art

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art m or f (definite singular arten or arta, indefinite plural artar or arter, definite plural artane or artene)

arten (definite singular)
arta (definite singular)
artar (indefinite plural)
arter (indefinite plural)
artane (definite plural)
artene (definite plural)


plasma

plasmaet (definite singular)
plasma (indefinite plural)
plasmaa (definite plural)


organ

organet (definite singular)
organ (indefinite plural)
organa (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon), via Latin organum.


lake

laken (definite singular)
lakar (indefinite plural)
lakane (definite plural)

(fish) burbot, eelpout (species Lota lota)


genus

genus m or n (definite singular genusen or genuset, indefinite plural genera or genus, definite plural genera or generaa or genusa or genusane)

genusen (definite singular)
genuset (definite singular)
genera (indefinite plural)
genus (indefinite plural)
genera (definite plural)
generaa (definite plural)
genusa (definite plural)
genusane (definite plural)


sel

selen (definite singular)
selar (indefinite plural)
selane (definite plural)


horn

hornet (definite singular)
horn (indefinite plural)
horna (definite plural)

From Old Norse horn, from Proto-Norse ᚺᛟᚱᚾᚨ (horna), from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.


kaki

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


protein

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


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.


virus

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


iris

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

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


hemoglobin

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

prefix

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


tart

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


organisme

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


foster

fosteret (definite singular)
foster (indefinite plural)
fostera (definite plural)


kall

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

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


flora

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


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:


asp

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


familie

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

Borrowed from Latin familia, via German Familie.

(biology) family (a principal taxonomic category)


spore

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


hyse

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

From Old Norse ýsa, from Proto-Germanic *eusjǭ.

Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Melanogrammus aeglefinus#Translingual

(zoology) haddock; Melanogrammus aeglefinus


raun

raunen (definite singular)
raunar (indefinite plural)
raunane (definite plural)

Sorbus aucuparia
Sorbus aucuparia#Translingual

(botany) rowan
Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan

any of the small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with white flowers and red berries


gen

genet (definite singular)
gen (indefinite plural)
gena (definite plural)


gota

gotar (present)
gota (past)
gota (participle past)
gotast (infinitive passive)
gotande (participle present)
gota (imperative)
got (imperative)


lange

langa (definite singular)
langer (indefinite plural)
langene (definite plural)


lus

From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *luHs-, *lewH-.
Germanic cognates include Icelandic and Faroese lús, Danish and Swedish lus, German Laus, Dutch luis, and English louse. Wider Indo-European cognates may include some in Brythonic languages, such as Welsh llau and Breton laou.

mus

mouse; for its morphological similarities

Godt gøymd mellom hårstråa sit lusa og syg blod frå verten sin.

2000, Erna Osland, Hår i millionar år, Oslo: Samlaget, page 57:

Well hidden between the hairs, sits the louse and sucks blood from its host.

Å finne lus i barnehår er ho vel van med.

1996, Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn, Lus [Lice], Oslo: Samlaget, page 24:

She is likely used to finding lice in child's hair.

(entomology) a louse (a small blood-sucking insect in the order Psocodea)

Dette kan føre til ei oppblomstring av lus som trugar villaksen.

This could lead to a bloom of sea lice, threatening the wild salmon.

(entomology) a small insect that is either closely related or similar in behaviour or appearance to a true louse, e.g. sea lice

fruktemni vert til smaa neter („lus“)

1920, A. Holmsen, Naturkunnskap for folkeskulen, 4th edition, Kristiania: Cappelen, page 58:

(colloquial botany) a hairy seed from a rosehip


adrenalin

(biochemistry) adrenaline (epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter)


knopp

knoppen (definite singular)
knoppar (indefinite plural)
knoppane (definite plural)

From Middle Low German knoppe, knuppe or Low German knoppe, knuppe.

(botany) a bud (of a flower, leaf or shoot)


gås

gåsa (definite singular)
gjæser (indefinite plural)
gjæsene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of gås

From Old Norse gás f (nominative and accusative plurals gæss), from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns, probably of imitative origin.
Germanic cognates include Icelandic gæs, Faroese gás, Elfdalian gą̊s, Danish and Swedish gås, German Gans, German Low German Goos, Dutch gans, and finally English goose. Indo-European cognates include Albanian gatë (“heron”), Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Hindi हंस (hans), Latin ānser, and Lithuanian žąsìs.

