singular)


herberge

herberget (definite singular)
herberge (indefinite plural)
herberga (definite plural)

From Old Norse herbergi and Middle Low German herberge.


fummel

fummelen (definite singular)
fumlar (indefinite plural)
fumlane (definite plural)
fummelet (definite singular)
fummel (indefinite plural)
fumla (definite plural)


musé

muséet (definite singular)
museet (definite singular)
musé (indefinite plural)
muséa (definite plural)
musea (definite plural)

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


kapsel

kapselen (definite singular)
kapslar (indefinite plural)
kapslane (definite plural)


webkamera

webkameraet (definite singular)
webkamera (indefinite plural)
webkameraa (definite plural)


piksel

pikselen (definite singular)
pikslar (indefinite plural)
pikslane (definite plural)

From English pixel, abbreviation of "picture element".


kystlinje

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


karbohydrat

karbohydrat n (definite singular karbohydratet, indefinite plural karbohydrat, definite plural karbohydrata)

karbohydratet (definite singular)
karbohydrat (indefinite plural)
karbohydrata (definite plural)


sitronsyre

sitronsyre f (definite singular sitronsyra)


kompetanse

kompetansen (definite singular)
kompetansar (indefinite plural)
kompetansane (definite plural)

competence, competency (ability to perform a task)


eista

eista (definite singular)
eister (indefinite plural)
eistor (indefinite plural)
eistene (definite plural)
eistone (definite plural)

(pre-1938) alternative form of eiste f or n


fjernkontroll

fjernkontrollen (definite singular)
fjernkontrollar (indefinite plural)
fjernkontrollane (definite plural)

From fjern + kontroll. Compare Swedish fjärrkontroll.


linjal

linjalen (definite singular)
linjalar (indefinite plural)
linjalane (definite plural)

From Latin linealis, from linea (“line”).

a ruler or rule (measuring or drawing device)


duft

dufta (definite singular)
dufter (indefinite plural)
duftene (definite plural)


pleie

From Low German plegen and Old Norse plega.


badekar

badekaret (definite singular)
badekar (indefinite plural)
badekara (definite plural)


kombo

komboen (definite singular)
komboar (indefinite plural)
komboane (definite plural)


troposfære

troposfære m (definite singular troposfæren)


fengsel

fengselet (definite singular)
fengsel (indefinite plural)
fengsla (definite plural)


spasme

spasmen (definite singular)
spasmar (indefinite plural)
spasmane (definite plural)


parfyme

parfymen (definite singular)
parfymar (indefinite plural)
parfymane (definite plural)


persienne

persienna (definite singular)
persienner (indefinite plural)
persiennene (definite plural)


utdrag

utdraget (definite singular)
utdrag (indefinite plural)
utdraga (definite plural)


navle

navlen (definite singular)
navlar (indefinite plural)
navlane (definite plural)


overside

oversida (definite singular)
oversider (indefinite plural)
oversidene (definite plural)


retor

retoren (definite singular)
retorar (indefinite plural)
retorane (definite plural)

Probably through Latin rhētor, from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr).

(historical) a rhetorician in Ancient Greece or Rome


stoppet

definite neuter singular of stopp (Etymology 2)


husi

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of hus


karre

karreen (definite singular)
karrear (indefinite plural)
karreane (definite plural)


levemann

levemann m (definite singular levemannen, indefinite plural levemenn, definite plural levemennene)

levemannen (definite singular)
levemenn (indefinite plural)
levemennene (definite plural)


avslag

avslaget (definite singular)
avslag (indefinite plural)
avslaga (definite plural)


dimme

dimma (definite singular)
dimmer (indefinite plural)
dimmene (definite plural)

From Old Norse dimma (“darkness; darken”, noun and verb). The sense of dimming one's headlights is borrowed from English, but is ultimately of the same origin.


kvelp

kvelpen (definite singular)
kvelpar (indefinite plural)
kvelpane (definite plural)

From Old Norse hvelpr, from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz. Akin to English whelp.


moské

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moské m (definite singular moskéen or moskeen, indefinite plural moskéar or moskear, definite plural moskéane or moskeane)

moskéen (definite singular)
moskeen (definite singular)
moskéar (indefinite plural)
moskear (indefinite plural)
moskéane (definite plural)
moskeane (definite plural)

Borrowed from French mosquée, from Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).


morter

morteren (definite singular)
morterar (indefinite plural)
morterane (definite plural)


kartograf

kartografen (definite singular)
kartografar (indefinite plural)
kartografane (definite plural)


kardiolog

kardiologen (definite singular)
kardiologar (indefinite plural)
kardiologane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”) + -log.


gudinne

gudinne f (definite singular gudinna, indefinite plural gudinner, definite plural gudinnene)

gudinna (definite singular)
gudinner (indefinite plural)
gudinnene (definite plural)


testamente

testamentet (definite singular)
testamente (indefinite plural)
testamenta (definite plural)

From Latin testamentum, via Old Norse testament.

a will, testament (declaration of disposal of inheritance)

a testament (one of the two parts of the Bible)


lakris

lakris m or n (definite singular lakrisen or lakriset, indefinite plural lakrisar or lakris, definite plural lakrisane or lakrisa)

lakrisen (definite singular)
lakriset (definite singular)
lakrisar (indefinite plural)
lakris (indefinite plural)
lakrisane (definite plural)
lakrisa (definite plural)


kusine

kusina (definite singular)
kusiner (indefinite plural)
kusinene (definite plural)


ailler

Dem va på såmmå ailler som kjerrenga hass Ola

They were on the same age as the wife of Ola

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) Eye dialect spelling of alder (“age”).


skritt

skrittet (definite singular)
skritt (indefinite plural)
skritta (definite plural)

From Middle Low German schret or German Schritt.

step (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)


amfiteater

amfiteateret (definite singular)
amfiteater (indefinite plural)
amfiteatera (definite plural)

From Latin amphitheatrum, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιθέᾱτρον (amphithéātron).


frivillig

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frivillig m or f (definite singular and plural frivillige)

From fri (“free”) + villig (“willing”). Compare to Swedish frivillig, Danish frivillig and German freiwillig

Alternative form of friviljug (“volunteer”)


rolle

rolla (definite singular)
roller (indefinite plural)
rollene (definite plural)


teorem

teoremet (definite singular)
teorem (indefinite plural)
teorema (definite plural)


akvarell

akvarellen (definite singular)
akvarellar (indefinite plural)
akvarellane (definite plural)

(art) a watercolour (UK) or watercolor (US) (painting)


logaritme

logaritmen (definite singular)
logaritmar (indefinite plural)
logaritmane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) and ἀριθμός (arithmós), via New Latin logarithmus.


metamorfose

metamorfosen (definite singular)
metamorfosar (indefinite plural)
metamorfosane (definite plural)

From Latin metamorphosis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis).

der

μεταμόρφωσις


onani

onanien (definite singular)
onaniar (indefinite plural)
onaniane (definite plural)

From the biblical character Onan. For more, see at English onanism.


alkalimetall

alkalimetallet (definite singular)
alkalimetall (indefinite plural)
alkalimetalla (definite plural)


monsun

monsunen (definite singular)
monsunar (indefinite plural)
monsunane (definite plural)

From English monsoon or Portuguese monção, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, “season”).


patogen

patogenet (definite singular)
patogen (indefinite plural)
patogena (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos) + -gen.


flo

floa (plural)
Historical inflection of flo

→ English: floe


flo

floa (plural)
Historical inflection of flo
but considered second-tier.

