Australia

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


egg

eggen (definite singular)
egga (definite singular)
eggar (indefinite plural)
egger (indefinite plural)
eggane (definite plural)
eggene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of egg

nn-noun-infl

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

From Old Norse egg f, from Proto-Germanic *agjō f (“edge, corner”), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ-. Cognates include English edge and German Ecke.


lava

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

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


kaolin

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


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)


eon

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

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


år

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

nn-noun-infl

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

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

han ransakar aadrarna i bladet

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


kontinent

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


perm

From the name of the Russian town of Perm.


mantel

mantelen (definite singular)
mantlar (indefinite plural)
mantlane (definite plural)

(geology) a mantle, the layer between Earth's core and crust


sete

setet (definite singular)
sete (indefinite plural)
seta (definite plural)
seten (definite singular)
setar (indefinite plural)
setane (definite plural)
seta (definite singular)
seter (indefinite plural)
setene (definite plural)

From different Old Norse terms. All of them are related to sitja (“to sit”), which is ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed- (“to sit”).
* (neuter): From Old Norse sæti, whence partly also English seat. From Proto-Germanic *sētiją.
* (masculine): From the Old Norse suffix -seti, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *setô.
* (feminine): From Old Norse seta.


kis

kisen (definite singular)
kisar (indefinite plural)
kisane (definite plural)

From Swedish kis (sense 1), and German Kies (sense 2).


marmor

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marmor m or n (definite singular marmoren or marmoret)

marmoren (definite singular)
marmoret (definite singular)

Borrowed from German Marmor, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble, crystalline rock”).


akvamarin

akvamarinen (definite singular)
akvamarinar (indefinite plural)
akvamarinane (definite plural)


oker

okeren (definite singular)
okrar (indefinite plural)
okrane (definite plural)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós).


kalk

From Latin calx, via Middle Low German or German Low German.


bergart

bergarten (definite singular)
bergartar (indefinite plural)
bergartane (definite plural)
bergarta (definite singular)
bergarter (indefinite plural)
bergartene (definite plural)


anoksisk

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anoksisk (neuter singular anoksisk, definite singular and plural anoksiske)

anoksisk (neuter singular)
anoksiske (definite plural singular)

From Latin an and oksygen, equivalent to an- + oksygen + -isk.


mektig

mektig (indefinite singular)
mektige (definite plural singular)
mektigare (comparative)
mektigast (indefinite superlative)
mektigaste (definite superlative)

From a late Old Norse mektugr, borrowed from Middle Low German mechtich, from Old Saxon mahtig, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz. Compare Swedish mäktig and Danish mægtig.


kaldera

kalderaen (definite singular)
kalderaer (indefinite plural)
kalderaar (indefinite plural)
kalderaene (definite plural)
kalderaane (definite plural)


beryll

beryllen (definite singular)
beryllar (indefinite plural)
beryllane (definite plural)

From German Beryll, from Latin berillus, beryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos), from Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya).


gneis

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


metamorfose

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

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

der

μεταμόρφωσις


forvitring

forvitringa (definite singular)
forvitringar (indefinite plural)
forvitringane (definite plural)


leie

leiet (definite singular)
leie (indefinite plural)
leia (definite plural)


oljeskifer

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oljeskifer m (definite singular oljeskiferen)


prekambrisk

prekambrisk (neuter singular prekambrisk, definite singular and plural prekambriske)

prekambrisk (neuter singular)
prekambriske (definite plural singular)


vassdrag

vassdraget (definite singular)
vassdrag (indefinite plural)
vassdraga (definite plural)

(geomorphology) drainage system, river system


kalsitt

kalsitten (definite singular)
kalsittar (indefinite plural)
kalsittane (definite plural)


jordskorpe

jordskorpa (definite singular)
jordskorper (indefinite plural)
jordskorpene (definite plural)


uranmalm

uranmalmen (definite singular)
uranmalmar (indefinite plural)
uranmalmane (definite plural)


sjikt

sjiktet (definite singular)
sjikt (indefinite plural)
sjikta (definite plural)


apatitt

apatitten (definite singular)
apatittar (indefinite plural)
apatittane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἀπάτη (apátē, “deceit”) + -itt.


kaledonsk

kaledonsk (indefinite singular)
kaledonske (definite plural singular)

Probably from English Caledonian, equivalent to Caledonia + -sk


metamorf

metamorft (neuter)
metamorfe (definite plural singular)

From meta- + -morf, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ).


skifer

skiferen (definite singular)
skiferar (indefinite plural)
skifrar (indefinite plural)
skiferane (definite plural)
skifrane (definite plural)

From German Schiefer and Middle Low German schiver.


arkeisk

arkeisk (indefinite singular)
arkeiske (definite plural singular)

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) + -isk.


leirskifer

leirskifer m (definite singular leirskiferen)


kvartsitt

kvartsitten (definite singular)
kvartsittar (indefinite plural)
kvartsittane (definite plural)


anortositt

anortositten (definite singular)
anortosittar (indefinite plural)
anortosittane (definite plural)

From an- + Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós) + -itt.


glimmerskifer

glimmerskifer m (definite singular glimmerskiferen)


foliert

foliert (indefinite singular)
folierte (definite plural singular)


kloritt

kloritten (definite singular)
klorittar (indefinite plural)
klorittane (definite plural)


fyllitt

fyllitten (definite singular)
fyllittar (indefinite plural)
fyllittane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek φῠ́λλον (phúllon) + -itt.


kråkesølv

kråkesølvet (definite singular)
kråkesølv (indefinite plural)
kråkesølva (definite plural)

[ˈkɾɔ̂ː.kə.ˌsœlː]