antonym

antonymet (definite singular)
antonym (indefinite plural)
antonyma (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἀντωνυμία (antōnumía), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name, noun”).


livre

head

livre n (definite singular livreet, indefinite plural livre, definite plural livrea)

livreet (definite singular)
livre (indefinite plural)
livrea (definite plural)


synonym

synonymt (neuter)
synonyme (definite plural singular)
synonymare (comparative)
synonymast (indefinite superlative)
synonymaste (definite superlative)

From Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), and συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”).


synonym

synonymet (definite singular)
synonym (indefinite plural)
synonyma (definite plural)


onsdag

onsdagen (definite singular)
onsdagar (indefinite plural)
onsdagane (definite plural)

From Old Norse óðinsdagr (“Odin's day”), corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag.


millennium

millenniet (definite singular)
millennium (indefinite plural)
millennia (definite plural)


google

googlar (present)
googla (past)
googla (participle past)
googlast (infinitive passive)
googlande (participle present)
google (imperative)
googl (imperative)


verb

verbet (definite singular)
verb (indefinite plural)
verba (definite plural)


gnosis

From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).


mann

mannen (definite singular)
menn (indefinite plural)
mennene (definite plural)
mann (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mannen (accusative definite nominative singular)
menn (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mennene (accusative definite nominative plural)
manns- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)
manne- (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)
Historical inflection of mann

mann

nn-noun-infl

Form allowed for schoolchildren as of 1910.

From Old Norse mann, accusative case of maðr (“man”) (compare the accusative of the Icelandic maður). Originally the word only had the sense "human" but later changed to primarily designate an adult male, the original meaning being replaced by words such as menneske and person. Believed to ultimately be from Proto-Germanic *mann-, stemming from the Proto-Indo-European *man- (a root). Cognate with Swedish man, Danish mand, Faroese and Icelandic maður, English man and many others.

(mostly in regular sayings and idioms) human being, person

person with certain praiseworthy qualities, often used about males


dat

Dat varte ikkje lenge.

Dat vil eg ikkje segja deg.

(dated, dialectal) that; succeeded by det


servant

head

servant m (definite singular servanten, indefinite plural servantar, definite plural servantane)

servanten (definite singular)
servantar (indefinite plural)
servantane (definite plural)


abort

aborten (definite singular)
abortar (indefinite plural)
abortane (definite plural)


hund

hunden (definite singular)
hundar (indefinite plural)
hundane (definite plural)

From Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Akin to English hound.


LED

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

Borrowed from English LED (“light-emitting diode”).


EU

EU; initialism of Den europeiske unionen


numeral

numeralet (definite singular)
numeral (indefinite plural)
numerala (definite plural)


Mexico

A neighborhood of Trøndelag, south of Løvby in southern outskirts of Løkken Verk


are

arar (present)
ara (past)
ara (participle past)
arast (infinitive passive)
arande (participle present)
are (imperative)
ar (imperative)

Perhaps from a Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German verb.


DVD

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


peso

peso m (definite singular pesoen, indefinite plural peso or pesos, definite plural pesoane)

pesoen (definite singular)
peso (indefinite plural)
pesos (indefinite plural)
pesoane (definite plural)

From Latin pensum, via English peso and Spanish peso.


a-

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without”).


adverb

adverbet (definite singular)
adverb (indefinite plural)
adverba (definite plural)

From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verbum (“word, verb”).


nigger

niggeren (definite singular)
niggerar (indefinite plural)
niggerane (definite plural)

From English nigger, a distortion of neger, from French nègre or Spanish and Portuguese negro. Doublet of neger (“black person”).


nigger

nigger (neuter niggert, definite singular and plural nigre, comparative nigrare, indefinite superlative nigrast, definite superlative nigraste)

niggert (neuter)
nigre (definite plural singular)
nigrare (comparative)
nigrast (indefinite superlative)
nigraste (definite superlative)

From nigra (“to do fine work, to peck; to stretch”), a variant of nigla.


quisling

quislingen (definite singular)
quislingar (indefinite plural)
quislingane (definite plural)

1940, after Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two.

alternative spelling of kvisling (“a quisling, traitor”)


Japan

From German Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”).


Finland

Finland (A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe)


Bahrain

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)


pseudonym

pseudonymet (definite singular)
pseudonym (indefinite plural)
pseudonyma (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos).


Bahamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


urban

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urban (neuter singular urbant, definite singular and plural urbane)

urbant (neuter singular)
urbane (definite plural singular)


Bhutan

Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)


robot

roboten (definite singular)
robotar (indefinite plural)
robotane (definite plural)


Afghanistan

Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)


Bulgaria

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Nicaragua

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Brasil

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Djibouti

Djibouti (a country in East Africa)
Djibouti (the capital city of Djibouti)


fable

fable (imperative fabl, present tense fablar, simple past and past participle fabla)

fabl (imperative)
fablar (present)
fabla (participle past)
fabla (past)

From the noun fabel, ultimately from Latin fabula, from fā(rī) (“to speak, say”) + -bula (“instrumental suffix”).

fable om suksess


Nigeria

Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)


euro

euroen (definite singular)
euroar (indefinite plural)
euroane (definite plural)


Indonesia

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Kiribati

Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)


Swaziland

(historical) Swaziland (The former name of Eswatini, a country in Southern Africa)


Qatar

Qatar (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


global

global (neuter singular globalt, definite singular and plural globale)

globalt (neuter singular)
globale (definite plural singular)


Singapore

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)


Oman

Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Mauritius

Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)

Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


Kuwait

Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Andorra

Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)


mars

From Latin mārtius (“month of the god Mars”).


fa

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

From Latin famuli, from the first word of the fourth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through Italian.

(music) fa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.


Guatemala

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Slovenia

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


planet

planeten (definite singular)
planetar (indefinite plural)
planetane (definite plural)

From Old Norse planéta, from Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer”).


Nepal

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)


Jamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


digital

head

digital (neuter singular digitalt, definite singular and plural digitale)

digitalt (neuter singular)
digitale (definite plural singular)

From Latin digitalis, via English digital.


Zimbabwe

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.


Nauru

Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)


Egypt

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Luxembourg

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)

Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)


Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)


El Salvador

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


Uganda

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).


Cuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Senegal

Senegal (a river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa)


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Sudan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Israel

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)


most

mosten (definite singular)
mostar (indefinite plural)
mostane (definite plural)

From Middle Low German most, must, from Latin mustum.

must, (unfermented) fruit juice, particularly grape juice


Iran

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Syria

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


van

vant (neuter)
vane (definite plural singular)


van

vanen (definite singular)
vaner (indefinite plural)
vanar (indefinite plural)
vanene (definite plural)
vanane (definite plural)


van

Borrowed from Dutch van (“of, from”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fanē. Doublet of von.


Aruba

Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)


Vanuatu

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)


Jan Mayen

Named after Dutch explorer Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout.

named-after

Jan Mayen (an island in Norway in the Norwegian Sea)


Armenia

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


New Zealand

New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)


San Marino

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Svalbard

Borrowed from Old Norse Svalbarð n or Svalbarðr m, from svalr (“cool”) + barð (“edge, brim”), thus roughly meaning “cold shore”. See the English entry for more information.

Svalbard (an archipelago in the far north of Norway)


Niue

Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)


Somalia

Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)


religion

religionen (definite singular)
religionar (indefinite plural)
religionane (definite plural)


nu

nuen (definite singular)
nuar (indefinite plural)
nuane (definite plural)


os

osen (definite singular)
oset (definite singular)
osar (indefinite plural)
os (indefinite plural)
osane (definite plural)
osa (definite plural)

an outlet, estuary, river mouth (where a river runs out of a lake, or enters a lake or the ocean)


os

osen (definite singular)
osar (indefinite plural)
osane (definite plural)


os

Dæmæ venda os aat Bygden

1770, Edvard Storm, “Guten aa Jenta paa Fjøshjellen”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 233:


Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


fart

farten (definite singular)
farta (definite singular)
farter (indefinite plural)
fartar (indefinite plural)
fartene (definite plural)
fartane (definite plural)


Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Dominica

Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Palau

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Palau (A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia (an island and country in the Caribbean)


y

yen (definite singular)
yar (indefinite plural)
yane (definite plural)

From Old Norse ýr, from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz. Akin to English yew.


y

yr (present)
ydde (past)
ytt (participle past)
ydd (participle past)
yast (infinitive passive)
yande (participle present)
y (imperative)


send

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send (neuter sendt, definite singular and plural sende)

sendt (neuter)
sende (definite plural singular)


Burma

From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).


maskin

maskinen (definite singular)
maskinar (indefinite plural)
maskinane (definite plural)
maskina (definite singular)
maskiner (indefinite plural)
maskinene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná), μηχανή (mēkhanḗ), via Latin machina and French machine.