From Old Norse flóð f or n. Akin to English flood. Doublet of flod.


staurkval

staurkvalen (definite singular)
staurkvalar (indefinite plural)
staurkvalane (definite plural)

Ute i fjorden var det staurkvalar.
There were orcas in the fjord.

Han laut ut og sjaa, kvar det vart av det andlitet og dei augo, og han braut seg igjenom folkemengdi justsom ein staurkval i eit sildelaas.

He had to see where that face and those eyes went, and he ploughed his way through the crowd like an orca in a school of herring.


spekkhoggar

spekkhoggaren (definite singular)
spekkhoggarar (indefinite plural)
spekkhoggarane (definite plural)

From spekk (“blubber”) + hoggar (“chopper”). Compare Norwegian spekkhogger, spekkhugger, Danish spækhugger, Swedish späckhuggare, German Speckhauer (dated).

Ute i fjorden var det spekkhoggarar.
There were orcas in the fjord.

1936, Odd Refsdal, translated from T.C. Bridges & H.H. Tiltman, Med livet som innsats

In his book about Captain Scott's expedition to the Pole, Ponting relates how he was attacked by orcas.

I boka si um kaptein Scotts polarekspedisjon fortel Ponting korleis han vart påteken av spekkhoggarar.


røsslyng

røsslyngen (definite singular)
røsslyngar (indefinite plural)
røsslyngane (definite plural)
røsslynget (definite singular)
røsslyng (indefinite plural)
røsslynga (definite plural)

From røss (“from Old Norse hross (“horse”)”) + lyng.

compound

from Old Norse <i class="Latn mention" lang="non">hross</i> (“horse”)

Heiane var fulle av røsslyng.

Calluna vulgaris
Calluna vulgaris#Translingual


lyng

From Old Norse lyng n, from Proto-Germanic *lingwą.

(collective) describing plants mostly from the heather family (Ericaceae)


trenar

trenaren (definite singular)
trenarar (indefinite plural)
trenarane (definite plural)

Kven er trenar for laget?


velvilje

/²ʋɛlˌʋɪljə/


flage

flaga (definite singular)
flager (indefinite plural)
flagene (definite plural)

Sudden rays or outbursts of light or colour.


etande

etandet (definite singular)
etande (indefinite plural)
etanda (definite plural)

Er her etande?


krigar

krigaren (definite singular)
krigarar (indefinite plural)
krigarane (definite plural)


nekk

nekken (definite singular)
nekker (indefinite plural)
nekkar (indefinite plural)
nekkene (definite plural)
nekkane (definite plural)


fege

feget (definite singular)
fege (indefinite plural)
fega (definite plural)


heimeside

heimeside [heimesida] (feminine indefinite singular)
heimesida (definite feminine singular)
heimesider (feminine indefinite plural)
heimesidene (definite feminine plural)

From heim (“home”) + side (“page”), derived from English home page.

Eg har ei heimeside på verdsveven.

I have a personal web page on the World Wide Web.

(Internet) website created/maintained by an institution, company or individual used to present themselves.


sevi

definite plural of sev (non-standard since 2012)


fyrste

fyrsten (definite singular)
fyrstar (indefinite plural)
fyrstane (definite plural)

a prince (male ruler of a principality, a non-royal high title of nobility)


hordalending

hordalendingen (definite singular)
hordalendingar (indefinite plural)
hordalendingane (definite plural)

I alt 20 hordalendingar deltok.

A total of 20 people from Hordaland participated.

a person from Hordaland, a county in western Norway.


lauv

lauvet (definite singular)
lauv (indefinite plural)
lauva (definite plural)

From Old Norse lauf, from Proto-Germanic *laubą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“peel, break off”). Akin to English leaf.


draum

draumen (definite singular)
draumar (indefinite plural)
draumane (definite plural)

From Old Norse draumr, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz. Akin to English dream.

Eg hadde ein merkeleg draum i natt.

a dream (imaginary events while sleeping)


daude

dauden (definite singular)
daudar (indefinite plural)
daudane (definite plural)


livrei

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of livré


vaskemaskinen

definite masculine singular of vaskemaskin


vaskemaskiner

indefinite feminine plural of vaskemaskin


eiste

eista (definite singular)
eistet (definite singular)
eister (indefinite plural)
eiste (indefinite plural)
eistene (definite plural)
eista (definite plural)

From Old Norse eista, from Proto-Germanic *aistô.


drope

dropen (definite singular)
dropar (indefinite plural)
dropane (definite plural)


livrar

(non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of lìvr


gløymsle

gløymsla (definite singular)
gløymsler (indefinite plural)
gløymslene (definite plural)

Denne soga går inn i gløymsla.

This story is about to become forgotten.

the act of forgetting or being forgotten about


fråsegn

fråsegna (definite singular)
fråsegner (indefinite plural)
fråsegnene (definite plural)


latviar

latviaren (definite singular)
latviarar (indefinite plural)
latviarane (definite plural)


japanar

japanaren (definite singular)
japanarar (indefinite plural)
japanarane (definite plural)

Japan hev sett upp ei liste yver umbøtingar i heile 25 saker, japanarane vil ha skipa jarnveger, telegrafar (teiknestrengar) og bergverk i Korea...

1894 July 21, “Utlandet. [Abroad.]”, in Den 17de Mai:

Japan has made a list of reforms in 25 areas, the Japanese want there to be established railways, telegraphs and mines in Korea...


kinesar

kinesaren (definite singular)
kinesarar (indefinite plural)
kinesarane (definite plural)

a Chinese (person from China, or of Chinese origin)


shetlendar

shetlendaren (definite singular)
shetlendarar (indefinite plural)
shetlendarane (definite plural)


tyskar

tyskaren (definite singular)
tyskarar (indefinite plural)
tyskarane (definite plural)

Mikrofonen er ikkje uppfunnen korkje av Edison elder av Englendaren Hughes, men av ein Tyskar, Dr. Ludtge i Berlin...

1878 October 23, “Mikrofonen. [The microphone.]”, in Fedraheimen:

The microphone was invented neither by Edison nor by the Englishman Hughes, but by a German, Dr. Ludtge in Berlin...


shetlending

shetlendingen (definite singular)
shetlendingar (indefinite plural)
shetlendingane (definite plural)


færøying

færøyingen (definite singular)
færøyingar (indefinite plural)
færøyingane (definite plural)


stadet

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


hjaltlending

hjaltlendingen (definite singular)
hjaltlendingar (indefinite plural)
hjaltlendingane (definite plural)

From Old Norse hjaltlendingr, from Hjaltland.

a Shetlander (literally “person from Hjaltland”)


soge

soga (definite singular)
soger (indefinite plural)
sogene (definite plural)

From Old Norse saga f with -o- from oblique sǫgu, whence also sogu. From Proto-Germanic *sagǭ f (“story”). Doublet of saga.

Denne soga går inn i gløymsla.

