landsmål

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

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

cog

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


form

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


fender

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


sum

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

Kva er summen av 2+2?


sum

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

Dei la på sum utover mot holmen.


rad

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


ty

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


veto

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


adresse

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


rouge

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

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


rosa

From Latin rosa. Doublet of rose and ros.


rosa

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

From Old Norse rós, rósa, from Latin rosa.

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


rosa

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


rosa

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


lid

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


idiot

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


papa

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


moment

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

Det er mange moment som spelar inn her.

element, variable, contributing factor or circumstance


marine

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


land

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

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

der

Noreg er eit land i nord.

Det var mangel på land for jordbruk.

There was a lack of land for agriculture.


land

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


hop

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

From Old Norse hópr. Akin to English heap.


draft

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


same

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


tom

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

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


dragon

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

a dragoon (soldier of the mounted infantry)


largo

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


trio

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

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


interregnum

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

nn-noun-infl

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

interregna, interregnaa 􂀿interregnai􂁀, interregnuma 􂀿interregnumi􂁀


lire

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


lire

From Old Norse líri m, likely onomatopoetic.


lire

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

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


zloty

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


tap

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


lamb

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

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

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

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


ja

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


tik

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


bom

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

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

a derrick (nautical, for loading/unloading cargo)


mongol

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


lik

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

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


sik

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

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

Coregonus lavaretus
Coregonus lavaretus#Translingual


sik

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

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


sik

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


bon

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

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

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

„Mat!“ ropar Boni og tuttrar og græt.

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

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

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

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

Their children were big, the eldest even were grownups.

Vælkomne te Vaagaa mæ Kiæring aa Bon

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

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

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

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


halve

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


hai

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

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


cup

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


cykel

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


omen

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


omen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


neve

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


vandal

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


hus

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

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

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


bos

Compare Swedish boss with the same meaning.

(Western and Southern Norway) garbage, rubbish, waste


nei

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

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


nei

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of ne


advent

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


stol

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

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


tape

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


stove

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


bok

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

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


snare

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

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


allegro

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


alkaloid

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


analyse

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

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

I dag skal vi utføre ein analyse av denne prøva.

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

Ho kom med ein skarpsindig analyse av situasjonen.

She came up with a shrewd analysis of the situation.

analysis (action of taking something apart to study it)


instrument

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

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


od

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

Eg gjorde det med odet var på meg.

wild impulse, sudden compulsion, yearning, frenzy


bark

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

From Late Latin barca, via French barque.

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


presto

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


lira

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

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


gris

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


hangar

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


admiral

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

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


amid

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


administrator

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


nos

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

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


kid

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

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


alkali

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


dom

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


dom

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


boar

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


tale

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


barn

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

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

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


agenda

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

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

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


buffet

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

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

buffet (a counter or room where refreshments are sold)

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


register

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

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


farao

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

a pharaoh (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)


alarm

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

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


gele

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


cymbal

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


kam

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

From Old Norse kambr. Akin to English comb.


rival

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


ornament

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


bord

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

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


bord

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

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


agent

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


rip

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

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


rip

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


steppe

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

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


vene

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

Borrowed ultimately from Latin vēna; compare French veine.


koti

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of kot


apa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


kaki

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


hobbit

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

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

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


bantu

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

a Bantu (person who speaks a Bantu language)

a collective term for all Bantu speakers


ski

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

→ Albanian: ski

→ Bulgarian: ски (ski)

→ Danish: ski

→ Dutch: ski

desctree

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

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

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

→ Greek: σκι (ski)

→ Hebrew: סקי (ski)

→ Hindi: स्की (skī)

→ Italian: sci

→ Khmer: ស្គី (skii)

→ Ladino: schi

→ Lao: ສະກີ (sa kī)

→ Macedonian: скија (skija)

→ Mòcheno: ski

→ Portuguese: esqui

→ Serbo-Croatian: skija / скија

→ Urdu: سکی (skī)

→ Vietnamese: xki

→ Welsh: sgi

→⇒ Cimbrian: skin

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

gå på ski (plural)


WC

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

Borrowed from English WC, an initialism for water closet.

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


tone

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

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


anger

regret, remorse, contrition, repentance, penitence


shilling

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

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


guide

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


fee

(non-standard since 1917) definite singular of fe


ever

indefinite plural of eva (non-standard since 2012)


amen

amenet (definite singular)
amen (indefinite plural)
amena (definite plural)

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, truly”).


grime

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

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


dessert

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


demon

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn).


lok

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


tee

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


dress

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

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


millibar

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


eg

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


dass

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

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


dan

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

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


pest

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

sky (noko/nokon) som pesten

avoid (something/someone) like the plague

velje mellom pest og kolera


parameter

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

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


essay

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

Borrowed from English essay, from Middle French essai.

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


liter

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

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


liter

(non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of lìt


film

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

a film (for taking photographs in a camera)

a film (thin material, layer or coating)


stare

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

Sturnus vulgaris
Sturnus vulgaris#Translingual

a starling (a songbird, Sturnus vulgaris)


natur

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

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


shah

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


under

underet (definite singular)
under (indefinite plural)
undera (definite plural)

From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”). Akin to English wonder.


slav

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


toast

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


tema

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


hoe

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


malt

malt (grain prepared for brewing and distilling)


kebab

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

From Turkish kebap, from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb).

kebab (dish of skewered meat and vegetables)


whisky

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

From English whisky, originally from Gaelic.


cowboy

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

cowboyar og indianarar


wienerbrød

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

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


prestissimo

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

From Italian prestissimo, superlative of presto.


brød

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

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

rista brød


kenguru

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

From an Australian Aboriginal language, via English kangaroo.


fortissimo

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

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


hat

hatet (definite singular)
hat (indefinite plural)
hata (definite plural)

From Old Norse hatr, from Proto-Germanic *hataz. Akin to English hate.


fred

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


ufo

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


allegretto

allegrettoen (definite singular)
allegrettoar (indefinite plural)
allegrettoane (definite plural)


veri

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of vere


single

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

Borrowed from English single and singles.


tornado

tornadoen (definite singular)
tornadoar (indefinite plural)
tornadoane (definite plural)

From Spanish tronada, via English tornado.


tong

tonga (definite singular)
tenger (indefinite plural)
tengene (definite plural)


toga

togaen (definite singular)
togaer (indefinite plural)
togaar (indefinite plural)
togaene (definite plural)
togaane (definite plural)


eufemisme

eufemismen (definite singular)
eufemismar (indefinite plural)
eufemismane (definite plural)


nomen

nomenet (definite singular)
nomen (indefinite plural)
nomena (definite plural)

(grammar) noun (i.e. nouns and adjectives)

(grammar, newer) noun (i.e. nouns, adjectives, pronouns (and partially also numerals and infinitive forms of verbs))


adagio

adagioen (definite singular)
adagioar (indefinite plural)
adagioane (definite plural)

Borrowed from Italian adagio (“slowly”).


protein

proteinet (definite singular)
protein (indefinite plural)
proteina (definite plural)


rok

roket (definite singular)
rok (indefinite plural)
roka (definite plural)


vase

vasen (definite singular)
vasar (indefinite plural)
vasane (definite plural)

From Latin vas, via French vase and German Vase.


tsunami

tsunamien (definite singular)
tsunamiar (indefinite plural)
tsunamiane (definite plural)

From Japanese 津波 (tsunami), via English tsunami.


ungar

ungaren (definite singular)
ungarar (indefinite plural)
ungarane (definite plural)


patron

patronen (definite singular)
patronar (indefinite plural)
patronane (definite plural)

a patron (person who gives financial or other support)


patron

patrona (definite singular)
patroner (indefinite plural)
patronene (definite plural)


genitalia

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genitalia n pl (definite plural genitaliaa)


filter

filteret (definite singular)
filter (indefinite plural)
filtera (definite plural)


program

program n (definite singular programmet, indefinite plural program, definite plural programma)

programmet (definite singular)
program (indefinite plural)
programma (definite plural)


bonus

bonusen (definite singular)
bonusar (indefinite plural)
bonusane (definite plural)

Borrowed from English bonus or Latin bonus.


adverbial

adverbialet (definite singular)
adverbial (indefinite plural)
adverbiala (definite plural)


term

termen (definite singular)
termar (indefinite plural)
termane (definite plural)

From Latin terminus, via French terme and English term.


rime

an elongated row of hills or low mountains


sabel

sabelen (definite singular)
sablar (indefinite plural)
sablane (definite plural)

From Hungarian szablya, via German Säbel.


hol

holet (definite singular)
hol (indefinite plural)
hola (definite plural)

From Old Norse hol. Akin to English hole and German Höhle.


hol

holen (definite singular)
holar (indefinite plural)
holane (definite plural)


sorg

sorga (definite singular)
sorger (indefinite plural)
sorgene (definite plural)

From Old Norse sorg, from Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”). Akin to sorrow.


engel

engelen (definite singular)
englar (indefinite plural)
englane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos), via Old Norse engill.


gong

gongen (definite singular)
gonger (indefinite plural)
gongar (indefinite plural)
gongene (definite plural)
gongane (definite plural)

Kor mange gonger hende det?


gong

gongen (definite singular)
gongar (indefinite plural)
gongane (definite plural)


dime

dimen (definite singular)
dimes (indefinite plural)
dimane (definite plural)

Borrowed from English. Ultimately from Latin decimus (“tenth”).


tunge

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

From Old Norse tunga f, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ f (“tongue”), from an N-stem variant of earlier Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s f (“tongue”).
Nordic cognates include Icelandic, Faroese, Norn, and Swedish tunga, Danish tunge, Elfdalian tungga. Other Germanic cognates include English tongue, West Frisian tonge, Dutch tong, German Zunge, and Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō).
Indo-European cognates include Armenian լեզու (lezu), Irish teanga, Latin lingua, Lithuanian liežuvis, Northern Kurdish ziman, Persian زبان, Polish język, Russian язык (jazyk), Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā), Tocharian A käntu, Tocharian B kantwo, Welsh tafod.