(botany) rot in a tree caused by a fungal infection


syre

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

From Old Norse súra. The vowel might be Akin to Icelandic súra.

(botany) plant of another genus, but which also has acidic leaves


plante

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plante m or f (definite singular planten / planta, indefinite plural plantar / planter, definite plural plantane / plantene)

planten (definite singular)
planta (definite singular)
plantar (indefinite plural)
planter (indefinite plural)
plantane (definite plural)
plantene (definite plural)


kambium

kambiet (definite singular)
kambium (indefinite plural)
kambia (definite plural)


fennek

fenneken (definite singular)
fennekar (indefinite plural)
fennekane (definite plural)

From German Fennek, from Arabic فَنَك (fanak).

(zoology) Vulpes zerda; species of the family Canidae


antenne

antenna (definite singular)
antenner (indefinite plural)
antennene (definite plural)


mure

mura (definite singular)
murer (indefinite plural)
murene (definite plural)

From Old Norse mura, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ. Akin to German Möhre (“carrot”).

(botany) any plant of the potentilla family


bakterie

bakterien (definite singular)
bakteriar (indefinite plural)
bakteriane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion).


slekt

slekta (definite singular)
slekter (indefinite plural)
slektene (definite plural)

From Middle Low German slecht(e) (“ancestry, lineage, family”).


mygg

myggen (definite singular)
myggar (indefinite plural)
myggane (definite plural)

From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *mują, *muwō (“midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-. Compare Swedish mygga, Danish myg, Icelandic mý, English midge, West Frisian mich, Dutch mug, Low German mügge, German Mücke.

(zoology) a mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)


kvist

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kvist m (definite singular kvisten, indefinite plural kvister or kvistar, definite plural kvistene or kvistane)

kvisten (definite singular)
kvister (indefinite plural)
kvistar (indefinite plural)
kvistene (definite plural)
kvistane (definite plural)
kvist (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
kvisten (accusative definite nominative singular)
kvister (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
kvistar (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
kvistene (accusative definite nominative plural)
kvistane (accusative definite nominative plural)
kviste- (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)
kvist (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
kvisten (accusative definite nominative singular)
kvister (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
kvisterne (accusative definite nominative plural)
kviste (dative definite singular)
kvistom (dative definite plural)
kviste- (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)

kvist

nn-decl-blank-full

kvist


enzym

enzymet (definite singular)
enzym (indefinite plural)
enzyma (definite plural)

Coined in German as Enzym, from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) and ζύμη (zúmē, “sourdough”).


snabel

snabelen (definite singular)
snablar (indefinite plural)
snablane (definite plural)


kime

kimen (definite singular)
kimar (indefinite plural)
kimane (definite plural)


harr

harren (definite singular)
harrar (indefinite plural)
harrane (definite plural)

Thymallus thymallus
Thymallus thymallus#Translingual


bakteriologi

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bakteriologi m (definite singular bakteriologien)

(microbiology) bacteriology (the study of bacteria)


hjelm

hjelmen (definite singular)
hjelmar (indefinite plural)
hjelmane (definite plural)

From Old Norse hjalmr (“helmet”), from Proto-Germanic *helmaz. Akin to English helm.


autolyse

autolysen (definite singular)
autolysar (indefinite plural)
autolysane (definite plural)


mjølke

mjølken (definite singular)
mjølkar (indefinite plural)
mjølkane (definite plural)

From the noun mjølk (“milk”). The first sense is due to its whitish colour. The botanical senses have to do with an old belief that ingestion in cows was good for milk production.

(botany) willowherb (plant of the genus Epilobium)

Chamaenerion angustifolium
Chamaenerion angustifolium#Translingual

(botany) fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium)


mjølk

mjølka (definite singular)
mjølker (indefinite plural)
mjølkene (definite plural)

Inherited from Old Norse mjolk, mjǫlk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Cognate with Danish mælk, Faroese mjólk, Icelandic mjólk, Swedish mjölk, Dutch melk, English milk, German Milch, German Low German Melk, West Frisian molke, Yiddish מילך (milkh).