Me er stolte av norsk soge.


slepe

slepa (definite singular)
sleper (indefinite plural)
slepene (definite plural)


spon

sponen (definite singular)
sponar (indefinite plural)
sponane (definite plural)
Historical inflection of spon

nn-noun-infl

sponarne (sponane) or spønerne (spønine)

From Old Norse spánn, spónn, from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz. Akin to English spoon.


bukt

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


dekke

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

surface (of a road; of asphalt, gravel, concrete, charcoal etc.)


fabrikant

fabrikanten (definite singular)
fabrikantar (indefinite plural)
fabrikantane (definite plural)


fokke

fokka (definite singular)
fokker (indefinite plural)
fokkene (definite plural)

Alternative form of fokk (“foresail, jib”)


hakke

hakka (definite singular)
hakker (indefinite plural)
hakkene (definite plural)


krukke

krukka (definite singular)
krukker (indefinite plural)
krukkene (definite plural)

From Old Norse krukka. Akin to English crock.


lekte

lekta (definite singular)
lekter (indefinite plural)
lektene (definite plural)

Possibly a metathesis of Middle Low German letke, a diminutive. Compare German latte.


nypa

nypa (definite singular)
nyper (indefinite plural)
nypor (indefinite plural)
nypene (definite plural)
nypone (definite plural)


potte

potta (definite singular)
potter (indefinite plural)
pottene (definite plural)


koke

koka (definite singular)
koker (indefinite plural)
kokene (definite plural)

From Latin coquere, via Low German. The noun is derived from the verb.


stappe

stappa (definite singular)
stapper (indefinite plural)
stappene (definite plural)


lukke

lukka (definite singular)
lukker (indefinite plural)
lukkene (definite plural)

Borrowed from Middle Low German lucke, gelucke. Compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lykke, and Swedish lycka. Compare also English luck, German Glück, Yiddish גליק (glik), West Frisian gelok, Dutch and Afrikaans geluk, Saramaccan and Sranan Tongo koloku.


merke

merket (definite singular)
merke (indefinite plural)
merka (definite plural)

Eg set eit merke på kartet for å syna kor me skal.

I will make a mark on the map to show where we are going.

Oldsmobile var eit amerikansk merke.


strek

streken (definite singular)
strekar (indefinite plural)
strekane (definite plural)
streket (definite singular)
strek (indefinite plural)
streka (definite plural)

From Middle Low German streke, from Old Saxon *striki, from Proto-West Germanic *striki. Compare Swedish streck, Danish streg and German Strich. The Swedish cognate had both masculine and neuter gender, like Norwegian, but today is only neutrum used as standard.

Ein bindestrek er ein veldig kort strek.

a line (a mark made by a pen, pencil, etc.)


strek

Compare Danish streg and Swedish streck.


rekke

rekka (definite singular)
rekker (indefinite plural)
rekkene (definite plural)

From the verb rekke, from Old Norse rekja.


krake

kraken (definite singular)
krakar (indefinite plural)
krakane (definite plural)

→ English: Kraken, krake

a crooked tree
(by extension) a crooked person

a crooked tree
(by extension) a sick animal

a sea monster, including whales and octopuses


tikke

tikka (definite singular)
tikker (indefinite plural)
tikkene (definite plural)

a she-sheep (female animal of the family Ovis)


konk

konken (definite singular)
konkar (indefinite plural)
konkane (definite plural)


stift

stiften (definite singular)
stiftar (indefinite plural)
stiftane (definite plural)

From Middle Low German stift, steft, corresponds to German Stift m.

a tack, pin, wire nail, staple, needle (gramophone, record player)

(gymnastics) handspring: slå stiften - do a handspring


stift

stiftet (definite singular)
stift (indefinite plural)
stifta (definite plural)


låt

låten (definite singular)
låta (definite singular)
låtar (indefinite plural)
låter (indefinite plural)
låtane (definite plural)
låtene (definite plural)

From the verb låte, from Old Norse láta.


boen

pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

pronunciation spelling of bonden; definite singular of bonde


egde

egden (definite singular)
egdar (indefinite plural)
egdane (definite plural)


erve

ervet (definite singular)
erve (indefinite plural)
erva (definite plural)


klede

kledet (definite singular)
klede (indefinite plural)
kleda (definite plural)

From Old Norse klæði. Akin to English cloth.


gest

gesten (definite singular)
gestar (indefinite plural)
gestane (definite plural)


ramme

ramma (definite singular)
rammer (indefinite plural)
rammene (definite plural)

From Middle Low German rame, compare with German Rahmen.


plen

plenen (definite singular)
plenar (indefinite plural)
plenane (definite plural)

From English plain and French plaine; related to plan.


trane

trana (definite singular)
traner (indefinite plural)
tranene (definite plural)

crane (large bird of the family Gruidae), particularly the common crane, Grus grus.


verg

vergen (definite singular)
vergar (indefinite plural)
vergane (definite plural)

(dialectal) alternative form of dverg (“dwarf”)


gyngehest

gyngehesten (definite singular)
gyngehestar (indefinite plural)
gyngehestane (definite plural)


spindelvev

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spindelvev m (definite singular spindelveven, indefinite plural spindelvever or spindelvevar, definite plural spindelvevene or spindelvevane)

spindelveven (definite singular)
spindelvever (indefinite plural)
spindelvevar (indefinite plural)
spindelvevene (definite plural)
spindelvevane (definite plural)


bysantinane

definite plural of bysantin (non-standard since 2016)


bysantinen

definite singular of bysantin (non-standard since 2016)


offertorium

offertoriet (definite singular)
offertorium (indefinite plural)
offertoria (definite plural)


trønderar

Plural of the newer singular trønder made of the formerly plurale tantum trønder m pl.

Alternative form of trønder (“people from Trøndelag”)


flyplass

flyplassen (definite singular)
flyplassar (indefinite plural)
flyplassane (definite plural)


jordsmonn

jordsmonn n (definite singular jordsmonnet, indefinite plural jordsmonn, definite plural jordsmonna)

jordsmonnet (definite singular)
jordsmonn (indefinite plural)
jordsmonna (definite plural)


bydel

bydelen (definite singular)
bydelar (indefinite plural)
bydelane (definite plural)

part of town; (Australia, New Zealand) suburb


slakteri

slakteriet (definite singular)
slakteri (indefinite plural)
slakteria (definite plural)


detaljhandel

detaljhandelen (definite singular)
detaljhandlar (indefinite plural)
detaljhandlane (definite plural)

retail (sale of goods directly to the consumer)


jordi

(non-standard since 2012) definite singular of jord


galopp

galoppen (definite singular)
galoppar (indefinite plural)
galoppane (definite plural)


spak

spaken (definite singular)
spakar (indefinite plural)
spakane (definite plural)


hieroglyf

hieroglyfen (definite singular)
hieroglyfar (indefinite plural)
hieroglyfane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós).

der

ἱερογλυφικός

a hieroglyph (also hieroglyphics in plural form)


etternamn

etternamnet (definite singular)
etternamn (indefinite plural)
etternamna (definite plural)

Kva er etternamnet ditt?


toksin

toksinet (definite singular)
toksin (indefinite plural)
toksina (definite plural)


vigg

viggen (definite singular)
viggar (indefinite plural)
viggane (definite plural)

[Kølaveden] skulle væra fire ælner, heller fire ælner og en vigg, og en øksevigg er et tre tom heller så.