Menneske kan smaka med tunga.

(religion, often in the plural) glossolalia

something which resembles a tongue
a flame

something which resembles a tongue
a tongue in a swallowtail flag

something which resembles a tongue
a tongue in a shoe

(poetic) bladepoint; tip of a spear, sword, lance or other

(rail transport) points (Britain, Ireland, Australia, India); switch (US) (the part of the railway switch that actually moves)


tunge

tungen (definite singular)
tungar (indefinite plural)
tungane (definite plural)

From Old Norse þungi, from the adjective tung (“heavy”) (Old Norse þungr).

(in the definite singular) most, the majority


friar

friaren (definite singular)
friarar (indefinite plural)
friarane (definite plural)

From fri (“to ask for (someone's) hand in marriage”) + -ar.

af

one (traditionally a man) who proposes marriage


veg

vegen (definite singular)
vegar (indefinite plural)
vegane (definite plural)

From Old Norse vegr, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Akin to English way.

bane veg


tenor

tenoren (definite singular)
tenorar (indefinite plural)
tenorane (definite plural)

From Italian tenore, via French ténor and German Tenor.

tenor (singing voice or singer; pitch of a musical instrument)


albino

albinoen (definite singular)
albinoar (indefinite plural)
albinoane (definite plural)

Ultimately from Latin albus, via Portuguese and Spanish albino.

(as a noun modifier) albino, albinistic: congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); afflicted with albinism


gata

gata (definite singular)
gater (indefinite plural)
gator (indefinite plural)
gatene (definite plural)
gatone (definite plural)


madam

madamma (definite singular)
madammer (indefinite plural)
madammene (definite plural)


pasta

pastaen (definite singular)
pastaer (indefinite plural)
pastaar (indefinite plural)
pastaene (definite plural)
pastaane (definite plural)


bere

bera (definite singular)
berer (indefinite plural)
berene (definite plural)

Inne mellom trea kunne dei skimta ei bere.

Between the trees, they could discern a she-bear.


alba

albaen (definite singular)
albaar (indefinite plural)
albaer (indefinite plural)
albaane (definite plural)
albaene (definite plural)


gruppe

gruppa (definite singular)
grupper (indefinite plural)
gruppene (definite plural)

From German Gruppe, from French groupe, from Italian gruppo, itself derived from Vulgar Latin *cruppo, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“lump, round mass, body, crop”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to crumple, bend, crawl”).


lo

loa (definite singular)
loer (indefinite plural)
loene (definite plural)

Compare with Icelandic ló. May have something to do with Old Norse lagðr.

woollen hairs that shed off knitted or woven fabrics


lo

any of various birds of the family Charadriidae, the plovers and dotterels


lo

(agriculture) a harvested (especially grain), that has been cut but not threshed

(agriculture, collective) grain, husk and straw


lo

From Old Norse ló f or n (“a clearing in the forest; meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *lauhō f, *lauhaz m.


lo

loen (definite singular)
loar (indefinite plural)
loane (definite plural)

(nautical) part of a vessel whose side faces the wind


lo

From Middle Low German lot (genitive lodes). Doublet of lodd.


lo

(tools) a nail header (used by a blacksmith in production of iron nails)


lo

loet (definite singular)
lo (indefinite plural)
loa (definite plural)


være

været (definite singular)
være (indefinite plural)
væra (definite plural)

a place or location that someone or something can exist


format

formatet (definite singular)
format (indefinite plural)
formata (definite plural)


pyjamas

pyjamasen (definite singular)
pyjamasar (indefinite plural)
pyjamasane (definite plural)

Borrowed from English. See there for more.


album

albumet (definite singular)
album (indefinite plural)
albuma (definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin album, from albus (“white”); or English album (in the music sense).


ord

ordet (definite singular)
ord (indefinite plural)
orda (definite plural)

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”). Akin to English word.

a word (a distinct unit of language with a particular meaning)


bane

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bane m or f (definite singular banen or bana, indefinite plural banar or baner, definite plural banane or banene)

banen (definite singular)
bana (definite singular)
banar (indefinite plural)
baner (indefinite plural)
banane (definite plural)
banene (definite plural)

From Middle Low German bane, compare with German Bahn.

orbit (of a satellite, including the moon)


bane

banen (definite singular)
banar (indefinite plural)
banane (definite plural)


menneske

mennesket (definite singular)
menneske (indefinite plural)
menneska (definite plural)

human, human being, man, Homo sapiens; (in plural form also) people


spørsmål

spørsmålet (definite singular)
spørsmål (indefinite plural)
spørsmåla (definite plural)

From Old Danish spørsmaal. Compare to modern Danish spørgsmål.


longa

longa (definite singular)
longer (indefinite plural)
longor (indefinite plural)
longene (definite plural)
longone (definite plural)


fot

foten (definite singular)
føter (indefinite plural)
føtene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of fot

nn-noun-infl

Form had been allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.

From Old Norse fótr, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Akin to English foot, Latin pēs, and Ancient Greek πούς (poús).


heading

headinga (definite singular)
headingar (indefinite plural)
headingane (definite plural)


ire

iren (definite singular)
irar (indefinite plural)
irane (definite plural)


ess

esset (definite singular)
ess (indefinite plural)
essa (definite plural)

From Latin as, via Middle Low German es.


ess

essen (definite singular)
essar (indefinite plural)
essane (definite plural)


student

studenten (definite singular)
studentar (indefinite plural)
studentane (definite plural)

Borrowed from German Student, from Latin studēns.

a student (person enrolled at a university)


spiral

spiralen (definite singular)
spiralar (indefinite plural)
spiralane (definite plural)

From Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira.


premiere

premieren (definite singular)
premierar (indefinite plural)
premierane (definite plural)


protest

protesten (definite singular)
protestar (indefinite plural)
protestane (definite plural)


data

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data m (definite singular dataen, indefinite plural data or dataar or dataer, definite plural dataane or dataene)

dataen (definite singular)
data (indefinite plural)
dataar (indefinite plural)
dataer (indefinite plural)
dataane (definite plural)
dataene (definite plural)

(plural: data, in the plural or collective and uncountable) data; information, especially in a computational context

(plural: dataar or dataer, countable) short for datamaskin (“computer”)

(collective, uncountable) short for datateknologi (“computer technology”)

(collective, uncountable, mobile telephony) short for mobildata (“mobile data”)


kai

kai f or m (definite singular kaia or kaien, indefinite plural kaier or kaiar, definite plural kaiene or kaiane)

kaia (definite singular)
kaien (definite singular)
kaier (indefinite plural)
kaiar (indefinite plural)
kaiene (definite plural)
kaiane (definite plural)

From Old French kay, cail (modern French quai), from Gaulish cagiíum (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”)).


brett

brettet (definite singular)
brett (indefinite plural)
bretta (definite plural)

From Middle Low German bret; compare with German Brett and Danish bræt.


regn

Inherited from Old Norse regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną of unclear origin. Akin to English rain.


ule

ula (definite singular)
uler (indefinite plural)
ulene (definite plural)

From Old Norse úfr, influenced by ugle. Compare Faroese úla.


vite

vite m (definite singular viten, indefinite plural vitar, definite plural vitarne)

viten (definite singular)
vitar (indefinite plural)
vitarne (definite plural)

(pre-1917 or dialectal) alternative form of vete (“beacon”)


rote

roten (definite singular)
rotar (indefinite plural)
rotane (definite plural)


rote

rota (definite singular)
roter (indefinite plural)
rotor (indefinite plural)
rotene (definite plural)
rotone (definite plural)

From Old Norse roti, from Middle Low German rote from Old French rote, from Medieval Latin rota, rotta, ruta, rutta (“a rout”).