(botany) juice (from plants that look like milk)


styl

stylen (definite singular)
styler (indefinite plural)
stylar (indefinite plural)
stylene (definite plural)
stylane (definite plural)


kromosom

kromosomet (definite singular)
kromosom (indefinite plural)
kromosoma (definite plural)

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).


amfibium

amfibium n (definite singular amfibiet, indefinite plural amfibium, definite plural amfibia)

amfibiet (definite singular)
amfibium (indefinite plural)
amfibia (definite plural)


mitokondrium

mitokondriet (definite singular)
mitokondrium (indefinite plural)
mitokondria (definite plural)


bakteriolog

bakteriologen (definite singular)
bakteriologar (indefinite plural)
bakteriologane (definite plural)


nymfe

nymfa (definite singular)
nymfer (indefinite plural)
nymfene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride”), via Latin nympha.

(entomology) a nymph (larva of certain insects)


kjempe

kjempa (definite singular)
kjemper (indefinite plural)
kjempene (definite plural)

(botany) ribgrass, ribwort, plantain (plant of genus Plantago)


rogn

rognen (definite singular)
rogna (definite singular)
rognar (indefinite plural)
rogner (indefinite plural)
rognane (definite plural)
rognene (definite plural)

From Old Norse reynir (“rowan”), related to rauðr (“red”). Compare Danish røn and Swedish rönn.

(botany) rowan
Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan

any of the small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with white flowers and red berries


primat

primat m (definite singular primaten, indefinite plural primatar, definite plural primatane)

primaten (definite singular)
primatar (indefinite plural)
primatane (definite plural)


vev

vevet (definite singular)
vev (indefinite plural)
veva (definite plural)


laue

laua (definite singular)
lauer (indefinite plural)
lauene (definite plural)

Alburnus alburnus
Alburnus alburnus#Translingual


stamme

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


arve

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


trønder

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

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

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


metamorfose

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

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

der

μεταμόρφωσις


alge

algen (definite singular)
algar (indefinite plural)
algane (definite plural)

(biology, chiefly in the plural) an alga (plural: algae)


geir

geiren (definite singular)
geirar (indefinite plural)
geirane (definite plural)

From Old Norse geirr, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós (“throwing spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, move, fling”). Cognates include Irish ga.


kro

kroen (definite singular)
kroar (indefinite plural)
kroane (definite plural)


vekselvarm

vekselvarmt (neuter)
vekselvarme (definite plural singular)


tert

terten (definite singular)
tertar (indefinite plural)
tertane (definite plural)


kjønn

kjønnet (definite singular)
kjønn (indefinite plural)
kjønna (definite plural)

From earlier and Old Norse kyn, from Proto-Germanic *kunją. The grammatical sense is a calque of Latin genus (“birth, origin, lineage”).

cal

Kva er kjønnet på det?


kveite

kveita (definite singular)
kveiter (indefinite plural)
kveitene (definite plural)


krypdyr

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krypdyr n (definite singular krypdyret, indefinite plural krypdyr, definite plural krypdyra)

krypdyret (definite singular)
krypdyr (indefinite plural)
krypdyra (definite plural)


trekk

trekket (definite singular)
trekk (indefinite plural)
trekka (definite plural)

(zoology) migration (of animals, birds etc.)


hekkesesong

hekkesesongen (definite singular)
hekkesesongar (indefinite plural)
hekkesesongane (definite plural)


mikroorganisme

mikroorganismen (definite singular)
mikroorganismar (indefinite plural)
mikroorganismane (definite plural)


underart

underarten (definite singular)
underartar (indefinite plural)
underartane (definite plural)
underarta (definite singular)
underarter (indefinite plural)
underartene (definite plural)


hankjønn

hankjønnet (definite singular)
hankjønn (indefinite plural)
hankjønna (definite plural)

From han + kjønn; in grammar modelled on Latin genus (“kjønn”) masculīnum (“mannleg”) (= mannleg kjønn).


feromon

feromonet (definite singular)
feromon (indefinite plural)
feromona (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō), "pherein" + hormon.


kongle

konglen (definite singular)
konglar (indefinite plural)
konglane (definite plural)
kongla (definite singular)
kongler (indefinite plural)
konglene (definite plural)


petriskål

petriskåla (definite singular)
petriskåler (indefinite plural)
petriskålene (definite plural)

From Petri (“after Julius Richard Petri”) + skål.


aseksuell

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aseksuell (neuter singular aseksuelt, definite singular and plural aseksuelle)

aseksuelt (neuter singular)
aseksuelle (definite plural singular)


vekst

veksten (definite singular)
vekstar (indefinite plural)
vekstane (definite plural)

From Old Norse vǫxtr; related to vekse (to grow).


stilk

stilken (definite singular)
stilker (indefinite plural)
stilkar (indefinite plural)
stilkene (definite plural)
stilkane (definite plural)

stylk

sjulk, sjæłk, stałk, stelk, stik, stjałk, stjæłk, stjöłk, stjåłk, stułk, stuk, stukk'e, stykk'e, stæłk, stølk, stöłk, ståłk


mikrobe

mikroben (definite singular)
mikrobar (indefinite plural)
mikrobane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) and βίος (bíos, “life”), via French microbe.