1953, Reidar Holtvedt, Historier fra Krokskauen, Oslo: Aschehoug, page 32:

[The coal wood] was s'posed to be four cubits, or four cubits and one vigg, an axe's vigg being three inches or so.

(obsolete) a measure of length roughly equivalent to three inches


transformator

transformatoren (definite singular)
transformatorar (indefinite plural)
transformatorane (definite plural)


suverenitet

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suverenitet m (definite singular suvereniteten)


klinge

klinga (definite singular)
klinger (indefinite plural)
klingene (definite plural)


krampe

krampe m (definite singular krampen, indefinite plural krampar, definite plural krampane)

krampen (definite singular)
krampar (indefinite plural)
krampane (definite plural)


volum

volumet (definite singular)
volum (indefinite plural)
voluma (definite plural)


tungetale

tungetalen (definite singular)
tungetala (definite singular)

(religion) speaking in tongues, glossolalia


cellofanet

(non-standard since 1983) definite singular of cellofan


investering

investering f (definite singular investeringa, indefinite plural investeringar, definite plural investeringane)

investeringa (definite singular)
investeringar (indefinite plural)
investeringane (definite plural)


klimaks

klimakset (definite singular)
klimaks (indefinite plural)
klimaksa (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”).


galehus

galehuset (definite singular)
galehus (indefinite plural)
galehusa (definite plural)

(derogatory) a mental hospital, (figuratively also) a madhouse


purgatorium

purgatoriet (definite singular)
purgatorium (indefinite plural)
purgatoria (definite plural)


talsperson

talspersonen (definite singular)
talspersonar (indefinite plural)
talspersonane (definite plural)

Equivalent to tale (“speech”) + person (“person”).


makron

makronen (definite singular)
makronar (indefinite plural)
makronane (definite plural)

From Italian maccarone (“macaroni”), via French macaron and German Makrone.


fornamn

fornamnet (definite singular)
fornamn (indefinite plural)
fornamna (definite plural)

Kva er fornamnet ditt?


førenamn

førenamnet (definite singular)
førenamn (indefinite plural)
førenamna (definite plural)

Kva er førenamnet ditt?


mønster

mønsteret (definite singular)
mønster (indefinite plural)
mønstera (definite plural)

From Latin mōnstrāre, via Old French monstre and Middle Low German or German Low German munster.


hamna

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


heteroseksualitet

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heteroseksualitet m (definite singular heteroseksualiteten)


omn

omnen (definite singular)
omnar (indefinite plural)
omnane (definite plural)

From Old Norse ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz. Akin to English oven, Norwegian Bokmål ovn, Swedish ugn.

Kan du fyra i omnen?


ramn

ramnen (definite singular)
ramnar (indefinite plural)
ramnane (definite plural)

From Old Norse hrafn (often spelled hramn), from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-. Akin to English raven.

Det sat nokre ramnar på bakken.


kløver

kløver m (definite singular kløveren, indefinite plural kløver or kløverar, definite plural kløverane)

kløveren (definite singular)
kløver (indefinite plural)
kløverar (indefinite plural)
kløverane (definite plural)


homoseksualitet

homoseksualitet m (definite singular homoseksualiteten)


kvantitet

kvantitet m (definite singular kvantiteten, indefinite plural kvantitetar, definite plural kvantitetane)

kvantiteten (definite singular)
kvantitetar (indefinite plural)
kvantitetane (definite plural)


sjukebil

sjukebilen (definite singular)
sjukebilar (indefinite plural)
sjukebilane (definite plural)


åtak

åtaket (definite singular)
åtak (indefinite plural)
åtaka (definite plural)

From Old Norse átak, from á (on) + tak (grip, hold). Similar in appearance to, but not related to, English attack and Swedish attack.

Mobben gjekk til åtak på bygningen.

The mob launched an attack on the building.

attack (attempt to cause damage or injury)


sjukehus

sjukehuset (definite singular)
sjukehus (indefinite plural)
sjukehusa (definite plural)

/²ʃʉːkɛˌhʉːs/


surpa

surpa (definite singular)
surper (indefinite plural)
surpor (indefinite plural)
surpene (definite plural)
surpone (definite plural)


morell

morellen (definite singular)
morellar (indefinite plural)
morellane (definite plural)


fjor

From Old Norse fjǫrð (in prepositional phrase í fjǫrð), from Proto-Germanic *ferudi, from Proto-Indo-European *peruti. Cognates include Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi), Sanskrit परुत् (parut), and Old Irish uraid.

used adverbially in the prepositional phrase i fjor (“last year”) – yesteryear, last year


cv

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


plåster

plåsteret (definite singular)
plåster (indefinite plural)
plåstri (definite plural)


vinnar

vinnaren (definite singular)
vinnarar (indefinite plural)
vinnarane (definite plural)

Kven er vinnaren?


lêr

lêret (definite singular)
lêr (indefinite plural)
lêra (definite plural)

Desse skorne er laga av lêr.


runde

runden (definite singular)
rundar (indefinite plural)
rundane (definite plural)


jagarfly

jagarflyet (definite singular)
jagarfly (indefinite plural)
jagarflya (definite plural)


jøkul

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

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


kulør

kuløren (definite singular)
kulørar (indefinite plural)
kulørane (definite plural)


fragt

fragti (definite singular)
fragter (indefinite plural)
fragterne (definite plural)
fragtene (definite plural)


perlemor

perlemor n (definite singular perlemoret)


vulkanutbrot

vulkanutbrotet (definite singular)
vulkanutbrot (indefinite plural)
vulkanutbrota (definite plural)


djevel

djevelen (definite singular)
djevlar (indefinite plural)
djevlane (definite plural)

From Old Norse djǫfull, ultimately from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

devil or the Devil (Satan: also capitalised as Djevelen)


senat

senatet (definite singular)
senat (indefinite plural)
senata (definite plural)


røykjar

røykjaren (definite singular)
røykjarar (indefinite plural)
røykjarane (definite plural)

a smoker (person who smokes tobacco habitually)


katastrofe

katastrofe m (definite singular katastrofen, indefinite plural katastrofar, definite plural katastrofane)

katastrofen (definite singular)
katastrofar (indefinite plural)
katastrofane (definite plural)


kjellar

kjellaren (definite singular)
kjellarar (indefinite plural)
kjellarane (definite plural)

Ultimately from Late Latin cellārium, probably through Middle Low German keller (and late Old Norse kellari). Compare Swedish källare, Icelandic kjallari.

Eg går og hentar noko i kjellaren.

I'll go and fetch something in the basement.


bergensar

bergensaren (definite singular)
bergensarar (indefinite plural)
bergensarane (definite plural)


lærar

læraren (definite singular)
lærarar (indefinite plural)
lærarane (definite plural)


sniglehus

sniglehuset (definite singular)
sniglehus (indefinite plural)
sniglehusa (definite plural)


snigel

snigelen (definite singular)
sniglar (indefinite plural)
sniglane (definite plural)

From Old Norse snigill, from Proto-Germanic *snigilaz.