(pre-2012) alternative form of rode (see there for more.)


jus

jusen (definite singular)
jusar (indefinite plural)
jusane (definite plural)

From Latin jus, ius (broth), via English juice.


kondom

kondomet (definite singular)
kondom (indefinite plural)
kondoma (definite plural)


fragment

fragmentet (definite singular)
fragment (indefinite plural)
fragmenta (definite plural)


kot

kotet (definite singular)
kot (indefinite plural)
kota (definite plural)
koti (definite plural)


bu

buet (definite singular)
bu (indefinite plural)
bua (definite plural)

From Old Norse bú n, from Proto-Germanic *būą n (“building, dwelling”).


bu

bua (definite singular)
buer (indefinite plural)
buene (definite plural)
bu (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bua (accusative definite nominative singular)
buer (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
buene (accusative definite nominative plural)

bu

From Old Norse búð, from Proto-Germanic *bōþō. Akin to English booth.

booth, stall, small storage room or building


tora

toraen (definite singular)
toraer (indefinite plural)
toraar (indefinite plural)
toraene (definite plural)
toraane (definite plural)

From Biblical Hebrew תּוֹרָה (“instruction, law or teaching”).


tora

tora (definite singular)
torer (indefinite plural)
toror (indefinite plural)
torene (definite plural)
torone (definite plural)


bachelor

bacheloren (definite singular)
bachelorar (indefinite plural)
bachelorane (definite plural)

From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler.

a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)


biti

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of bit


jarl

jarlen (definite singular)
jarlar (indefinite plural)
jarlane (definite plural)

(historical) jarl (a title given to the highest noblemen in Norse times. Went out of use in the 14th century).


brand

branden (definite singular)
brandar (indefinite plural)
brandane (definite plural)

From Old Norse brandr. Doublet of brann.

(pre-1938) alternative form of brann; fire


meny

menyen (definite singular)
menyar (indefinite plural)
menyane (definite plural)


il

ila (definite singular)
iler (indefinite plural)
ilene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of il
Like il

From Old Norse il f, from Proto-Germanic *iljō f, *ili n.

sole of the foot, especially the middle part


ali

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of al


glace

glaceen (definite singular)
glacear (indefinite plural)
glaceane (definite plural)


telefon

telefonen (definite singular)
telefonar (indefinite plural)
telefonane (definite plural)


insekt

insektet (definite singular)
insekt (indefinite plural)
insekta (definite plural)


bana

definite feminine singular of bane (Etymology 1)


virus

viruset (definite singular)
virus (indefinite plural)
virusa (definite plural)

(computing) virus (computer virus) (see datavirus)


sebra

sebraen (definite singular)
sebraer (indefinite plural)
sebraar (indefinite plural)
sebraene (definite plural)
sebraane (definite plural)


gate

gata (definite singular)
gater (indefinite plural)
gatene (definite plural)


press

presset (definite singular)
press (indefinite plural)
pressa (definite plural)


pant

pantet (definite singular)
pant (indefinite plural)
panta (definite plural)

From Middle Low German pant and Old Norse pantr.


pant

panten (definite singular)
pantar (indefinite plural)
pantane (definite plural)

a (refundable) deposit (e.g. on bottles)


skala

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skala m (definite singular skalaen, indefinite plural skalaer or skalaar, definite plural skalaene or skalaane)

skalaen (definite singular)
skalaer (indefinite plural)
skalaar (indefinite plural)
skalaene (definite plural)
skalaane (definite plural)

a scale (of measurement, including magnitude; on a map; in music)


ave

avet (definite singular)
ave (indefinite plural)
ava (definite plural)


taxi

taxien (definite singular)
taxiar (indefinite plural)
taxiane (definite plural)


nerve

nerven (definite singular)
nervar (indefinite plural)
nervane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron), and Latin nervus.


lupor

(non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of lupa

(non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of lupe


su

sua (definite singular)
suer (indefinite plural)
suene (definite plural)

From Old Norse sú, accusative singular indefinite of sýr f, from Proto-Germanic *sūz, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.


fotograf

fotografen (definite singular)
fotografar (indefinite plural)
fotografane (definite plural)


vagina

vaginaen (definite singular)
vaginaer (indefinite plural)
vaginaar (indefinite plural)
vaginaene (definite plural)
vaginaane (definite plural)


fotografia

definite plural of fotografi (Etymology 2)


kobra

kobra m (definite singular kobraen, indefinite plural kobraer or kobraar, definite plural kobraene or kobraane)

kobraen (definite singular)
kobraer (indefinite plural)
kobraar (indefinite plural)
kobraene (definite plural)
kobraane (definite plural)

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, cobra de capelo (“snake with hood”), based on Latin colubra.


visum

visumet (definite singular)
visum (indefinite plural)
visuma (definite plural)

a visa (permit to visit a certain country)


professor

professoren (definite singular)
professorar (indefinite plural)
professorane (definite plural)

professor (the highest academic rank at a university)


par

par n (definite singular paret, indefinite plural par, definite plural para)

paret (definite singular)
par (indefinite plural)
para (definite plural)

From Old Norse par, from Middle Low German par, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of pār. Akin to English pair.

eit par sko

for eit par dagar sidan


par

eitt slag under par


joystick

joysticken (definite singular)
joystickar (indefinite plural)
joystickane (definite plural)


elev

eleven (definite singular)
elevar (indefinite plural)
elevane (definite plural)

From French élève, from élever (“bring up”).


determinant

determinanten (definite singular)
determinantar (indefinite plural)
determinantane (definite plural)

From Latin determinant, from determinare.

(linear algebra) determinant (mathematical term)


pate

pateen (definite singular)
patear (indefinite plural)
pateane (definite plural)


kamera

kameraet (definite singular)
kamera (indefinite plural)
kameraa (definite plural)


veda

vedaen (definite singular)
vedaer (indefinite plural)
vedaar (indefinite plural)
vedaene (definite plural)
vedaane (definite plural)

Borrowing from English Veda, in turn a borrowing from Sanskrit वेद (veda) and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see", hence figuratively "to know" or "recognize”).


silo

siloen (definite singular)
siloar (indefinite plural)
siloane (definite plural)


ala

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


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diameter m (definite singular diameteren, indefinite plural diameterar or diametrar, definite plural diameterane or diametrane)

diameteren (definite singular)
diameterar (indefinite plural)
diametrar (indefinite plural)
diameterane (definite plural)
diametrane (definite plural)


le

leet (definite singular)
le (indefinite plural)
lea (definite plural)

From Old Norse hlé. Akin to English lee.


val

valet (definite singular)
val (indefinite plural)
vala (definite plural)

From Old Norse val, from Proto-Germanic *walą.

Du har ikkje noko val.

Kven skal du røysta på til valet?

Who are you going to vote for in the election?


val

From Old Norse valr, from Proto-Germanic *walaz.


reis

reisa (definite singular)
reiser (indefinite plural)
reisene (definite plural)


seder

sederen (definite singular)
sedrar (indefinite plural)
sedrane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros), via Latin cedrus.


morbror

morbroren (definite singular)
morbrør (indefinite plural)
morbrørne (definite plural)


moster

mostra (definite singular)
mostrer (indefinite plural)
mostrene (definite plural)

Contraction of morsyster. Similar to Swedish and Danish moster


park

parken (definite singular)
parkar (indefinite plural)
parkane (definite plural)

From Medieval Latin parricus, via French parc.


sirup

sirupen (definite singular)
sirupar (indefinite plural)
sirupane (definite plural)


chinchilla

chinchillaen (definite singular)
chinchillaer (indefinite plural)
chinchillaar (indefinite plural)
chinchillaene (definite plural)
chinchillaane (definite plural)

From Spanish chinchilla, from either Aymara or Quechua.


dinosaur

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

From Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós) + σαῦρος (saûros).


grus

grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)

grusen (definite singular)
gruset (definite singular)


faster

fastra (definite singular)
fastrer (indefinite plural)
fastrene (definite plural)

From Old Norse fǫðursystir f (“father's sister”), akin to Norwegian Nynorsk farsyster.


faster

(non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of fasta


golf

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golf m (definite singular golfen, uncountable)

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


golf

golfen (definite singular)
golfar (indefinite plural)
golfane (definite plural)


database

databasen (definite singular)
databasar (indefinite plural)
databasane (definite plural)


mute

muta (definite singular)
muter (indefinite plural)
mutene (definite plural)

From Old Norse múta from Proto-Germanic *mōtō (of unclear origin). Compare Swedish muta.


månad

månaden (definite singular)
månader (indefinite plural)
månadar (indefinite plural)
månadene (definite plural)
månadane (definite plural)

From Old Norse mánaðr, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”). Akin to English month. See also måne.

der

Det er tre månader att av året.

There are three months left of this year.


senator

senatoren (definite singular)
senatorar (indefinite plural)
senatorane (definite plural)


oktober

From Latin Octōber, from octō (“eight”).


ange

angen (definite singular)
angar (indefinite plural)
angane (definite plural)


testament

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

From Latin testāmentum, via Old Norse testament.

(law) a will, testament (declaration of disposal of inheritance)

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


pes

pesen (definite singular)
peset (definite singular)

Related to pesa (“have a heavy breath”), compare Swedish päsa.


mink

minken (definite singular)
minkar (indefinite plural)
minkane (definite plural)

Å ala mink er eit gildt arbeid for alle som er glade i dyr; for det er eit vakkert dyr med mange tiltalande eigenskapar […]

Breeding mink is pleasant work for everyone who loves animals; as it is a beautiful animal with many appealing properties […]

Neovison vison
Neovison vison#Translingual

Mustela vison
Mustela vison#Translingual

an American mink, Neovison vison or Mustela vison


tater

tateren (definite singular)
taterar (indefinite plural)
taterane (definite plural)

Probably related to the etnonym of Tatars or Tartary. Compare Swedish tattare.