Burkina Faso

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Fiji

Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


Benin

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


and

anda (definite singular)
ender (indefinite plural)
endene (definite plural)
and (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
anda (accusative definite nominative singular)
ender (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
endene (accusative definite nominative plural)
ande- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)
ande- (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)
and (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
andi (accusative definite nominative singular)
ender (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
enderna (accusative definite nominative plural)
andenne (dative definite singular)
andom (dative definite plural)
ondom (dative definite plural)
andar- (genitive in-compounds indefinite singular)
ande- (genitive in-compounds indefinite plural)

and

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

nn-decl-blank-full

and

From Old Norse ǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *anadz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”).


and

anda (definite singular)
ander (indefinite plural)
andene (definite plural)


Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)


Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)


absurd

head

absurd (neuter singular absurd, definite singular and plural absurde)

absurd (neuter singular)
absurde (definite plural singular)


um

(pre-1938 or dialectal) alternative form of om


Portugal

Borrowed from Portuguese Portugal, from Latin Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)


Grenada

Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)


fy

phew, shame; interjection expressing disapproval or disgust


Barbados

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Malta

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)

Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


standard

standard (plural singular)
meir standard (comparative)
mest standard (superlative)

From Old French estandart, via English standard.


standard

standarden (definite singular)
standardar (indefinite plural)
standardane (definite plural)


Wales

Wales (a country within the United Kingdom)


Eritrea

Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)


Costa Rica

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


vi

Probably with influence from Swedish vi and Danish vi, from Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.


port

porten (definite singular)
portar (indefinite plural)
portane (definite plural)

From Middle Norwegian portr m, from late Old Norse port n, ultimately from Latin porta f.

(computing) port (logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred)

(computing) port (female connector of an electronic device)


Myanmar

(official, rare) Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia)


is

isen (definite singular)
isar (indefinite plural)
isane (definite plural)

From Old Norse íss, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Akin to English ice.


Samoa

Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)


DNA

DNA-et (definite singular)
DNA (indefinite plural)
DNA-a (definite plural)


die

diar (present)
dia (past)
dia (participle past)
diast (infinitive passive)
diande (participle present)
die (imperative)
di (imperative)

Probably from Danish die, from Old Danish di, from Germanic *dijana-, *dejana-

to suck, suckle (of a baby on the breast)

to breastfeed, nurse (of a mother with her baby)


Jordan

From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén), and Arabic الأردن (“al-'urdunn”).

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)


te

ter (present)
tedde (past)
tedd (participle past)
tett (participle past)
teast (infinitive passive)
teande (participle present)
te (imperative)


te

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect, Østlandet) Alternative form of til


gas

gasen (definite singular)
gasar (indefinite plural)
gasane (definite plural)


A

The first letter of the Norwegian Nynorsk alphabet, written in the Latin script.


A

A m (definite singular A-en, indefinite plural A-ar, definite plural A-ane)

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


letter

indefinite plural of lett (non-standard since 2012)


morning

morningen (definite singular)
morningar (indefinite plural)
morningane (definite plural)


radar

radaren (definite singular)
radarar (indefinite plural)
radarane (definite plural)


henna

hennaen (definite singular)
hennaer (indefinite plural)
hennaar (indefinite plural)
hennaene (definite plural)
hennaane (definite plural)


penny

English penny, from Middle English peny, from Old English penning, penniġ, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz. Doublet of penge, penning, and pfennig.


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)


symptom

symptom n (definite singular symptomet, indefinite plural symptom, definite plural symptoma)

symptomet (definite singular)
symptom (indefinite plural)
symptoma (definite plural)


radio

radioen (definite singular)
radioar (indefinite plural)
radioane (definite plural)

Det vedunderet som me no kallar radio, hev synt det endå klårare. Det er ljosbylgjor som er so små og snøgge, og sume so langsame at ikkje noko menneskjeauga kann uppfanga dei.

The miracle that we now call radio has shown this even clearer. It is light waves that are so small and fast, and some so slow that no human eye can perceive them.


dollar

dollaren (definite singular)
dollar (indefinite plural)
dollarane (definite plural)

From Middle Low German daler, via English dollar.


last

last f or m (definite singular lasta or lasten, indefinite plural laster or lastar, definite plural lastene or lastane)

lasta (definite singular)
lasten (definite singular)
laster (indefinite plural)
lastar (indefinite plural)
lastene (definite plural)
lastane (definite plural)


tempo

tempo n (definite singular tempoet, indefinite plural tempo, definite plural tempoa)

tempoet (definite singular)
tempo (indefinite plural)
tempoa (definite plural)


sky

sky (neuter singular sky, definite singular and plural sky or skye, comparative skyare, indefinite superlative skyast, definite superlative skyaste)

sky (neuter singular)
sky (definite plural singular)
skye (definite plural singular)
skyare (comparative)
skyast (indefinite superlative)
skyaste (definite superlative)


sky

skya (definite singular)
skyer (indefinite plural)
skyene (definite plural)