Du er tregare enn ein snigel!

snail or slug, member of the Gastropoda class


kvisling

kvislinga (definite singular)
kvislingar (indefinite plural)
kvislingane (definite plural)

From kvisla (“to whisper; rattle”), from Old Norse hvísla.


kvisling

kvislingen (definite singular)
kvislingar (indefinite plural)
kvislingane (definite plural)

Norwegianisation of quisling, coined in 1940; from the surname Quisling, referring to Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during the Second World War. The surname derives from the Latinisation Quislinus of the Danish village name Kvislemark, later reinterpreted as Kvisle(mark) + -ing. More at the English entry.

a quisling (traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)


girondin

girondinen (definite singular)
girondinar (indefinite plural)
girondinane (definite plural)

(pre-2016) alternative form of girondinar


ansikt

ansiktet (definite singular)
ansikt (indefinite plural)
ansikta (definite plural)


vollgrav

vollgrav f (definite singular vollgrava, indefinite plural vollgraver, definite plural vollgravene)

vollgrava (definite singular)
vollgraver (indefinite plural)
vollgravene (definite plural)

/ˈʋɔlːˌɡrɑːʋ/

a moat (defensive ditch surrounding a fortified habitation)


statsminister

statsministeren (definite singular)
statsministrar (indefinite plural)
statsministrane (definite plural)


kasse

kassen (definite singular)
kassa (definite singular)
kasser (indefinite plural)
kassar (indefinite plural)
kassene (definite plural)
kassane (definite plural)


trommestikke

trommestikke f (definite singular trommestikka, indefinite plural trommestikker, definite plural trommestikkene)

trommestikka (definite singular)
trommestikker (indefinite plural)
trommestikkene (definite plural)


farar

fararen (definite singular)
fararar (indefinite plural)
fararane (definite plural)


revelje

reveljen (definite singular)
reveljar (indefinite plural)
reveljane (definite plural)


klarinettist

klarinettisten (definite singular)
klarinettistar (indefinite plural)
klarinettistane (definite plural)


steg

steget (definite singular)
steg (indefinite plural)
stega (definite plural)


delegat

delegaten (definite singular)
delegatar (indefinite plural)
delegatane (definite plural)


floskel

floskelen (definite singular)
flosklar (indefinite plural)
flosklane (definite plural)

From Latin flosculus (“small flower, thinking (mental) language”), diminutive of flos (“embellishment, flower”). Cognate with German Floskel.

der

empty phrase, platitude, cliché, bromide


handballspelar

handballspelaren (definite singular)
handballspelarar (indefinite plural)
handballspelarane (definite plural)


fotballspelar

fotballspelaren (definite singular)
fotballspelarar (indefinite plural)
fotballspelarane (definite plural)

(soccer) footballer (British); football player (Britain), soccer player (US, Canada, Australia)


DVD-spelar

DVD-spelaren (definite singular)
DVD-spelarar (indefinite plural)
DVD-spelarane (definite plural)


cd-spelar

cd-spelaren (definite singular)
cd-spelarar (indefinite plural)
cd-spelarane (definite plural)


dvd-spelar

dvd-spelaren (definite singular)
dvd-spelarar (indefinite plural)
dvd-spelarane (definite plural)


CD-spelar

CD-spelaren (definite singular)
CD-spelarar (indefinite plural)
CD-spelarane (definite plural)


pipur

(non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of pipe (kløyvd hokyn)


florentin

florentinen (definite singular)
florentinar (indefinite plural)
florentinane (definite plural)

(pre-2016) alternative form of florentinar


kontoutdrag

kontoutdraget (definite singular)
kontoutdrag (indefinite plural)
kontoutdraga (definite plural)

From konto (“account”) + utdrag (“excerpt, extract”).


kvi

kvii (definite singular)
kvier (indefinite plural)
kvierne (definite plural)


bankkonto

head

bankkonto m (definite singular bankkontoen, indefinite plural bankkontoar or bankkonti, definite plural bankkontoane or bankkontiane)

bankkontoen (definite singular)
bankkontoar (indefinite plural)
bankkonti (indefinite plural)
bankkontoane (definite plural)
bankkontiane (definite plural)


dusin

dusinet (definite singular)
dusin (indefinite plural)
dusina (definite plural)


leiar

leiaren (definite singular)
leiarar (indefinite plural)
leiarane (definite plural)

Kven er leiaren dykkar?

conductor (something which can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound)


partikkel

partikkelen (definite singular)
partiklar (indefinite plural)
partiklane (definite plural)

From Latin particula (“small part, particle”), diminutive of pars (“part, piece”).


skjegga

nonlemma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


kasserolle

kasserollen (definite singular)
kasserollar (indefinite plural)
kasserollane (definite plural)


lykke

lykka (definite singular)
lykker (indefinite plural)
lykkene (definite plural)


maksimum

maksimumet (definite singular)
maksimum (indefinite plural)
maksimuma (definite plural)


løkke

løkka (definite singular)
løkker (indefinite plural)
løkkene (definite plural)

a loop, noose (e.g. in a rope; this sense may only be spelt lykkje)


skjerf

skjerfet (definite singular)
skjerf (indefinite plural)
skjerfa (definite plural)

From French écharpe, via Low German scherf.


sabeltanntiger

sabeltanntigeren (definite singular)
sabeltanntigrar (indefinite plural)
sabeltanntigrane (definite plural)

sabel (“sabre”) + tann (“tooth”) + tiger


skytane

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of skytar


plass

plassen (definite singular)
plassar (indefinite plural)
plassane (definite plural)

From Old Norse plaz, from Middle Low German platse, from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα ὁδός (plateîa hodós, “broad way”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“to spread”), extended form of *pelh₂- (“flat”). Akin to English place.


kakiplomme

kakiplomma (definite singular)
kakiplommer (indefinite plural)
kakiplommene (definite plural)


brukar

brukaren (definite singular)
brukarar (indefinite plural)
brukarane (definite plural)


silikon

head

silikon n (definite singular silikonet, indefinite plural silikon, definite plural silikona)

silikonet (definite singular)
silikon (indefinite plural)
silikona (definite plural)


gløgg

gløggen (definite singular)
gløggar (indefinite plural)
gløggane (definite plural)

From Swedish glögg, a shortening of glödgad vin (“heated wine”), from glödga (“to heat”).

glogg (Scandinavian version of mulled wine)


lojalitet

lojaliteten (definite singular)
lojalitetar (indefinite plural)
lojalitetane (definite plural)


blekk

(uncountable) ink (coloured fluid used for writing)

(uncountable) ink (melanin and mucus matter used by cephalopods)


trommis

trommis m (definite singular trommisen, indefinite plural trommisar, definite plural trommisane)

trommisen (definite singular)
trommisar (indefinite plural)
trommisane (definite plural)

From tromme + -is. Calque of Swedish trummis or a loan from the old Scandinavian Månsing slang.

drummer (in a music band, e.g., in a punk band)

(rare) drummer (any musician who plays the drums)


dompap

dompapen (definite singular)
dompapar (indefinite plural)
dompapane (definite plural)

From Low German Dompape, Dompap (“priest at a cathedral; a bird: Blutfink, Dompfaffe, Dompfaff”).