(sometimes offensive) a Scandoromani person, a Traveller Norwegian (a kind of Norwegian Gypsies)


brownie

brownien (definite singular)
browniar (indefinite plural)
browniane (definite plural)


zombie

zombien (definite singular)
zombiar (indefinite plural)
zombiane (definite plural)


ritual

ritualet (definite singular)
ritual (indefinite plural)
rituala (definite plural)


opium

opiumet (definite singular)
opiumen (definite singular)

From Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion).


saga

sagaen (definite singular)
sagaa (definite singular)
sagaar (indefinite plural)
sagaer (indefinite plural)
sagaane (definite plural)
sagaene (definite plural)

Learned borrowing from Old Norse saga, whence also the modern doublets soga, sogu and soge (all with -o- from the oblique sǫgu). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.


vend

venda (definite singular)
vender (indefinite plural)
vendene (definite plural)

(poetry, music) a stanza, or the tune of one

(weaving) a diagonal line in a woven fabric


prost

prosten (definite singular)
prostar (indefinite plural)
prostane (definite plural)

From Old Norse prófasti, prófastr, from Low German [Term?], from Latin propositus, from praepositus.


afrikan

afrikanen (definite singular)
afrikanar (indefinite plural)
afrikanane (definite plural)

(pre-2012) alternative form of afrikanar


herd

herda (definite singular)
herdar (indefinite plural)
herder (indefinite plural)
herdane (definite plural)
herdene (definite plural)


vara

varaen (definite singular)
varaer (indefinite plural)
varaar (indefinite plural)
varaene (definite plural)
varaane (definite plural)


absurditet

absurditeten (definite singular)
absurditetar (indefinite plural)
absurditetane (definite plural)

From Latin absurditas, via French absurdité.


fitte

fitta (definite singular)
fitter (indefinite plural)
fittene (definite plural)

Uncertain, possibly related to Old Norse fita (“greasy fluid, fat”) or Old Norse fit (“meadowy plain adjacent to lake”) or more possible to Old Norse fitje (“rift in rock, cliff”) according to Wikipedia.no. Related to Swedish fitta.


artist

artisten (definite singular)
artistar (indefinite plural)
artistane (definite plural)


dose

dosen (definite singular)
dosar (indefinite plural)
dosane (definite plural)


rye

rya (definite singular)
ryer (indefinite plural)
ryene (definite plural)


ull

From Old Norse ull, from Proto-Germanic *wullō f, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ f. Cognates include Danish uld, English wool, German Wolle, Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla), Ancient Greek λῆνος (lênos), Irish olann, Latin lāna, Lithuanian vìlna, Polish wełna, Russian волна (volna), Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ūrṇā).


range

ranga (definite singular)
ranger (indefinite plural)
rangene (definite plural)

the inside of a piece of clothing, but worn inside-out

the trachea, due to it being the wrong pipe, as opposed to the oesophagus, when eating


fang

fanget (definite singular)
fang (indefinite plural)
fanga (definite plural)


diktator

diktatoren (definite singular)
diktatorar (indefinite plural)
diktatorane (definite plural)

a dictator (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)


busk

busken (definite singular)
buskar (indefinite plural)
buskane (definite plural)

From Old Norse buskr, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. See above for comparisons.


terrorist

terroristen (definite singular)
terroristar (indefinite plural)
terroristane (definite plural)

terrorist (person who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle)


abstrakt

abstraktet (definite singular)
abstrakt (indefinite plural)
abstrakta (definite plural)

From the identical adjective, the definition is influenced by English abstract.

Kjærleik er eit abstrakt.

Kan du lese abstraktet til kapitlet høgt?

Could you read out aloud the abstract to the chapter?


barm

barmen (definite singular)
barmar (indefinite plural)
barmane (definite plural)


moa

moaen (definite singular)
moaer (indefinite plural)
moaar (indefinite plural)
moaene (definite plural)
moaane (definite plural)

moa (large, extinct flightless bird of New Zealand)


meteor

meteoren (definite singular)
meteorar (indefinite plural)
meteorane (definite plural)


pine

pina (definite singular)
piner (indefinite plural)
pinene (definite plural)


stripe

stripa (definite singular)
striper (indefinite plural)
stripene (definite plural)

Related to Old Norse strípaðr, stripóttr, stríprendr and strip n.


visor

(non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of visa

(non-standard since 2012) indefinite plural of vise


torsk

torsken (definite singular)
torskar (indefinite plural)
torskane (definite plural)

From Old Norse þorskr, þoskr, from Proto-Germanic *þurskaz.


terror

Borrowed from English terror, borrowed from Latin terror m.


pus

pusen (definite singular)
pusar (indefinite plural)
pusane (definite plural)


rest

resten (definite singular)
restar (indefinite plural)
restane (definite plural)

resten av

restar


halver

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

indefinite plural of halva (non-standard since 2012)


id

From Arabic عِيد (ʕīd), short for id al-fitr.


id

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

abbreviation of identifikasjon (“identification”).


id

iden (definite singular)
idar (indefinite plural)
idane (definite plural)

Leuciscus idus
Leuciscus idus#Translingual


id

From Old Norse ið, íð. Compare with Swedish id.


bud

budi (definite singular)
buder (indefinite plural)
buderne (definite plural)
bud (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
budi (accusative definite nominative singular)
buder (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
buderna (accusative definite nominative plural)
budenne (dative definite singular)
budom (dative definite plural)
budar- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)
bud (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
buda (accusative definite nominative singular)
bude (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
budinnje (accusative definite nominative plural)
budinnje (dative definite singular)
budå (dative definite plural)
buda- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)

nn-decl-blank-full

bud

bud

(pre-1917 or dialectal, Southern Møre dialect) alternative form of bu


ogni

(non-standard since 1938) definite singular of ogn


superlativ

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superlativ m (definite singular superlativen, indefinite plural superlativar, definite plural superlativane)

superlativen (definite singular)
superlativar (indefinite plural)
superlativane (definite plural)


B-dur

B-duren (definite singular)
B-durar (indefinite plural)
B-durane (definite plural)


chausse

chausseen (definite singular)
chaussear (indefinite plural)
chausseane (definite plural)


A-dur

A-duren (definite singular)
A-durar (indefinite plural)
A-durane (definite plural)


vest

From Old Norse vestr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą.


vest

vest m (definite singular vesten, indefinite plural vestar, definite plural vestane)

vesten (definite singular)
vestar (indefinite plural)
vestane (definite plural)

From Latin vestis, via French and Italian.


tun

tunet (definite singular)
tun (indefinite plural)
tuna (definite plural)

From Old Norse tún. Akin to English town.

I tunet framfor eit gammalt ganske forfallent hus[…]

1996, Jon Fosse, Nokon kjem til å komme:

In the front yard in front of an old, rather dilapidated house […]

courtyard, front yard (the area in front of, around or between houses, particularly on a farm)

farmstead (a collection of buildings and the area between them on a farm)


strand

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

strand

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

nn-decl-blank-full

strand

From Old Norse strǫnd. Akin to English strand.


ion

ionet (definite singular)
ion (indefinite plural)
iona (definite plural)


fiber

fiberen (definite singular)
fibrar (indefinite plural)
fibrane (definite plural)


lys

lyset (definite singular)
lys (indefinite plural)
lysa (definite plural)

From Danish lys, perhaps via Norwegian Bokmål lys, from Old Danish liūs, from Old Norse ljós, Proto-Germanic *leuhsą.


bard

barden (definite singular)
bardar (indefinite plural)
bardane (definite plural)


svelte

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

(card games) a two player card game wherein the goal is to "starve" the opponent of all their card


fetter

fetteren (definite singular)
fetrar (indefinite plural)
fetrane (definite plural)


statist

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statist m (definite singular statisten, indefinite plural statistar, definite plural statistane)

statisten (definite singular)
statistar (indefinite plural)
statistane (definite plural)

an extra (person without a speaking part appearing in a film or play)


lei

leia (definite singular)
leier (indefinite plural)
leiene (definite plural)

(maritime) route, sea route (a route, mostly along a coastline or between islands, that is safe to sail)


statue

statuen (definite singular)
statuar (indefinite plural)
statuane (definite plural)


bever

beveren (definite singular)
beverar (indefinite plural)
beverane (definite plural)

From Middle Low German bever (compare Dutch bever, German German Biber and English beaver). The word replaced Old Norse bjórr (compare Norwegian Nynorsk bjor).

