-ist

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

used to form nouns, usually relating to people.


-er

Used to form indefinite plurals for most feminine nouns.

Used to form indefinite plurals for some masculine nouns.

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

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


-ing

Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing.


-ing

Færøyane + -ing → færøying


-al

-alt (neuter)
-ale (definite plural singular)
-alare (comparative)
-alast (indefinite superlative)
-alaste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse -all in adjectives like þagall and gamall, from Proto-Germanic *-alaz.

våga (“dare”) + -al → vågal (“daring, risky”)

Forms adjectives from verbs meaning “doing” or “pertaining to doing” the verb.


-ar

From Old Norse -ar, the nominative plural ending for masculine a-stem and feminine o-stem nouns.

gut (“boy”) + -ar → gutar (“boys”)

Used to form regular indefinite plurals of most masculine nouns.

gjerning (“act”) + -ar → gjerningar (“acts”)

Used to form regular indefinite plurals of some feminine nouns.


-ar

Ein som lever av å baka, er ein bakar.

One who makes his living baking is a baker.

Used to form nouns from verbs, a person who performs the action of the verb.


-ar

From Old Norse -arr, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“warrior”), *warjaz (“defender”) and *gaizaz (“spear”).

A name suffix, meaning warrior, guardian or spear


-a

the definite singular of (strong) feminine nouns.

the definite plural of strong neuter nouns.

(dialectal) the dative singular case of strong masculine nouns.

(archaic, nonstandard) Used to form definite singular dative case of weak masculine and neuter nouns

-ed, Used for:
the past tense of a-verbs.

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the supines of a-verbs and some preterite-present verbs (e.g. har bada, kasta, kunna, skulla, vilja).

-ed, Used for:
the past participles of a-verbs.

-ed, Used for:
adjectives (e.g. grepa, heilhjarta).

Used to form an infinitive form for most verbs. When using split infinitive, this only applies to a select group.

(non-standard since 2012)

Used to form singular indefinite feminine form of some pronouns and adjectives (e.g. inga, lita, noka etc.).

Used as an ending of weak nouns and adjectives. Used for:

the singular of weak feminine nouns, indefinite (non-standard since 2012) and definite forms.

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the singular of weak neuter nouns, indefinite and definite forms (e.g. auga, hjarta, øyra).

(dated or dialectal) adverbs ((pre-2012) alternative form of -e).

(pre-1901 (Landsmål), archaic or dialectal) the singular definite feminine and neuter forms of adjectives.

(pre-1901 (Landsmål), archaic, nonstandard) Used to form the feminine indefinite plural of adjectives.

(pre-1901 (Landsmål), archaic, nonstandard) Used to form the genitive plural of nouns.


-o

Used to make plural indefinite and definite forms for some neuter nouns

(non-standard since 1917) Used to make singular definite form for some weak feminine nouns

(archaic, nonstandard) Used to mark plural form for strong verbs in past tense


-t

Used to make past participle of some weakly inflected verbs


-ad

(archaic, nonstandard) Used to form past participle form of many weak verbs


-i

(non-standard since 2012) Used to form past participle of strong verbs.

(non-standard since 2012) Used to form singular definite form for strong feminine nouns.

(non-standard since 2012) Used to form plural definite form for neuter nouns.

(non-standard since 2012) Used to form feminine singular indefinite form for many adjectives.

(non-standard since 2012) Used to form neuter singular indefinite form for many adjectives.


-son

Ivarsson


-ung

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-ung m (definite singular -ungen, indefinite plural -ungar, definite plural -ungane)

-ungen (definite singular)
-ungar (indefinite plural)
-ungane (definite plural)

Surla + -ung → Sturlungane (plural)

forming derivatives of nouns with sense of ‘belonging to, son of’.


-heit

From Middle Norwegian -heit, a borrow from Middle Low German -heit. Compare with Norwegian Bokmål -het, Swedish -het and Danish -hed. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haiduz.

(colloquial) creates abstract nouns from adjectives


-dom

Suffix used to form nouns out of adjectives, meaning the quality, property or condition of the adjective.