der

Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Pyrrhula pyrrhula#Translingual


feminina

(non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of femininum

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of femininum


kunnskap

head

kunnskap m (definite plural kunnskapen, indefinite plural kunnskapar, definite plural kunnskapane)

kunnskapen (definite plural)
kunnskapar (indefinite plural)
kunnskapane (definite plural)


titrering

titreringa (definite singular)
titreringar (indefinite plural)
titreringane (definite plural)


hæls

hælsen (definite singular)
hælsar (indefinite plural)
hælsane (definite plural)

(dialectal) alternative form of hals (“neck”)


dobermann

dobermannen (definite singular)
dobermannar (indefinite plural)
dobermannane (definite plural)

Named for Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann, who first developed this breed.


hikke

hiccups (the condition of having hiccup spasms)


hauk

hauken (definite singular)
haukar (indefinite plural)
haukane (definite plural)

From Old Norse haukr (“one who grips, catches”), from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, probably ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“seize”). Akin to English hawk.

inh

Ser du haukane på himmelen?


amulett

amuletten (definite singular)
amulettar (indefinite plural)
amulettane (definite plural)


skule

skulen (definite singular)
skular (indefinite plural)
skulane (definite plural)

From Old Norse skóli, ultimately from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, have, possess”). Akin to English school.

der

Skal du på skulen i dag?


alternativ

alternativet (definite singular)
alternativ (indefinite plural)
alternativa (definite plural)


vant

vantet (definite singular)
vant (indefinite plural)
vanta (definite plural)


hoggorm

hoggormen (definite singular)
hoggormar (indefinite plural)
hoggormane (definite plural)

common European adder
common European adder


eksos

From Latin exhaustus, via English exhaust.

exhaust (the steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there; waste gases expelled from an engine, a turbine etc.)


kyrkje

kyrkja (definite singular)
kyrkjer (indefinite plural)
kyrkjene (definite plural)

From Old Norse kirkja, kyrkja, from Old English cirice, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), “Lord's (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).


flått

flåtten (definite singular)
flåttar (indefinite plural)
flåttane (definite plural)


sjiraff

sjiraffen (definite singular)
sjiraffar (indefinite plural)
sjiraffane (definite plural)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
Classical Persian سرنا
Proto-Indo-European *ped-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
Classical Persian پَا (pā)
Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa)der.
Norwegian Nynorsk sjiraff
From Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa) •.

etymon

Sjiraffar har lange halsar.


skodespel

skodespelet (definite singular)
skodespel (indefinite plural)
skodespela (definite plural)


forsvarsspelar

forsvarsspelaren (definite singular)
forsvarsspelarar (indefinite plural)
forsvarsspelarane (definite plural)

From forsvar (“defence”) + spelar (“player”).


midtbanespelar

midtbanespelaren (definite singular)
midtbanespelarar (indefinite plural)
midtbanespelarane (definite plural)

From midtbane (“midfield”) + spelar (“player”).


skodespelar

skodespelaren (definite singular)
skodespelarar (indefinite plural)
skodespelarane (definite plural)

actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or film)


sjøaure

sjøauren (definite singular)
sjøaurar (indefinite plural)
sjøaurane (definite plural)


einingsvektor

einingsvektoren (definite singular)
einingsvektorar (indefinite plural)
einingsvektorane (definite plural)

From eining (“unit”) + vektor (“vector”).

Einingsvektorane har ei lengd på 1.


eigenverdi

eigenverdien (definite singular)
eigenverdiar (indefinite plural)
eigenverdiane (definite plural)


eigenvektor

eigenvektoren (definite singular)
eigenvektorar (indefinite plural)
eigenvektorane (definite plural)


realfag

realfaget (definite singular)
realfag (indefinite plural)
realfaga (definite plural)

Eg skal studera realfag.

I am going to study mathematics and natural science.


sopran

sopranen (definite singular)
sopranar (indefinite plural)
sopranane (definite plural)

From Italian soprano; compare with German Sopran.


galakse

galaksen (definite singular)
galaksar (indefinite plural)
galaksane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “Milky Way”).


mordar

mordaren (definite singular)
mordarar (indefinite plural)
mordarane (definite plural)

Kven er mordaren?


mjøl

From Old Norse mjǫl, from Proto-Germanic *melwą, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.


bunad

bunaden (definite singular)
bunader (indefinite plural)
bunadar (indefinite plural)
bunadene (definite plural)
bunadane (definite plural)
Historical inflection of bunad

→ Norwegian Bokmål: bunad

From Old Norse búnaðr. Cognate with Swedish bonad (“tapestry”).

one of the traditional Norwegian folk costumes; bunad


fôrhaustar

fôrhaustaren (definite singular)
fôrhaustarar (indefinite plural)
fôrhaustarane (definite plural)

From fôr (“fodder”) + haustar (“harvester”).


ljå

ljåen (definite singular)
ljår (indefinite plural)
ljåar (indefinite plural)
ljårne (definite plural)
ljåane (definite plural)
ljå (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ljåen (accusative definite nominative singular)
ljår (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ljåar (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ljårne (accusative definite nominative plural)
ljåane (accusative definite nominative plural)
ljås- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)
ljå- (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)

ljå

From Old Norse ljá, oblique cases of nominative lé m. From Proto-Germanic *lewô. The verb is derived from the noun.

Eg skal slipa ljåen.


ongul

ongulen (definite singular)
onglar (indefinite plural)
onglane (definite plural)


ongel

ongelen (definite singular)
onglar (indefinite plural)
onglane (definite plural)

From Old Norse ǫngull, from Proto-Germanic *angulaz.


piggtråd

piggtråden (definite singular)
piggtrådar (indefinite plural)
piggtrådane (definite plural)

From pigg (“spike, barb”) + tråd (“thread”).


straum

straumen (definite singular)
straumar (indefinite plural)
straumane (definite plural)

From Old Norse straumr, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos, from *srew- (“to flow”). Akin to English stream.

current (fluid that moves constantly in one direction, such as an ocean current)

stream, flow (steady movement or succession of material, such as water)

Straumen gjekk i dag tidleg.


usbekar

usbekaren (definite singular)
usbekarar (indefinite plural)
usbekarane (definite plural)


armenar

armenaren (definite singular)
armenarar (indefinite plural)
armenarane (definite plural)


bhutanar

bhutanaren (definite singular)
bhutanarar (indefinite plural)
bhutanarane (definite plural)


pakistanar

pakistanaren (definite singular)
pakistanarar (indefinite plural)
pakistanarane (definite plural)


nepalar

nepalaren (definite singular)
nepalarar (indefinite plural)
nepalarane (definite plural)


srilankar

srilankaren (definite singular)
srilankarar (indefinite plural)
srilankarane (definite plural)


iranar

iranaren (definite singular)
iranarar (indefinite plural)
iranarane (definite plural)


turkmenar

turkmenaren (definite singular)
turkmenarar (indefinite plural)
turkmenarane (definite plural)


kirgisar

kirgisaren (definite singular)
kirgisarar (indefinite plural)
kirgisarane (definite plural)


aserbajdsjanar

aserbajdsjanaren (definite singular)
aserbajdsjanarar (indefinite plural)
aserbajdsjanarane (definite plural)