Ein bever kan vege opptil 40 kg.

beaver (aquatic mammal), a roden of the genus Castor, specifically the European beaver, Castor fiber

Kåpa er av bever.


studio

studioet (definite singular)
studio (indefinite plural)
studioa (definite plural)

From English studio, from Italian studio, from Latin studium.


toll

tolla (definite singular)
toller (indefinite plural)
tollene (definite plural)

From Old Norse þǫll, from Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛚᚢ (*þallu), from Proto-Germanic *þallō. Cognate with Jamtish toll, Icelandic þöll.

tolli stod tjukk som hampen so langt me kunde sjå

1908, Ivar Kleiven, I Heimegrendi : Minne fraa Seksti-Aarom, Kristiania: Aschehoug:

the pine[s] stood thick as hemp for as long as we could see


toll

tollen (definite singular)
tollar (indefinite plural)
tollane (definite plural)

From Old Norse tollr, from Middle Low German tol, from Old Saxon tolna, from Medieval Latin toloneum.

gå gjennom tollen


ark

arka (definite singular)
arker (indefinite plural)
arkene (definite plural)

From Old Norse ǫrk, from Latin arca (“chest, box”); sense 3 from Old French arquire, via Middle Low German or Low German and old Danish.


ark

arket (definite singular)
ark (indefinite plural)
arka (definite plural)


å

åa (definite singular)
åer (indefinite plural)
åene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of å

From Old Norse á, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂. Cognates include Latin aquā (“water”).

aa

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

Mange bekker små gjer ei stor å

(literally, “Many small creeks makes a big stream”)

numerous small contributions give big results

(chiefly dialectal or archaic) a (large) stream


spark

spark n (definite singular sparket, indefinite plural spark, definite plural sparka)

sparket (definite singular)
spark (indefinite plural)
sparka (definite plural)


jar

jaren (definite singular)
jarar (indefinite plural)
jarane (definite plural)


bong

bongen (definite singular)
bongar (indefinite plural)
bongane (definite plural)


bong

Borrowed from French bon (“good”). Cognate with Swedish bong (“betting slip”).


lego

(non-standard since 1917) definite singular of lègu


pastor

pastoren (definite singular)
pastorar (indefinite plural)
pastorane (definite plural)


beriberi

beriberien (definite singular)
beriberiar (indefinite plural)
beriberiane (definite plural)


magnet

magneten (definite singular)
magnetar (indefinite plural)
magnetane (definite plural)


disk

disken (definite singular)
diskar (indefinite plural)
diskane (definite plural)

From Old Norse diskr (sense 1), and English disc, disk (sense 2).


nite

niten (definite singular)
nitar (indefinite plural)
nitane (definite plural)


spy

From Old Norse spýja. The noun is derived from the verb.


genre

genren (definite singular)
genrar (indefinite plural)
genrane (definite plural)


sure

suren (definite singular)
surar (indefinite plural)
surane (definite plural)

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

bor

(Islam) a sura (any of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an)


panel

panelet (definite singular)
panel (indefinite plural)
panela (definite plural)

From Middle Low German panele (“wall covering”), and English panel (other senses).

der

a panel (most senses, e.g. a wall panel, a panel of experts)


kuna

kunaen (definite singular)
kunaar (indefinite plural)
kunaer (indefinite plural)
kunaane (definite plural)
kunaene (definite plural)

From Serbo-Croatian kúna, ку́на (“marten”).


team

teamet (definite singular)
team (indefinite plural)
teama (definite plural)


polo

From English polo, from Balti پولو (polo, “ball”).


lav

lavet (definite singular)
lav (indefinite plural)
lava (definite plural)

From the verb lava (“to dangle”), from Old Norse lafa. Cognate with Norn lav, Icelandic laf and Swedish lav.

something that hangs down
a cobweb that dangles from the roof

something that hangs down
rain and dew drops in a tree

ash from leaves or needles that hangs on burnt twigs


region

regionen (definite singular)
regionar (indefinite plural)
regionane (definite plural)


addend

addenden (definite singular)
addendar (indefinite plural)
addendane (definite plural)

From Latin addendus, short form of addendus numerus “number to be added”, which is derived from the Latin verb addō (“add to; annex”).


tempus

tempuset (definite singular)
tempus (indefinite plural)
tempusa (definite plural)
Historical inflection of tempus
but considered second-tier.

nn-noun-infl

tempora, temporaa 􂀿temporai􂁀; tempusa 􂀿tempusi􂁀

From Latin tempus (“time”). Doublet of tempo.


hals

halsen (definite singular)
halsar (indefinite plural)
halsane (definite plural)

From Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz.


bor

(uncountable) boron (chemical element, symbol B)


bor

boret (definite singular)
bor (indefinite plural)
bora (definite plural)
boren (definite singular)
borar (indefinite plural)
borane (definite plural)


ur

uret (definite singular)
ur (indefinite plural)
ura (definite plural)

From Middle Low German ur or ure, compare with German Uhr.


ur

uren (definite singular)
urar (indefinite plural)
urane (definite plural)


ur

ura (definite singular)
urer (indefinite plural)
urene (definite plural)


auger

(nonstandard form) indefinite plural of auga

(nonstandard form) indefinite plural of auge


cocktail

cocktailen (definite singular)
cocktailar (indefinite plural)
cocktailane (definite plural)


lag

laget (definite singular)
lag (indefinite plural)
laga (definite plural)

From Old Norse lag, from Proto-Germanic *lagą.


barre

barren (definite singular)
barrar (indefinite plural)
barrane (definite plural)

From German Barren, from French barre and Latin barra.


alfabet

alfabetet (definite singular)
alfabet (indefinite plural)
alfabeta (definite plural)

From Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos), from alpha and beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, from Phoenician and Classical Hebrew aleph (ox) and beth (house), so called because their shape resembled or represented these objects.

Skal ein lese må ein kunne alfabetet.

If you want to read you have to know the alphabet.

Det latinske og kyrilliske alfabetet.

alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language)


adept

adepten (definite singular)
adeptar (indefinite plural)
adeptane (definite plural)

From Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”). The adjective is of the same origin, though likely through English adept.

an inductee to an order, a secret society or a science

(by extension, derogatory) a know-it-all, a self-declared expert


augur

auguren (definite singular)
augurar (indefinite plural)
augurane (definite plural)

(historical) an augur, see English augur for more.


atrium

atriet (definite singular)
atrium (indefinite plural)
atria (definite plural)


bide

bideet (definite singular)
bide (indefinite plural)
bidea (definite plural)


hall

hallen (definite singular)
hallar (indefinite plural)
hallane (definite plural)
halla (definite singular)
haller (indefinite plural)
hallene (definite plural)

Derived from Old Norse hǫll. Akin to English hall.


hall

hallet (definite singular)
hall (indefinite plural)
halla (definite plural)


dyne

dyna (definite singular)
dyner (indefinite plural)
dynene (definite plural)

From Old Norse dýna, related to dun (“down”).


dyne

From Middle Low German or Middle Dutch dūne.


mål

målet (definite singular)
mål (indefinite plural)
måla (definite plural)

From Old Norse mál (“size, measurement, time, meal”), from Proto-Germanic *mēlą.


mål

From Old Norse mál (“language, speech, matter, affair”), from Proto-Germanic *maþlą.


foss

fossen (definite singular)
fossar (indefinite plural)
fossane (definite plural)

→ English: foss

From Old Norse fors, foss, from Proto-Germanic *fursaz.


alder

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alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldrar, definite plural aldrane)

alderen (definite singular)
aldrar (indefinite plural)
aldrane (definite plural)

Inherited from Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.


filet

fileten (definite singular)
filetar (indefinite plural)
filetane (definite plural)


jo

joen (definite singular)
joar (indefinite plural)
joane (definite plural)

From Old Norse jór, from Proto-Germanic *ehwaz.


jo

a skua, seabird of family Stercorariidae.


bunt

bunten (definite singular)
buntar (indefinite plural)
buntane (definite plural)


lugger

luggeren (definite singular)
luggerar (indefinite plural)
luggerane (definite plural)


kaolin

From French kaolin, from Chinese 高嶺／高岭 (Gāolǐng, “high hill”).


hove

hovet (definite singular)
hove (indefinite plural)
hova (definite plural)

Berre ikkje Kreksen vart eit hove kortare [...]

1974, Knut Horvei, Gann, [Oslo]: Noregs boklag, page 91:

(dialectal) alternative form of hovud (“head”)


jute

juta (definite singular)
juter (indefinite plural)
jutene (definite plural)

Borrowed from English jute, from Bengali ঝুট (jhuṭ).


jute

juten (definite singular)
jutar (indefinite plural)
jutane (definite plural)


jute

a member of the Germanic tribe, the Jutes, which invaded England alongside the Angles and the Saxons (historical)


cache

cachen (definite singular)
cachar (indefinite plural)
cachane (definite plural)


boa

boaen (definite singular)
boaer (indefinite plural)
boaar (indefinite plural)
boaene (definite plural)
boaane (definite plural)


seidel

seidelen (definite singular)
seidlar (indefinite plural)
seidlane (definite plural)

From German Seidel, from Latin situla, situlus.


khan

khanen (definite singular)
khanar (indefinite plural)
khanane (definite plural)


holt

holtet (definite singular)
holt (indefinite plural)
holta (definite plural)

From Old Norse holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą. Akin to Swedish hult and German Holz. Doublet of holt (Etymology 2).


holt

holt m or n (definite singular holten or holtet, indefinite plural holtar or holt, definite plural holtane or holta)

holten (definite singular)
holtet (definite singular)
holtar (indefinite plural)
holt (indefinite plural)
holtane (definite plural)
holta (definite plural)

From Middle Low German of same origin as modern German Holz. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hultą, it is a doublet of holt (Etymology 1).

a pole or other piece of wood made for a specific purpose


hue

hua (definite singular)
huer (indefinite plural)
huene (definite plural)

a cap (without a peak, often knitted), woolly hat


hue

huet (definite singular)
hue (indefinite plural)
hua (definite plural)

Det var den fyrste rota han hadde sett røre på seg, og ho fekk brått eit hue der det lyste to gule, grufulle auge.