(microbiology) a microbe (micro-organism)


drivhusgass

drivhusgassen (definite singular)
drivhusgassar (indefinite plural)
drivhusgassane (definite plural)


kjønnsmoden

kjønnsmoden (neuter singular kjønnsmode or kjønnsmodent, definite singular and plural kjønnsmodne)

kjønnsmode (neuter singular)
kjønnsmodent (neuter singular)
kjønnsmodne (definite plural singular)


ovulasjon

ovulasjonen (definite singular)
ovulasjonar (indefinite plural)
ovulasjonane (definite plural)


fugletrekk

fugletrekket (definite singular)
fugletrekk (indefinite plural)
fugletrekka (definite plural)


rome

romen (definite singular)
romar (indefinite plural)
romane (definite plural)

(botany) bog asphodel, Narthecium ossifragum


pollinering

pollinering f (definite singular pollineringa)


kolesterol

From Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ) + στερεός (stereós).


virveldyr

virveldyret (definite singular)
virveldyr (indefinite plural)
virveldyra (definite plural)


kamille

kamillen (definite singular)
kamillar (indefinite plural)
kamillane (definite plural)

From Middle Low German kamille, from Latin camomilla, from Ancient Greek χαμαίμηλον (khamaímēlon).


hyfe

hyfen (definite singular)
hyfar (indefinite plural)
hyfane (definite plural)


trost

trost m or f (definite singular trosten or trosta, indefinite plural trostar or troster, definite plural trostane or trostene)

trosten (definite singular)
trosta (definite singular)
trostar (indefinite plural)
troster (indefinite plural)
trostane (definite plural)
trostene (definite plural)

From Old Norse þrǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *þrasduz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos. Compare Swedish trast, Icelandic þröstur, Faroese trøstur.

(zoology) thrush, one of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae


hekketid

hekketida (definite singular)
hekketider (indefinite plural)
hekketidene (definite plural)

(ornithology) breeding season, nesting season


huve

huva (definite singular)
huver (indefinite plural)
huvene (definite plural)

From Old Norse húfa. Compare Faroese húgva, Icelandic húfa and Danish hue.


ørkenrev

ørkenreven (definite singular)
ørkenrevar (indefinite plural)
ørkenrevane (definite plural)

[ˈœʷɾ.kən.ˌɾeːʋ]

(zoology) Vulpes zerda; species of the family Canidae


fjellrev

fjellreven (definite singular)
fjellrevar (indefinite plural)
fjellrevane (definite plural)

fjell (“mountain”) + rev (“fox”). Compare Icelandic fjallarefur and Swedish fjällräv.

Ei heilo klagar burte millom nokre tuvor, og ein fjellrev sleng slunken og hol over nokre slette berg.

A golden plover complains on the heath, and an arctic fox ambles, hungry and emaciated, over some bare cliffs.

Vulpes lagopus
Vulpes lagopus#Translingual

(zoology) an arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus; species of the family Canidae


gror

groren (definite singular)
grorar (indefinite plural)
grorane (definite plural)

From Old Norse gróðr, from Proto-Germanic *grōduz, *grōdiz, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

(figurative or biology, though chiefly botany) growth


pilleskrukketroll

pilleskrukketrollet (definite singular)
pilleskrukketroll (indefinite plural)
pilleskrukketrolla (definite plural)

(zoology) pill bug, roly-poly, Armadillidiidae; family of the order Isopoda


hamskifte

hamskiftet (definite singular)
hamskifte (indefinite plural)
hamskifta (definite plural)

From ham (“outer skin, fur, feathers”) + skifte.

af

(zoology, also figurative) shedding of skin, moult, moulting


allel

allelt (neuter)
allele (definite plural singular)
allelare (comparative)
allelast (indefinite superlative)
allelaste (definite superlative)

Clipping of allelomorf, coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902. Ultimately from the Ancient Greek prefix ἀλληλ- (allēl-) from ἄλλος (állos, “other”).