bruneiar

bruneiaren (definite singular)
bruneiarar (indefinite plural)
bruneiarane (definite plural)


filippinar

filippinaren (definite singular)
filippinarar (indefinite plural)
filippinarane (definite plural)


irakar

irakaren (definite singular)
irakarar (indefinite plural)
irakarane (definite plural)


indonesiar

indonesiaren (definite singular)
indonesiarar (indefinite plural)
indonesiarane (definite plural)


seychellar

seychellaren (definite singular)
seychellarar (indefinite plural)
seychellarane (definite plural)


maldivar

maldivaren (definite singular)
maldivarar (indefinite plural)
maldivarane (definite plural)


afghanar

afghanaren (definite singular)
afghanarar (indefinite plural)
afghanarane (definite plural)


malaysiar

malaysiaren (definite singular)
malaysiarar (indefinite plural)
malaysiarane (definite plural)


burmesar

burmesaren (definite singular)
burmesarar (indefinite plural)
burmesarane (definite plural)


kambodsjanar

kambodsjanaren (definite singular)
kambodsjanarar (indefinite plural)
kambodsjanarane (definite plural)


tibetanar

tibetanaren (definite singular)
tibetanarar (indefinite plural)
tibetanarane (definite plural)


kasakhstanar

kasakhstanaren (definite singular)
kasakhstanarar (indefinite plural)
kasakhstanarane (definite plural)


singaporar

singaporaren (definite singular)
singaporarar (indefinite plural)
singaporarane (definite plural)


vietnamesar

vietnamesaren (definite singular)
vietnamesarar (indefinite plural)
vietnamesarane (definite plural)


thailendar

thailendaren (definite singular)
thailendarar (indefinite plural)
thailendarane (definite plural)


kuwaitar

kuwaitaren (definite singular)
kuwaitarar (indefinite plural)
kuwaitarane (definite plural)


syrar

syraren (definite singular)
syrarar (indefinite plural)
syrarane (definite plural)


bahrainar

bahrainaren (definite singular)
bahrainarar (indefinite plural)
bahrainarane (definite plural)


qatarar

qatararen (definite singular)
qatararar (indefinite plural)
qatararane (definite plural)


libanesar

libanesaren (definite singular)
libanesarar (indefinite plural)
libanesarane (definite plural)


jordanar

jordanaren (definite singular)
jordanarar (indefinite plural)
jordanarane (definite plural)


omanar

omanaren (definite singular)
omanarar (indefinite plural)
omanarane (definite plural)


saudiarabar

saudiarabaren (definite singular)
saudiarabarar (indefinite plural)
saudiarabarane (definite plural)


armeniar

armeniaren (definite singular)
armeniarar (indefinite plural)
armeniarane (definite plural)


saudiar

saudiaren (definite singular)
saudiarar (indefinite plural)
saudiarane (definite plural)


indar

indaren (definite singular)
indarar (indefinite plural)
indarane (definite plural)


tyrkar

tyrkaren (definite singular)
tyrkarar (indefinite plural)
tyrkarane (definite plural)


angolanar

angolanaren (definite singular)
angolanarar (indefinite plural)
angolanarane (definite plural)


lesothoar

lesothoaren (definite singular)
lesothoarar (indefinite plural)
lesothoarane (definite plural)


botswanar

botswanaren (definite singular)
botswanarar (indefinite plural)
botswanarane (definite plural)


malawiar

malawiaren (definite singular)
malawiarar (indefinite plural)
malawiarane (definite plural)


namibiar

namibiaren (definite singular)
namibiarar (indefinite plural)
namibiarane (definite plural)


afrikanar

afrikanaren (definite singular)
afrikanarar (indefinite plural)
afrikanarane (definite plural)


mosambikar

mosambikaren (definite singular)
mosambikarar (indefinite plural)
mosambikarane (definite plural)


nordkoreanar

nordkoreanaren (definite singular)
nordkoreanarar (indefinite plural)
nordkoreanarane (definite plural)


sørafrikanar

sørafrikanaren (definite singular)
sørafrikanarar (indefinite plural)
sørafrikanarane (definite plural)


swazilendar

swazilendaren (definite singular)
swazilendarar (indefinite plural)
swazilendarane (definite plural)


sentralafrikanar

sentralafrikanaren (definite singular)
sentralafrikanarar (indefinite plural)
sentralafrikanarane (definite plural)


ekvatorialguineanaren

definite singular of ekvatorialguineanar


zambiar

zambiaren (definite singular)
zambiarar (indefinite plural)
zambiarane (definite plural)


gabonar

gabonaren (definite singular)
gabonarar (indefinite plural)
gabonarane (definite plural)


kamerunar

kamerunaren (definite singular)
kamerunarar (indefinite plural)
kamerunarane (definite plural)


ekvatorialguineanarar

indefinite plural of ekvatorialguineanar


argentinar

argentinaren (definite singular)
argentinarar (indefinite plural)
argentinarane (definite plural)


bolivianar

bolivianaren (definite singular)
bolivianarar (indefinite plural)
bolivianarane (definite plural)


zimbabwar

zimbabwaren (definite singular)
zimbabwarar (indefinite plural)
zimbabwarane (definite plural)


ekvatorialguineanar

ekvatorialguineanaren (definite singular)
ekvatorialguineanarar (indefinite plural)
ekvatorialguineanarane (definite plural)


brasilianar

brasilianaren (definite singular)
brasilianarar (indefinite plural)
brasilianarane (definite plural)


chilenar

chilenaren (definite singular)
chilenarar (indefinite plural)
chilenarane (definite plural)


sørkoreanar

sørkoreanaren (definite singular)
sørkoreanarar (indefinite plural)
sørkoreanarane (definite plural)


sjanse

sjansen (definite singular)
sjansar (indefinite plural)
sjansane (definite plural)


guyanar

guyanaren (definite singular)
guyanarar (indefinite plural)
guyanarane (definite plural)


ecuadorianar

ecuadorianaren (definite singular)
ecuadorianarar (indefinite plural)
ecuadorianarane (definite plural)


colombianar

colombianaren (definite singular)
colombianarar (indefinite plural)
colombianarane (definite plural)


peruanar

peruanaren (definite singular)
peruanarar (indefinite plural)
peruanarane (definite plural)


kolombianar

kolombianaren (definite singular)
kolombianarar (indefinite plural)
kolombianarane (definite plural)


surinamar

surinamaren (definite singular)
surinamarar (indefinite plural)
surinamarane (definite plural)


paraguayanar

paraguayanaren (definite singular)
paraguayanarar (indefinite plural)
paraguayanarane (definite plural)


uruguayanar

uruguayanaren (definite singular)
uruguayanarar (indefinite plural)
uruguayanarane (definite plural)


kviterussar

kviterussaren (definite singular)
kviterussarar (indefinite plural)
kviterussarane (definite plural)


venezuelanar

venezuelanaren (definite singular)
venezuelanarar (indefinite plural)
venezuelanarane (definite plural)


bulgarar

bulgararen (definite singular)
bulgararar (indefinite plural)
bulgararane (definite plural)


tsjekkar

tsjekkaren (definite singular)
tsjekkarar (indefinite plural)
tsjekkarane (definite plural)


passord

passordet (definite singular)
passord (indefinite plural)
passorda (definite plural)

pass + ord, a calque of English password


fjernsyn

fjernsynet (definite singular)
fjernsyn (indefinite plural)
fjernsyna (definite plural)

Equivalent to fjern (“remote, distant”) + syn (“vision”). Akin to German Fernseher.

compound

Eg har kjøpt ny fjernsyn.