1990, Ove Røsbak, Månen og skilpadde [The Moon and the Turtle], Oslo: Samlaget, page 36:

It was the first root he'd ever seen move, and all of the sudden it got a head with two yellow, menacing eyes.


mig

miget (definite singular)
mig (indefinite plural)
miga (definite plural)


milt

milt m or n (definite singular milten or miltet, indefinite plural miltar or milt, definite plural miltane or milta)

milten (definite singular)
miltet (definite singular)
miltar (indefinite plural)
milt (indefinite plural)
miltane (definite plural)
milta (definite plural)


dram

drammen (definite singular)
drammar (indefinite plural)
drammane (definite plural)

Borrowed from English dram, from Old French drame, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of drakme.

Eg skal til kroa og ta meg ein liten dram


haiku

haikuen (definite singular)
haikuet (definite singular)
haikuar (indefinite plural)
haiku (indefinite plural)
haikuane (definite plural)
haikua (definite plural)

Ultimately borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku).

der finst ikkje så mange ord i eit haiku

Paal-Helge Haugen sette om japanske haikuar til norsk[.]

1998, Hadle Oftedal Andersen, editor, Poesiens pil, [Oslo]: Cappelen, page 170:

Paal-Helge Haugen translated Japanese haikus into Norwegian.


sloven

slovenen (definite singular)
slovenar (indefinite plural)
slovenane (definite plural)


master

masteren (definite singular)
masterar (indefinite plural)
masterane (definite plural)

From English master. Doublet of magister.


master

mastra (definite singular)
mastri (definite singular)
mastrer (indefinite plural)
mastrene (definite plural)


loge

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

From Old Norse logi. Shares a far back origin with lys (“light”). Thus it ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright, shine”).


loge

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

(weaving) a warp (thread running lengthwise in woven fabric


loge

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


pilar

pilaren (definite singular)
pilarar (indefinite plural)
pilarane (definite plural)

From Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“a pillar”). Either inherited from Old Norse (compare Icelandic pílári) or a later borrowing.


pol

polen (definite singular)
polar (indefinite plural)
polane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).

bor

pole (the northern and southern ends of the earth's rotational axis; North Pole and South Pole)


pol

polet (definite singular)
pol (indefinite plural)
pola (definite plural)

Clipping of vinmonopol, from vin + monopol.

alcohol monopoly (a government monopoly on manufacturing and/or retailing some or all alcoholic beverages)

the institution itself (of alcohol monopoly)

a retailer licensed (through the monopoly) to sell alcohol; government owned liquor store


pol

a high ball caught by hand(s) before touching the ground


sisal

sisalen (definite singular)
sisalar (indefinite plural)
sisalane (definite plural)


fjord

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

→ Catalan: fiord

→ Dutch: fjord

desctree

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

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

→ Georgian: ფიორდი (piordi)

→ German: Fjord
→ Estonian: fjord

→ Hungarian: fjord

→ Italian: fiordo

→ Polish: fiord

→ Portuguese: fiorde

→ Russian: фьорд (fʹord)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: фјо̏рд

Latin script: fjȍrd

→ Slovak: fjord

→ Spanish: fiordo

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

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


rune

runa (definite singular)
runer (indefinite plural)
runene (definite plural)

Borrowed from Danish rune; likely a reanalysis of Old Norse plural rúnir, whence also runer f pl. Doublet of run.


rune

an old formula, particularly a verse or a proverb


rusk

rusket (definite singular)
rusk (indefinite plural)
ruska (definite plural)


rusk

sour weather with rain and wind; drizzle


sloe

sloen (definite singular)
sloar (indefinite plural)
sloane (definite plural)

a bunch of branches or small trees that one drags after one self (to haul hey, sweep away snow, or used as a break)

a lazy person, a good-for-nothing, a n'er-do-well


pion

pionen (definite singular)
pionar (indefinite plural)
pionane (definite plural)

From Hellenistic Ancient Greek παιωνία (paiōnía), from Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, “Paean, physician of the gods”)/παιών (paiṓn, “a physician”).


pion

pionet (definite singular)
pion (indefinite plural)
piona (definite plural)


mort

morten (definite singular)
mortar (indefinite plural)
mortane (definite plural)

Rutilus rutilus
Rutilus rutilus#Translingual


magma

magmaen (definite singular)
magmaer (indefinite plural)
magmaar (indefinite plural)
magmaene (definite plural)
magmaane (definite plural)
magmaet (definite singular)
magma (indefinite plural)
magmaa (definite plural)


iris

irisen (definite singular)
irisar (indefinite plural)
irisane (definite plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris, “rainbow”).


umbra

umbraen (definite singular)
umbraer (indefinite plural)
umbraar (indefinite plural)
umbraene (definite plural)
umbraane (definite plural)

(astronomy, by extension) central region of a sunspot


rumen

rumenen (definite singular)
rumenar (indefinite plural)
rumenane (definite plural)


spar

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spar m (definite singular sparen, indefinite plural spar or sparar, definite plural sparane)

sparen (definite singular)
spar (indefinite plural)
sparar (indefinite plural)
sparane (definite plural)

From German [Term?], from Spanish espadas (“sword”).


areal

arealet (definite singular)
areal (indefinite plural)
areala (definite plural)


tog

toget (definite singular)
tog (indefinite plural)
toga (definite plural)

From Middle Low German tuch (“fare, pulling”) (genitive toges). In the sense of a train, it is a semantic borrow from German Zug.


tog

toget (definite singular)
tog (indefinite plural)
toga (definite plural)
Historical inflection of tog

nn-noun-infl

superseded by <i class="Latn mention" lang="nn">tau</i>

From earlier and Old Norse tog, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.


brisk

brisken (definite singular)
briskar (indefinite plural)
briskane (definite plural)

Possibly onomatopoetic of the sound made when put on fire.
Attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect.


brisk

From Middle Low German britse, britsche, briske.


sod

sodet (definite singular)
sod (indefinite plural)
soda (definite plural)


dun

duna (definite singular)
dunet (definite singular)
duner (indefinite plural)
dun (indefinite plural)
dunene (definite plural)
duna (definite plural)


kulak

kulaken (definite singular)
kulakar (indefinite plural)
kulakane (definite plural)


pall

pallen (definite singular)
pallar (indefinite plural)
pallane (definite plural)

a pallet (portable platform on which goods are stacked for transport)

a podium (especially for winners of a sporting event)


dictum

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dictum n (definite singular dictumet, indefinite plural dicta or dictum, definite plural dicta or dictaa or dictai or dictuma or dictumi)

dictumet (definite singular)
dicta (indefinite plural)
dictum (indefinite plural)
dicta (definite plural)
dictaa (definite plural)
dictai (definite plural)
dictuma (definite plural)
dictumi (definite plural)


mir

miren (definite singular)
mirar (indefinite plural)
mirane (definite plural)

Borrowing from Russian мир (mir, “peace, world”).


vis

visen (definite singular)
visa (definite singular)
viset (definite singular)
visar (indefinite plural)
viser (indefinite plural)
vis (indefinite plural)
visane (definite plural)
visene (definite plural)
visa (definite plural)
Historical inflection of vis

nn-noun-infl

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

Form was allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.

From Old Norse vís, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō. Akin to English wise.

Dette har vore gjort på ulike vis.