allel

allelet (definite singular)
allel (indefinite plural)
allela (definite plural)


steinbit

steinbiten (definite singular)
steinbitar (indefinite plural)
steinbitane (definite plural)

(zoology) The taxonomic family of Anarhichadidae


kronblad

kronbladet (definite singular)
kronblad (indefinite plural)
kronblada (definite plural)

(botany) petal, one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower


fuglereir

fuglereiret (definite singular)
fuglereir (indefinite plural)
fuglereira (definite plural)

(ornithology) birdnest, bird-nest, bird's nest


fuglereservat

fuglereservatet (definite singular)
fuglereservat (indefinite plural)
fuglereservata (definite plural)


stamcelle

stamcella (definite singular)
stamceller (indefinite plural)
stamcellene (definite plural)

From stam- + celle, after English stem cell.


hå

håen (definite singular)
håar (indefinite plural)
håane (definite plural)

Squalus acanthias
Squalus acanthias#Translingual

(zoology) a spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

På grunn av storleiken og det grove skinnet, veit ein at det er vanskeleg å transportere dei ulike håane gjennom rotasjonskaret.

2000, Ann Helen Hellevik, Margareth Kjerstad, Fangstbehandling og marknadsutvikling for djuphavsartar, Ålesund: Møreforsking, page 4:

Because of the size and the course skin, one knows that it is hard to transport the different squaliforms through the rotary basin.


indikatorart

indikatorarten (definite singular)
indikatorartar (indefinite plural)
indikatorartane (definite plural)
indikatorarta (definite singular)
indikatorarter (indefinite plural)
indikatorartene (definite plural)

(biology) an indicator species or bioindicator


mikroalge

mikroalgen (definite singular)
mikroalgar (indefinite plural)
mikroalgane (definite plural)

(biology, chiefly in the plural) microalga


hestehov

Tussilago farfara
Tussilago farfara#Translingual

(botany) Name of various plants:
coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara

Caltha palustris
Caltha palustris#Translingual

(botany) Name of various plants:
marsh marigold, Caltha palustris

(botany) Name of various plants:
waterlily, Nymphaeaceae

Capsella bursa-pastoris
Capsella bursa-pastoris#Translingual

shepherd’s purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris


klatreplante

klatreplanten (definite singular)
klatreplantar (indefinite plural)
klatreplantane (definite plural)
klatreplanta (definite singular)
klatreplanter (indefinite plural)
klatreplantene (definite plural)


ryllik

rylliken (definite singular)
ryllikar (indefinite plural)
ryllikane (definite plural)

From Middle Low German roleke. Compare Swedish rölleka

Achillea millefolium
Achillea millefolium#Translingual


relikt

relikt (indefinite singular)
relikte (definite plural singular)

From Latin relictus (adjective) and relictum (noun).


relikt

reliktet (definite singular)
relikt (indefinite plural)
relikta (definite plural)


økoregion

økoregionen (definite singular)
økoregionar (indefinite plural)
økoregionane (definite plural)


plantesamfunn

plantesamfunnet (definite singular)
plantesamfunn (indefinite plural)
plantesamfunna (definite plural)


planteart

plantearten (definite singular)
planteartar (indefinite plural)
planteartane (definite plural)
plantearta (definite singular)
plantearter (indefinite plural)
planteartene (definite plural)


fugleart

fuglearten (definite singular)
fugleartar (indefinite plural)
fugleartane (definite plural)
fuglearta (definite singular)
fuglearter (indefinite plural)
fugleartene (definite plural)


dikotomi

dikotomien (definite singular)
dikotomiar (indefinite plural)
dikotomiane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek διχοτομία (dikhotomía).


klimagass

klimagassen (definite singular)
klimagassar (indefinite plural)
klimagassane (definite plural)


partenogenese

partenogenesen (definite singular)
partenogenesar (indefinite plural)
partenogenesane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “virgin”) and γένεσις (génesis, “origin, creation, generation”).


apogami

apogamien (definite singular)
apogamiar (indefinite plural)
apogamiane (definite plural)

From apo- + -gami. The first part, being from the Ancient Greek preposition ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”), and the latter part from Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos).


åbor

åboren (definite singular)
åborar (indefinite plural)
åborane (definite plural)

From Danish abbor and Swedish abborre, from Old Danish and Old Swedish aghborre. Originally a compound, the first part derives from a Germanic root meaning "sting", from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (whence also modern Norwegian egg and English edge). The last part is akin to borre.


bleikje

bleikja (definite singular)
bleikjer (indefinite plural)
bleikjene (definite plural)

From Old Norse bleikja, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną. Akin to English bleach.