Kva viser dei på fjernsynet i dag?


litauar

litauaren (definite singular)
litauarar (indefinite plural)
litauarane (definite plural)


moldovar

moldovaren (definite singular)
moldovarar (indefinite plural)
moldovarane (definite plural)


russar

russaren (definite singular)
russarar (indefinite plural)
russarane (definite plural)


ukrainar

ukrainaren (definite singular)
ukrainarar (indefinite plural)
ukrainarane (definite plural)


portugisar

portugisaren (definite singular)
portugisarar (indefinite plural)
portugisarane (definite plural)


ungarar

ungararen (definite singular)
ungararar (indefinite plural)
ungararane (definite plural)


ungarar

indefinite plural of ungar (non-standard since 2012)


andorranar

andorranaren (definite singular)
andorranarar (indefinite plural)
andorranarane (definite plural)


sentrum

sentrumet (definite singular)
sentrum (indefinite plural)
sentruma (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), via Latin centrum.


grekar

grekaren (definite singular)
grekarar (indefinite plural)
grekarane (definite plural)

From Old Norse grikkr, from Old East Slavic грькъ (grĭkŭ) or Proto-Slavic *grьkъ, from Vulgar Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós), of uncertain origin.


austerrikar

austerrikaren (definite singular)
austerrikarar (indefinite plural)
austerrikarane (definite plural)


albanar

albanaren (definite singular)
albanarar (indefinite plural)
albanarane (definite plural)


estlendar

estlendaren (definite singular)
estlendarar (indefinite plural)
estlendarane (definite plural)


bjeff

bjeffet (definite singular)
bjeff (indefinite plural)
bjeffa (definite plural)

a bark (short, loud, explosive utterance)


rumenar

rumenaren (definite singular)
rumenarar (indefinite plural)
rumenarane (definite plural)


vigsel

vigselen (definite singular)
vigslar (indefinite plural)
vigslane (definite plural)


romsonde

romsonden (definite singular)
romsondar (indefinite plural)
romsondane (definite plural)


kø

head

kø m (definite singular køen, indefinite plural køar, definite plural køane)

køen (definite singular)
køar (indefinite plural)
køane (definite plural)


akupunktur

akupunktur m (definite singular akupunkturen)


fjøra

fjøra (definite singular)
fjører (indefinite plural)
fjøror (indefinite plural)
fjørene (definite plural)
fjørone (definite plural)

From Old Norse fjara (“to ebb, flow back”).


fjøra

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


fjør

fjøra (definite singular)
fjører (indefinite plural)
fjørene (definite plural)

From Old Norse fjǫðr, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The meaning “spring” stems from one of the secondary senses of German Feder (“feather”). Cognate with German Low German Fedder, English feather.

inh

(technical) spring (device made of flexible material)

(carpentry) a tongue (as in a tongue and groove joint)


bryn

brynet (definite singular)
bryn (indefinite plural)
bryna (definite plural)

From Old Norse brýnn, nominative and accusative plural of brún f. May be related to bru and brygge.


beninar

beninaren (definite singular)
beninarar (indefinite plural)
beninarane (definite plural)


ivorianar

ivorianaren (definite singular)
ivorianarar (indefinite plural)
ivorianarane (definite plural)


burkinar

burkinaren (definite singular)
burkinarar (indefinite plural)
burkinarane (definite plural)


ghanesar

ghanesaren (definite singular)
ghanesarar (indefinite plural)
ghanesarane (definite plural)


guineanar

guineanaren (definite singular)
guineanarar (indefinite plural)
guineanarane (definite plural)

Guinean (someone from Guinea or of Guinean descent)


gambiar

gambiaren (definite singular)
gambiarar (indefinite plural)
gambiarane (definite plural)


liberiar

liberiaren (definite singular)
liberiarar (indefinite plural)
liberiarane (definite plural)


mauritaniar

mauritaniaren (definite singular)
mauritaniarar (indefinite plural)
mauritaniarane (definite plural)


senegalesar

senegalesaren (definite singular)
senegalesarar (indefinite plural)
senegalesarane (definite plural)


togolesar

togolesaren (definite singular)
togolesarar (indefinite plural)
togolesarane (definite plural)


sierraleonar

sierraleonaren (definite singular)
sierraleonarar (indefinite plural)
sierraleonarane (definite plural)


nigerar

nigeraren (definite singular)
nigerarar (indefinite plural)
nigerarane (definite plural)


nigerianar

nigerianaren (definite singular)
nigerianarar (indefinite plural)
nigerianarane (definite plural)


tsjadar

tsjadaren (definite singular)
tsjadarar (indefinite plural)
tsjadarane (definite plural)


maliar

maliaren (definite singular)
maliarar (indefinite plural)
maliarane (definite plural)


algeriar

algeriaren (definite singular)
algeriarar (indefinite plural)
algeriarane (definite plural)


libyar

libyaren (definite singular)
libyarar (indefinite plural)
libyarane (definite plural)


koreanar

koreanaren (definite singular)
koreanarar (indefinite plural)
koreanarane (definite plural)


marokkanar

marokkanaren (definite singular)
marokkanarar (indefinite plural)
marokkanarane (definite plural)


sudanar

sudanaren (definite singular)
sudanarar (indefinite plural)
sudanarane (definite plural)


egyptar

egyptaren (definite singular)
egyptarar (indefinite plural)
egyptarane (definite plural)


burundiar

burundiaren (definite singular)
burundiarar (indefinite plural)
burundiarane (definite plural)


tunisiar

tunisiaren (definite singular)
tunisiarar (indefinite plural)
tunisiarane (definite plural)


djiboutiar

djiboutiaren (definite singular)
djiboutiarar (indefinite plural)
djiboutiarane (definite plural)


etiopiar

etiopiaren (definite singular)
etiopiarar (indefinite plural)
etiopiarane (definite plural)


eritrear

eritrearen (definite singular)
eritrearar (indefinite plural)
eritrearane (definite plural)


rwandar

rwandaren (definite singular)
rwandarar (indefinite plural)
rwandarane (definite plural)


kenyanar

kenyanaren (definite singular)
kenyanarar (indefinite plural)
kenyanarane (definite plural)


kappverdar

kappverdaren (definite singular)
kappverdarar (indefinite plural)
kappverdarane (definite plural)


ugandar

ugandaren (definite singular)
ugandarar (indefinite plural)
ugandarane (definite plural)


somaliar

somaliaren (definite singular)
somaliarar (indefinite plural)
somaliarane (definite plural)


sjø

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

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


tanzanianar

tanzanianaren (definite singular)
tanzanianarar (indefinite plural)
tanzanianarane (definite plural)


mauritiar

mauritiaren (definite singular)
mauritiarar (indefinite plural)
mauritiarane (definite plural)