Her gjer med det på dette viset.


tine

tina (definite singular)
tiner (indefinite plural)
tinene (definite plural)

Through French from Latin tina (“wine-vessel”). Akin to Danish tejne.


cape

capen (definite singular)
capar (indefinite plural)
capane (definite plural)

From English cape, from French cape, from Late Latin cappa.

a cape (sleeveless garment worn by women, which covers the shoulders and arms)


hemoglobin

From hemo- + globin (“from Latin globus”).

prefix

from Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">globus</i>


sen

sena (definite singular)
sener (indefinite plural)
senene (definite plural)

From Old Norse sin, sina, from Proto-Germanic *senawō, from Proto-Indo-European *snḗh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”).


banner

banneret (definite singular)
banner (indefinite plural)
bannera (definite plural)


fader

faderen (definite singular)
fedrar (indefinite plural)
fedrane (definite plural)
fader (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
faderen (accusative definite nominative singular)
feder (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
federne (accusative definite nominative plural)
fadere (dative definite singular)
fedrom (dative definite plural)
faders (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)
fedre (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)

nn-decl-blank-full

fader

From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.


fauna

faunaen (definite singular)
faunaer (indefinite plural)
faunaar (indefinite plural)
faunaene (definite plural)
faunaane (definite plural)


opera

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opera m (definite singular operaen, indefinite plural operaer or operaar, definite plural operaene or operaane)

operaen (definite singular)
operaer (indefinite plural)
operaar (indefinite plural)
operaene (definite plural)
operaane (definite plural)


glans

gloss, lustre (UK) or luster (US), sheen, brilliance, sparkle, the quality of being shiny

a glossy print or picture (short form of glansbilde or glansbilete)


glans

glansen (definite singular)
glansar (indefinite plural)
glansane (definite plural)


hake

haka (definite singular)
haker (indefinite plural)
hakene (definite plural)

From Old Norse haka, Proto-Germanic *hakǭ.


hake

haken (definite singular)
hakar (indefinite plural)
hakane (definite plural)


hake

(Sognamål, Hordaland dialects) A (wooden) shovel


diabetes

diabetes m (singular definite diabetesen)

From the Ancient Greek participle διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”).

diabetes (a group of metabolic diseases)


grep

grepet (definite singular)
grep (indefinite plural)
grepa (definite plural)


arrest

arresten (definite singular)
arrestar (indefinite plural)
arrestane (definite plural)


pave

paven (definite singular)
pavar (indefinite plural)
pavane (definite plural)


melodrama

melodramaet (definite singular)
melodrama (indefinite plural)
melodramaa (definite plural)


pipette

pipetten (definite singular)
pipettar (indefinite plural)
pipettane (definite plural)


lest

lesten (definite singular)
lestar (indefinite plural)
lestane (definite plural)

From Old Norse leistr m, from Proto-Germanic *laistaz m (“track, trace; footprint”), from Proto-Indo-European *lóystos, from the root *leys- (“to trace, track”). Akin to English last, Swedish läst, and German Leisten.

inh

a last (a tool in the shape of a human foot, for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes)


lest

lesten (definite singular)
lester (indefinite plural)
lestar (indefinite plural)
lestene (definite plural)
lestane (definite plural)

From Old Norse lest f, from either Old English hlæst, Old Frisian hlest, or Middle Low German last. In any case, from Proto-Germanic *hlastuz and Doublet of last m.

(historical) An old measure of volume, about 12 to 24 barrels.

(historical) An old measure of weight, about half up until a full dozen skippund.

(historical, nautical) An old unit of measure on the freight capacity of a ship.


lest

straws and grasses that grow close to each other


hale

halen (definite singular)
halar (indefinite plural)
halane (definite plural)

a tail (of an animal, aircraft, comet etc.)


node

noden (definite singular)
nodar (indefinite plural)
nodane (definite plural)

From Latin nodus (“knot”). Akin to English node.


node

nodet (definite singular)
node (indefinite plural)
noda (definite plural)


meander

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

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


drift

drifta (definite singular)
drifter (indefinite plural)
driftene (definite plural)


partisan

partisanen (definite singular)
partisanar (indefinite plural)
partisanane (definite plural)

From Italian partigiano, via French partisan.


mutter

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mutter m (definite singular mutteren, indefinite plural mutterar or mutrar, definite plural mutterane or mutrane)

mutteren (definite singular)
mutterar (indefinite plural)
mutrar (indefinite plural)
mutterane (definite plural)
mutrane (definite plural)


fest

festen (definite singular)
festar (indefinite plural)
festane (definite plural)


fest

festa (definite singular)
fester (indefinite plural)
festene (definite plural)

From Old Norse festr f, whence also fester.

Dei gjekk i festom.

Alternative form of fester (“rope to moor boats with”)


hinder

hinderet (definite singular)
hinder (indefinite plural)
hindera (definite plural)


sett

settet (definite singular)
sett (indefinite plural)
setta (definite plural)


sag

saga (definite singular)
sager (indefinite plural)
sagene (definite plural)


rive

riva (definite singular)
river (indefinite plural)
rivene (definite plural)


skive

skiva (definite singular)
skiver (indefinite plural)
skivene (definite plural)

(music) a disc (UK) or disk (US), a record

(hardware) a washer (small disc with a hole in the middle)


snipe

snipa (definite singular)
sniper (indefinite plural)
snipene (definite plural)

From Old Norse mýrisnípa (“moor snipe”). Akin to English snipe.

any of various birds of the family Scolopacidae, the snipes and sandpipers


rase

rasen (definite singular)
rasar (indefinite plural)
rasane (definite plural)

From Italian razza and Middle French race.


stimuli

stimuli m or n (definite singular stimulien or stimuliet)

stimulien (definite singular)
stimuliet (definite singular)

(collectively, also in the singular) multiple stimulus together

Me får ein stimuli som berre eit ansikt kan gje.

We get a boost which only a face can give.


scene

scenen (definite singular)
scenar (indefinite plural)
scenane (definite plural)
scena (definite singular)
scener (indefinite plural)
scenene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”), via Latin scaena.


lame

lameen (definite singular)
lamear (indefinite plural)
lameane (definite plural)


suite

suiten (definite singular)
suitar (indefinite plural)
suitane (definite plural)


manet

maneta (definite singular)
maneter (indefinite plural)
manetene (definite plural)

Inherited from Old Norse *marnæta (“sea-nettle”).


rally

rallyet (definite singular)
rally (indefinite plural)
rallya (definite plural)


gang

gangen (definite singular)
gangar (indefinite plural)
gangane (definite plural)

From Old Norse gangr, also related to gå.

Sett frå deg skorne i gangen.

I enden av den lange gangen er klasserommet.

The classroom is at the end of the long corridor.

Gangen hans er litt merkeleg.

working, running, action, movement, motion, operation

Gangen i soga var litt komplisert.

The plot of the story was somewhat complicated.


reserve

reserven (definite singular)
reservar (indefinite plural)
reservane (definite plural)


stadium

stadiet (definite singular)
stadium (indefinite plural)
stadia (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion), via Latin stadium.


slag

slaget (definite singular)
slag (indefinite plural)
slaga (definite plural)

Boksaren traff med eit hardt slag.

Napoleon tapte slaget ved Waterloo.

Tanta mi er på sjukehus etter å ha fått slag.

My aunt is in hospital after having a stroke.


slag

Eg likar alle slag blomar.


server

serveren (definite singular)
serverar (indefinite plural)
serverane (definite plural)


ripe

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


skate

skata (definite singular)
skater (indefinite plural)
skatene (definite plural)


trope

tropen (definite singular)
tropar (indefinite plural)
tropane (definite plural)

tropics (usually the definite plural tropane, but trope is used in compound words)


språk

språket (definite singular)
språk (indefinite plural)
språka (definite plural)


adjektiv

adjektivet (definite singular)
adjektiv (indefinite plural)
adjektiva (definite plural)


poet

poeten (definite singular)
poetar (indefinite plural)
poetane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs), via Latin poeta.


BNP

GNP (abbreviation of bruttonasjonalprodukt)


larghetto

larghettoen (definite singular)
larghettoar (indefinite plural)
larghettoane (definite plural)


trend

trenden (definite singular)
trendar (indefinite plural)
trendane (definite plural)


eon

eonet (definite singular)
eon (indefinite plural)
eona (definite plural)

From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age”).


tut

tuten (definite singular)
tutar (indefinite plural)
tutane (definite plural)


tut

tutet (definite singular)
tut (indefinite plural)
tuta (definite plural)


serve

serven (definite singular)
servar (indefinite plural)
servane (definite plural)

Borrowed from English serve. Doublet of servere. Both are ultimately from Latin serviō.


tart

tarten (definite singular)
tartar (indefinite plural)
tartane (definite plural)


imperium

imperiet (definite singular)
imperium (indefinite plural)
imperia (definite plural)


dunk

dunken (definite singular)
dunkar (indefinite plural)
dunkane (definite plural)
dunket (definite singular)
dunk (indefinite plural)
dunka (definite plural)

a knock (impact), or the sound of such a knock


dunk

dunken (definite singular)
dunkar (indefinite plural)
dunkane (definite plural)


pil

pila (definite singular)
piler (indefinite plural)
pilene (definite plural)
pilen (definite singular)
pilar (indefinite plural)
pilane (definite plural)

From Old Norse píla, from Latin pilum (“javelin”).

pil og boge


pipi

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of pip


organisme

organismen (definite singular)
organismar (indefinite plural)
organismane (definite plural)


gladiator

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gladiator m (definite singular gladiatoren, indefinite plural gladiatorar, definite plural gladiatorane)

gladiatoren (definite singular)
gladiatorar (indefinite plural)
gladiatorane (definite plural)


legion

legionen (definite singular)
legionar (indefinite plural)
legionane (definite plural)


mineral

mineral n (definite singular mineralet, indefinite plural mineral, definite plural minerala)

mineralet (definite singular)
mineral (indefinite plural)
minerala (definite plural)


bingo

bingoen (definite singular)
bingoar (indefinite plural)
bingoane (definite plural)


ordbok

ordboka (definite singular)
ordbøker (indefinite plural)
ordbøkene (definite plural)


boren

definite masculine singular of bor (Etymology 2)


diagram

diagram n (definite singular diagrammet, indefinite plural diagram, definite plural diagramma)

diagrammet (definite singular)
diagram (indefinite plural)
diagramma (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma).