Merlangius merlangus
Merlangius merlangus#Translingual

(zoology) whiting (UK); merling (Merlangius merlangus)


prestekrage

prestekragen (definite singular)
prestekragar (indefinite plural)
prestekragane (definite plural)

From prest (“priest”) + -e- + krage (“collar”).

af

Leucanthemum vulgare
Leucanthemum vulgare#Translingual

(botany) an oxeye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare


søterotfamilien

head

søterotfamilien m (indefinite søterotfamilie)

From søterot (“gentian”) + familien (“the family”).


bakkesøte

bakkesøta (definite singular)
bakkesøter (indefinite plural)
bakkesøtene (definite plural)

From bakke (“ground”) + søte (“something sweet”). The last part is used ironically in reference to the bitter taste.


søterot

søterota (definite singular)
søterøter (indefinite plural)
søterøtene (definite plural)

From søte (“sweet thing”) + rot (“root”). The first part is used ironically in reference to the bitter taste of the plants.

(botany) gentian (a plant of the genus Gentiana)


snøsøte

snøsøta (definite singular)
snøsøter (indefinite plural)
snøsøtene (definite plural)

From snø (“snow”) + søte (“sweet thing”). The latter, søte f, is used ironically in reference to the bitter taste of the gentians.


fjording

fjordingen (definite singular)
fjordingar (indefinite plural)
fjordingane (definite plural)

From Old Norse -firðingr in compounds. Akin to fjord + -ing.


fjesing

fjesingen (definite singular)
fjesingar (indefinite plural)
fjesingane (definite plural)

(zoology) a weever (fish of the family Trachinidae), especially the greater weever (Trachinus draco)


svele

svela (definite singular)
sveler (indefinite plural)
svelene (definite plural)


magesyre

magesyra (definite singular)
magesyrer (indefinite plural)
magesyrene (definite plural)


-bu

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


skjel

skjela (definite singular)
skjelet (definite singular)
skjeler (indefinite plural)
skjel (indefinite plural)
skjelene (definite plural)
skjela (definite plural)
skjel (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
skjeli (accusative definite nominative singular)
skjeljar (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
skjeljarne (accusative definite nominative plural)
skjelenne (dative definite singular)
skjeljom (dative definite plural)
skjeljar- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)
skjelje- (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)

nn-decl-blank-aasen

skjel

From Old Norse skel f, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō. Akin to English shell.


groe

groen (definite singular)
groar (indefinite plural)
groane (definite plural)


hjolt

hjoltet (definite singular)
hjolt (indefinite plural)
hjolta (definite plural)

From Old Norse hjǫlt, plural of hjalt (“hilt”).


kverke

kverka (definite singular)
kverker (indefinite plural)
kverkene (definite plural)


vrangtvitann

vrangtvitanna (definite singular)
vrangtvitenner (indefinite plural)
vrangtvitennene (definite plural)

Lamium molucellifolium
Lamium molucellifolium

(botany) northern deadnettle (Lamium molucellifolium)


stormjølke

stormjølken (definite singular)
stormjølkar (indefinite plural)
stormjølkane (definite plural)

From stor (“big”) + mjølke (“willowherb”).

(botany) great willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum)


sildekonge

sildekongen (definite singular)
sildekongar (indefinite plural)
sildekongane (definite plural)

From sild (“herring”) + -e- + konge (“king”).

Regalecus glesne
Regalecus glesne#Translingual

(zoology) an oarfish, king of herrings (Regalecus glesne)


nektarium

nektariet (definite singular)
nektarium (indefinite plural)
nektaria (definite plural)


honningkjertel

honningkjertelen (definite singular)
honningkjertlar (indefinite plural)
honningkjertlane (definite plural)

From honning (“honney”) + kjertel (“gland”).


glykolyse

glykolysen (definite singular)
glykolysar (indefinite plural)
glykolysane (definite plural)


transkripsjon

transkripsjonen (definite singular)
transkripsjonar (indefinite plural)
transkripsjonane (definite plural)

(genetics) the synthesis of RNA from DNA

transcription
the synthesis of RNA from DNA


smelle

smella (definite singular)
smeller (indefinite plural)
smellene (definite plural)

Onomatopoeic. Compare smell. The weak verb is a causative of the strong verb. The noun is derived from the verb.