-ol

used to form nouns, often relating to chemistry.


-ane

Ein båt, alle båtane.

Used to form regular definite plurals of most masculine nouns.

Ei dronning, alle dronningane.

Used to form regular definite plurals of some feminine nouns.


-ene

Used to form definite plurals for most feminine nouns.


-ator

Derived from Latin -ātor (“-ator, -er”).


-om

(archaic or dialectal)(nonstandard) Used to form dative case of plural definite nouns


-dor

From Old Norse -dórr, from Þórr. Cognate with Faroese -dórur, and Icelandic -dór.


-ere

From Old Norse -era, through Middle High German -ieren, from Old French -ier, from Latin -āre.
Cognate to French -er, German -ieren and Swedish -era.

Used in verbs derived from Latin, French or German, indicating the action of doing the first part of the word. Equivalent in meaning to English -ize.


-gen

From French -gène, from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).


-øs

From German -ös, from French -eux, from Latin -ōsus.


-sk

-ish (of a nationality, or the language associated with a nationality)

used to form adjectives from nouns and verbs.


-isme

From French -isme, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós).


-ok

A contracted form of -voke, -voka, from Old Norse vaka (“wake, vigil”) (oblique case vǫku). Doublet of vake and vòke.


-vis

suffix for creating adverbs and adjectives out of adjectives and nouns


-ferdig

forming adjectives, as for Bokmål above.


-skap

-skapen (definite singular)
-skapar (indefinite plural)
-skapane (definite plural)

From Old Norse -skapr, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Cognate with English -scape and -ship. When Norwegian borrowed words from Dutch, Middle Low German, or Middle High German or German containing the suffixes -schap or -schaft, it used this suffix to loan-translate those as well.

ven (“friend”) → venskap (“friendhood”)

lik (“equal”) → likskap (“equality”)

veik (“weak”) → veikskap (“weakness”)


-skap

bror (“brother”) → brorskap (“brotherhood”)


-skap

-skapet (definite singular)
-skap (indefinite plural)
-skapa (definite plural)

mann (“man/human”) → mannskap (“crew”)


-isere

To produce verbs from adjectives meaning to make; -ise, -ize.


-leg

-leg (indefinite singular)
-lege (definite plural singular)
-legare (comparative)
-legast (indefinite superlative)
-legaste (definite superlative)


-era

-erer (present)
-erte (past)
-ert (participle past)
-erast (infinitive passive)
-erande (participle present)
-er (imperative)


-fest

From Old Norse festr f (“rope, cord”), whence also fester (“rope to moor boats with”).


-lending

-lending (indefinite masculine singular)
-lendingen (definite masculine singular)
-lendingar (indefinite masculine plural)
-lendingane (definite masculine plural)

a person from a certain part of Norway or from a particular country; e.g. sørlending ("person from Southern Norway") or islending ("Icelander")


-ur

(obsolete) Used to form plural indefinite forms for weak feminine nouns


-leis

From Old Norse -leiðis, genitive of leiði.

suffix used to create words describing in which manner something is; e.g. korleis ("how"), soleis ("thus"), annleis ("different")


-nad

suffix used to create nouns, particularly from verbs; but also from adjectives


-ianar

-ianaren (definite singular)
-ianarar (indefinite plural)
-ianarane (definite plural)

used in demonyms or in names of various types of groups of people; e.g. nigerianar ("Nigerian") and indianar ("Indian")


-anar

-anar m (definite singular -anaren, indefinite plural -anarar, definite plural -anarane)

-anaren (definite singular)
-anarar (indefinite plural)
-anarane (definite plural)

Used in demonyms or in names of various types of groups of people; e.g. afrikanar (“African”), honduranar (“Honduran”) and lutheranar (“Lutheran”)


-grafi

From the Ancient Greek verb γράφω (gráphō).


-eri

used to form nouns from verbs and other nouns


-årig

From år (“year”) and -ig. Similar to Danish and Swedish (if not borrowed from one of them).

aged the specified number of years, year-old

Eittårig plante

lasting the specified number of years, -year


-inne

Suffix giving the feminine version of certain nouns (as above).