magi

From Ancient Greek μαγεία (mageía), from μάγος (mágos).


svin

svinet (definite singular)
svin (indefinite plural)
svina (definite plural)

From Old Norse svín, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

pig, hog, swine (member of family Suidae)

(derogatory, vulgar) a despicable person, often in reference to their literal or figurative uncleanliness


boson

bosonet (definite singular)
boson (indefinite plural)
bosona (definite plural)


gat

gatet (definite singular)
gat (indefinite plural)
gata (definite plural)
gati (definite plural)


magister

magisteren (definite singular)
magistrar (indefinite plural)
magistrane (definite plural)

The possessor of the academic degree of magister, a historical equivalent of the doctorate (1479–1845 and 1921–2003)


flak

flaket (definite singular)
flak (indefinite plural)
flaka (definite plural)

From Old Norse flaga, flak. Akin to English flake.

tail (of a garment; coat tail, shirt tail)


keratin

keratinet (definite singular)
keratin (indefinite plural)
keratina (definite plural)


diagnose

diagnose m (definite singular diagnosen, indefinite plural diagnosar, definite plural diagnosane)

diagnosen (definite singular)
diagnosar (indefinite plural)
diagnosane (definite plural)

Ultimately from Latin diagnōsis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις (diágnōsis).


tanks

tanksen (definite singular)
tanksar (indefinite plural)
tanksane (definite plural)


mage

magen (definite singular)
magar (indefinite plural)
magane (definite plural)

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


albatross

albatross m (definite singular albatrossen, indefinite plural albatrossar, definite plural albatrossane)

albatrossen (definite singular)
albatrossar (indefinite plural)
albatrossane (definite plural)


sto

stoa (definite singular)
stoer (indefinite plural)
stoene (definite plural)


sto

stoet (definite singular)
sto (indefinite plural)
stoa (definite plural)

A herd of mares and one or more stallions.


genius

geniusen (definite singular)
geniusar (indefinite plural)
geniusane (definite plural)


skank

skanka (definite singular)
skjenker (indefinite plural)
skjenkene (definite plural)
skanken (definite singular)
skankar (indefinite plural)
skankane (definite plural)

From Old Norse skankr. Akin to English shank.

(anatomy) thigh, thighbone (especially in animals)

big-boned she-creature, especially an animal with big thighs and hips


logo

logoen (definite singular)
logoar (indefinite plural)
logoane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) + τύπος (túpos), via English logotype (later logo).


ide

ideen (definite singular)
idear (indefinite plural)
ideane (definite plural)


ide

ida (definite singular)
ider (indefinite plural)
idene (definite plural)

From Old Norse iða. Compare also with Icelandic iða.


fundamentalist

fundamentalisten (definite singular)
fundamentalistar (indefinite plural)
fundamentalistane (definite plural)

fundamentalist (one who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts)


dialog

dialogen (definite singular)
dialogar (indefinite plural)
dialogane (definite plural)

dia- + -log; from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (diá, “through, inter”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγωμαι (dialégōmai, “to converse”), from διά (diá) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).


firma

firmaet (definite singular)
firma (indefinite plural)
firmaa (definite plural)


yoruba

yorubaen (definite singular)
yorubaer (indefinite plural)
yorubaar (indefinite plural)
yorubaene (definite plural)
yorubaane (definite plural)


jury

juryen (definite singular)
juryar (indefinite plural)
juryane (definite plural)


atelier

atelieret (definite singular)
atelier (indefinite plural)
ateliera (definite plural)


gorilla

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gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer or gorillaar, definite plural gorillaene or gorillaane)

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

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


fore

fora (definite singular)
forer (indefinite plural)
forene (definite plural)


fore

Derived from for (“travel”), from Old Norse fǫr, but made a weak noun. From earlier Proto-Germanic *farō.


vitamin

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vitamin n (definite singular vitaminet, indefinite plural vitamin, definite plural vitamina)

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


meld

melden (definite singular)
meldar (indefinite plural)
meldane (definite plural)

an amount of flour that returns from the mill


partner

partneren (definite singular)
partnerar (indefinite plural)
partnerane (definite plural)


ravine

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


dildo

dildo m (definite singular dildoen, indefinite plural dildoar, definite plural dildoane)

dildoen (definite singular)
dildoar (indefinite plural)
dildoane (definite plural)


noob

nooben (definite singular)
noobar (indefinite plural)
noobane (definite plural)


variant

varianten (definite singular)
variantar (indefinite plural)
variantane (definite plural)


hump

humpen (definite singular)
humpar (indefinite plural)
humpane (definite plural)

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


lade

laden (definite singular)
ladar (indefinite plural)
ladane (definite plural)


våg

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

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


våg

Same as Etymology 1. Specialized use of våg m.


våg

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

(measure unit): Russenorsk: våga

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

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


våg

våget (definite singular)
våg (indefinite plural)
våga (definite plural)


torpedo

torpedoen (definite singular)
torpedoar (indefinite plural)
torpedoane (definite plural)

From Latin torpedo, via English torpedo or German Torpedo.


binding

bindinga (definite singular)
bindingar (indefinite plural)
bindingane (definite plural)

(chemistry) kjemisk binding


muro

(non-standard since 1917) definite singular of muru


norm

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


reiki

(non-standard since 2012) definite singular of reik


flod

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


ku

kua (definite singular)
kyr (indefinite plural)
kyrne (definite plural)

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

Det går eit par kyr i beitet og beitar.

There are a couple of cows grazing in the pasture.


pram

prammen (definite singular)
prammar (indefinite plural)
prammane (definite plural)

From Old Norse prámr, from Middle Low German prām, from Old Czech *prám, from Proto-Slavic *pormъ.


troll

trollet (definite singular)
troll (indefinite plural)
trolla (definite plural)

From Old Norse trǫll, from Proto-Germanic *truzlą, from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂-.

Dat eine Trollet skræmer inkje dat andre.

1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog [Norwegian Proverbs]:

a troll (a (often large) grotesque humanoid creature that lives in the forest or the mountain)

Ho mora va et troll å faren yrkesmilitær

2015, Olsen (lyrics and music), “Konstabel snus”, in Makt og ære, blod og spy, performed by Faensmakt:

The mother was a troll and father a professional soldier

a greedy, aggressive or violent animal or person

the name of various diseases, previously believed to be caused by evil beings


salami

salami m (definite singular salamien, indefinite plural salamiar, definite plural salamiane)

salamien (definite singular)
salamiar (indefinite plural)
salamiane (definite plural)


ounce

ouncen (definite singular)
ouncar (indefinite plural)
ouncane (definite plural)

From English ounce. Doublet of inch and unse.


CV

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

curriculum vitae
curriculum vitae#Norwegian_Nynorsk


attest

attesten (definite singular)
attestar (indefinite plural)
attestane (definite plural)


dim

dimmen (definite singular)
dimmar (indefinite plural)
dimmane (definite plural)

From the Old Norse adjective dimmr, from Proto-Germanic *dimmaz. The neuter noun is derived from the adjective. The automotive senses may be a Back-formation from - of the verb dimme.

(automotive, colloquial) a switching of one's headlamps from high-beam to low-beam

(automotive, colloquial) lever, button or other

(dialectal) Clipping of dimme (“twilight, half darkness”).


dim

(dialectal) dimmest, darkest part of the summer night


brunette

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


nod

nodet (definite singular)
nod (indefinite plural)
noda (definite plural)

a bent spike on a nail (or similar) which is hammered through a medium (e.g. a piece of wood)


landing

landinga (definite singular)
landingar (indefinite plural)
landingane (definite plural)


halogen

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


podium

podiet (definite singular)
podium (indefinite plural)
podia (definite plural)


gaum

gaumen (definite singular)
gaumar (indefinite plural)
gaumane (definite plural)

Gje gaum!


foster

fosteret (definite singular)
foster (indefinite plural)
fostera (definite plural)


aroma

aroma m (definite singular aromaen, indefinite plural aromaer or aromaar, definite plural aromaene or aromaane)

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

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


tunnel

tunnelen (definite singular)
tunnelar (indefinite plural)
tunnelane (definite plural)

From English tunnel, Middle French tonnelle (“net”) or tonel (“cask”), diminutive of Old French tonne (“cask”), a word of uncertain origin and affiliation.


sink

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sink m or n (definite singular sinken or sinket)

sinken (definite singular)
sinket (definite singular)


sala

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


déjà vu

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


fort

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


glo

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glo f (definite singular gloa, indefinite plural glør, definite plural glørne)

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

From Old Norse glóð. Akin to English glow.

Eg såg glørne frå sigaretten hans.

I could see the embers on his cigarette.

an ember, wood or other flammable material that is glowing, but not burning.


sul

fat or hearty food eaten with soup, porridge, bread

milk porridge; milk with (graut) or bread