(botany) plant of genus Silene, which includes some campions and catchflies


engsmelle

engsmella (definite singular)
engsmeller (indefinite plural)
engsmellene (definite plural)


fjellsmelle

fjellsmella (definite singular)
fjellsmeller (indefinite plural)
fjellsmellene (definite plural)

From fjell (“mountain”) + smelle (“campion”).


strandsmelle

strandsmella (definite singular)
strandsmeller (indefinite plural)
strandsmellene (definite plural)

From strand (“beach, shore”) + smelle (“campion”).


myrull

myrulla (definite singular)
myruller (indefinite plural)
myrullene (definite plural)

(botany, usually uncountable) cottongrass


fivel

fivelen (definite singular)
fivlar (indefinite plural)
fivlane (definite plural)


myrdun

From myr (“marsh, bog”) + dun (“down (feathers)”).


mogop

mogopen (definite singular)
mogopar (indefinite plural)
mogopane (definite plural)

Pulsatilla vernalis
Wikispecies:Pulsatilla vernalis

(botany) spring pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vernalis)


kubjølle

kubjølla (definite singular)
kubjøller (indefinite plural)
kubjøllene (definite plural)

(botany) small pasqueflower (Pulsatilla pratensis)


mofivel

mofivelen (definite singular)
mofivlar (indefinite plural)
mofivlane (definite plural)


symre

symra (definite singular)
symrer (indefinite plural)
symrene (definite plural)

In an umlaut relationship with sumar (“summer”). This might have to do with the bloom of these flowers being an omen for summer.

(botany) a spring flower of various genera, often more specifically genus Anemone


gullhå

gullhåen (definite singular)
gullhåar (indefinite plural)
gullhåane (definite plural)

From gull (“gold”) + hå (“shark, dogfish”).

(zoology) rabbit fish (Chimaera monstrosa)


havkatt

havkatten (definite singular)
havkattar (indefinite plural)
havkattane (definite plural)


brugde

brugda (definite singular)
brugder (indefinite plural)
brugdene (definite plural)

(zoology) a basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus


hovdyr

hovdyret (definite singular)
hovdyr (indefinite plural)
hovdyra (definite plural)

From hov (“(odd-toed) hoof”) + dyr (“animal”). Cognate with Faroese hóvdýr, Icelandic hófdýr and Swedish hovdjur.


klauvdyr

klauvdyret (definite singular)
klauvdyr (indefinite plural)
klauvdyra (definite plural)

From klauv (“cloven hoof”) + dyr (“animal”). Cognate with Faroese kleyvdýr, Icelandic klaufdýr and Swedish klövdjur.


nukleinsyre

nukleinsyra (definite singular)
nukleinsyrer (indefinite plural)
nukleinsyrene (definite plural)


blåmann

blåmannen (definite singular)
blåmenn (indefinite plural)
blåmennene (definite plural)

From Old Norse blámaðr, from blá (“blue, black”) + maðr (“person, man”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic blámaður, Swedish blåman, and Danish blåmand.

(botany) pyramidal bugle (Ajuga pyramidalis)


soleie

soleia (definite singular)
soleier (indefinite plural)
soleiene (definite plural)

Proposed etymology is sol (“sun”) + auge (“eye”), although Ivar Aasen was not agree with it. According to some alternative views, the word can derivate from sol (“sun”) + leie (“flower”).

(botany) buttercup or any flower of the genus Ranunculus


jonsokkoll

jonsokkollen (definite singular)
jonsokkollar (indefinite plural)
jonsokkollane (definite plural)

(botany) a pyramidal bugle, Ajuga pyramidalis


Salomos segl

Salomos seglet (definite singular)
Salomos segl (indefinite plural)
Salomos segla (definite plural)

Calque of Latin sigillum Salomonis. As the white flower name of is similar to Swedish, English and Danish.