-messig

used to turn nouns into adjectives, in the same manner as -mäßig in German.


-sjon

From Latin -io, -sio and -tio; via French -sion and -tion.

equivalent to -ation, -tion (used to create nouns from verbs loaned from other languages).


-pati

From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

der

used to form endings of nouns relating to suffering and feeling.


-eder

From Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra, “face of a geometrical solid”).


-ut

From Old Norse -óttr. This was the form used by Aasen.

båre + -ut → bårut

1863, Ivar Aasen, Nordmannen (3rd verse)

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Han saag ut paa det baarutte Havet; der var ruskutt aa leggja ut paa.

forms adjectives from nouns ((pre-2012) alternative form of -ete)

-et

introduced as bracket form in the 1938 spelling reform, given equal status in 1959, and made non-standard in 2012

-ete

introduced with the 1959 spelling reform, became sole standard form in 2012


-håra

equivalent to -haired (used in combination with hair colours and hair length)


-fon

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).


-fob

From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).


-makar

From Old Norse -makari and Low German -maker. Compare with Danish -mager and German Macher.

-maker is also used in Nynorsk in certain English loanwords


-gjengar

Probably from the old verb gange (gå - to go)

added to nouns and adjectives, sometimes it can mean -goer in English.


-væring

From -vær, from Old Norse -verr (from Proto-Germanic *warjaz), and the additional suffix -ing.

Lofoten + -væring → lofotværing

(especially in Central and Northern Norway) added to a place name to form demonyms denoting a person from that place.


-semd

used to form nouns from adjectives with the suffix -sam


-verdig

From the adjective verdig. Attested as -valou by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect (pronunciation spelling of -værdaug, dialectal form of old spelling -verdug).


-ikk

From German -ik, French -ique, from Latin -icus, -ica, from Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós), -ῐκή (-ĭkḗ).


-forma

forms adjectives relating to shape from nouns


-trof

From Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”).


-gami

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-gami m (definite singular -gamien, indefinite plural -gamiar, definite plural -gamiane)

-gamien (definite singular)
-gamiar (indefinite plural)
-gamiane (definite plural)


-arki

-arki n (definite singular -arkiet, definite plural -arkia)

-arkiet (definite singular)
-arkia (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek -αρχίᾱ (-arkhíā), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule, government”).


-leies

From earlier -leides, from Old Norse -leiðis, genitive of leiði. Doublet of -leis.

suffix used to form directional adverbs adverbs, or adverbs denoting the manner of moving


-løyse

-løyse (definite singular -løysa, indefinite plural -løyser, definite plural -løysene)

-løysa (definite singular)
-løyser (indefinite plural)
-løysene (definite plural)

From Old Norse -leysa f and -leysi f or n. From -laus.


-æt

-æt (masculine and feminine singular -æt, neuter singular -ætt, definite singular and plural -æte, comparative -ætare, indefinite superlative -ætast, definite superlative -ætaste)

-æt (feminine masculine singular)
-ætt (neuter singular)
-æte (definite plural singular)
-ætare (comparative)
-ætast (indefinite superlative)
-ætaste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse adjective ætr (“edible”), from Proto-Germanic *ētijaz.

Used to form adjectives in the sense of "eating in a fashion (determined by the stem)".


-bu

Used to create demonyms denoting people from wherever the first part suggests.

(botany) -oecious Used to form adjectives denoting the arrangement of sexual organs in plants.


-asje

-asje (definite singular -asjen, indefinite plural -asjar, definite plural -asjane)

-asjen (definite singular)
-asjar (indefinite plural)
-asjane (definite plural)


lofotværing

lofotværingen (definite singular)
lofotværingar (indefinite plural)
lofotværingane (definite plural)


-røn

Through analogy from words ending in -røn, such as nordrøn and austrøn, from Old Norse -ǿnn. Akin to English -ern.


-fili

From Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “(fraternal) love”).