(dialectal, botany, Trøndelag) red campion


liljekonvall

liljekonvallen (definite singular)
liljekonvallar (indefinite plural)
liljekonvallane (definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin lilium convallium, probably through Danish or Swedish. Calque of Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים (šôšannat hāʿămāqîm) through Vulgata (probably before the Reformation of the Norwegian Church). Similar to English lily of the valley and Swedish liljekonvalj.

calque

שׁוֹשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִים

(botany) a lily of the valley (a poisonous plant (or its flower) of genus Convallaria). The flowers in Norway's culture have association with spring and romantique, although they are poisonous.


kverksott

kverksotta (definite singular)
kverksotter (indefinite plural)
kverksottene (definite plural)

From kverk (“throat”) + sott (“disease”). May also be analyzed as an apocoped version of kverka (“to kill, to strangle”) + sott (“disease”), which can be seen in the old Danicized spelling Qværkesot (normalized as kverkesott, also used in Bokmål).

compound

(veterinary medicine) strangles, Coryza contagiosa equorum


myrbjørn

myrbjørnen (definite singular)
myrbjørnar (indefinite plural)
myrbjørnane (definite plural)

(zoology) A pygmy blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda


hylke

hylket (definite singular)
hylke (indefinite plural)
hylka (definite plural)

From Old Norse hylki, from Proto-Germanic *hulkiją, from a k-derivation of *hulaz (“hollow”), whence also holk.


gople

gopla (definite singular)
gopler (indefinite plural)
goplene (definite plural)

Uncertain. According to different sources, may be related to gopel (“a dirt mass”), Old Norse gaupn (“gowpen”) or Southern Sami gåbloe (“lung”) (compare Finnish kupla (“bubble”)). Also compare Southern Sami boeltʼaajjan-gåbloe (“fireweed”), literally “bear lung”.

cog

(dialectal, Northern Norway, botany) fireweed

(dialectal, botany) giant bellflower (Campanula latifolia)


holnuttu

head

holnuttu f (def holnuttua, indefinite plural holnuttu, def pl *holnuttunn)

From hol (“hole (?)”) + nuttu (“nettle”).

(botany, dialectal, Trøndelag) hedgenettle, usually referring to Stachys sylvatica


sisselrot

sisselrota (definite singular)
sisselrøter (indefinite plural)
sisselrøtene (definite plural)

The first part is probably from German süß (see e.g. German Süßholz (“liquorice”)), influenced by Norwegian female name Sissel (probably referring to Saint Cecilia). The last part is rot (“root”).

Polypodium vulgare
Polypodium vulgare#Translingual

(botany, usually uncountable) European common polypody, a fern of species Polypodium vulgare


bjørnekam

bjørnekammen (definite singular)
bjørnekammar (indefinite plural)
bjørnekammane (definite plural)


feittsyre

feittsyra (definite singular)
feittsyrer (indefinite plural)
feittsyrene (definite plural)

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) fatty acid


villrot

villrota (definite singular)
villrøter (indefinite plural)
villrøtene (definite plural)


harelabb

harelabben (definite singular)
harelabbar (indefinite plural)
harelabbane (definite plural)

hare + labb. Similar to Swedish hartass.

Antennaria dioica
Antennaria dioica#Translingual

(botany) catsfoot, a plant of species Antennaria dioica


groblad

grobladet (definite singular)
groblad (indefinite plural)
groblada (definite plural)

From gro (“to grow”) + blad, probably because its juice is used in European folk medicine against wounds.


surblad

surbladet (definite singular)
surblad (indefinite plural)
surblada (definite plural)


gauksyre

gauksyra (definite singular)
gauksyrer (indefinite plural)
gauksyrene (definite plural)

From gauk + syre. Literally, “cuckoo sorrel”. Compare dialectal Swedish gökmat (“wood sorrel”).

Oxalis acetosella
Oxalis acetosella#Translingual


marekvist

marekvist m (definite singular marekvisten, indefinite plural marekvister or marekvistar, definite plural marekvistene or marekvistane)

marekvisten (definite singular)
marekvister (indefinite plural)
marekvistar (indefinite plural)
marekvistene (definite plural)
marekvistane (definite plural)

(botany, folklore) witch's broom (a mutated tree branch)


marianykleblom

marianykleblomen (definite singular)
marianykleblomar (indefinite plural)
marianykleblomane (definite plural)

Primula veris
Primula veris#Translingual


tepperot

tepperota (definite singular)
tepperøter (indefinite plural)
tepperøtene (definite plural)

(botany, usually uncountable) tormentil, Potentilla erecta


turmannsrot

turmannsrota (definite singular)
turmannsrøter (indefinite plural)
turmannsrøtene (definite plural)

By surface analysis, turmann (“tour man”) + rot (“root”). Originally from Latin tormentilla, possibly through *turmanntille, whence also other dialectal names of tormentil, such as tillimann, rennskitstille (“diarrhea calm”) and tellerot (“count root”).

(botany, dialectal) tormentil, Potentilla erecta