From Old Norse ský. Akin to English sky.


sky

skyr (present)
skydde (past)
skydd (participle past)
skytt (participle past)
skyast (infinitive passive)
skyande (participle present)
sky (imperative)


hell

hellet (definite singular)
hell (indefinite plural)
hella (definite plural)


de

de (objective case dykk, possessive dykkar)

From Old Norse þér, ér and þit, it. From a variant of Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.


de

used in set expressions (such as de jure); translates to "from" and "of"


de

(Midlandsnormalen or eye dialect) alternative spelling of det n (“that, it”)


de

pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(dialectal or eye dialect, Trøndelag dialect, Eastern Norway) pronunciation spelling of deg


beige

beige (singular and plural beige, comparative beigare, indefinite superlative beigast, definite superlative beigaste)

beige (plural singular)
beigare (comparative)
beigast (indefinite superlative)
beigaste (definite superlative)


mental

mental (neuter singular mentalt, definite singular and plural mentale)

mentalt (neuter singular)
mentale (definite plural singular)

Borrowed from Latin mentalis, from mens.


dar

Han budde dar all dan stund han livde.

(obsolete) there (alternative spelling of der).


humor

From Latin hūmor, via German Humor and English humour or humor.


bot

bota (definite singular)
bøter (indefinite plural)
bøtene (definite plural)


million

millionen (definite singular)
millionar (indefinite plural)
millionane (definite plural)


date

daten (definite singular)
datar (indefinite plural)
datane (definite plural)

Borrowed from English date. Doublet of dato and datum.

a (romantic) date (pre-arranged meeting between two people)

a person in relation to the other person on a date


date

date (present tense datar, past tense data, past participle data, imperative date)

datar (present)
data (past)
data (participle past)
date (imperative)


regime

regimet (definite singular)
regime (indefinite plural)
regima (definite plural)


Georgia

Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)

Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)


president

presidenten (definite singular)
presidentar (indefinite plural)
presidentane (definite plural)


bit

biten (definite singular)
bitar (indefinite plural)
bitane (definite plural)


bit

bit m (definite singular biten, indefinite plural bit or bitar, definit plural bitane)

biten (definite singular)
bit (indefinite plural)
bitar (indefinite plural)

Borrowed from English bit (“binary digit”).


bit

bitet (definite singular)
bit (indefinite plural)
bita (definite plural)


bit

From the first person singular present indicative of Old Norse bíta, and from the second person singular imperative Old Norse bíta.


star

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


ask

asken (definite singular)
askar (indefinite plural)
askane (definite plural)

From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz. Akin to English ash.

Fraxinus excelsior
Fraxinus excelsior#Translingual

European ash (ash tree) Fraxinus excelsior


symbol

symbolet (definite singular)
symbol (indefinite plural)
symbola (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon) via Latin symbolum.


green

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green m (definite singular greenen, indefinite plural greenar, definite plural greenane)

greenen (definite singular)
greenar (indefinite plural)
greenane (definite plural)

(golf) a green or putting green (the closely mown area surrounding each hole on a golf course)


be

be (present tense ber, past tense bad, supine bede or bedd or bedt, past participle beden or bedd, present participle bedande, imperative be)

ber (present)
bad (past)
bede (supine)
bedd (supine)
bedt (supine)
beden (participle past)
bedd (participle past)
bedande (participle present)
be (imperative)

From Old Norse biðja. Akin to English bid.


yacht

yachten (definite singular)
yachtar (indefinite plural)
yachtane (definite plural)


take

tek (present)
tok (past)
teke (participle past)
takast (infinitive passive)
takande (participle present)
tak (imperative)


balalaika

balalaika m (definite singular balalaikaen, indefinite plural balalaikaar or balalaikaer, definite plural balalaikaane or balalaikaene)

balalaikaen (definite singular)
balalaikaar (indefinite plural)
balalaikaer (indefinite plural)
balalaikaane (definite plural)
balalaikaene (definite plural)


ending

endinga (definite singular)
endingar (indefinite plural)
endingane (definite plural)


open

ope (neuter)
opent (neuter)
opne (definite plural singular)
opnare (comparative)
opnast (indefinite superlative)
opnaste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse opinn, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz. Compare Faroese opin, Icelandic opinn, Swedish öppen, Danish åben, Dutch open, Low German apen, open, German offen, West Frisian iepen, English open.

Kvifor er døra open?


bank

banken (definite singular)
bankar (indefinite plural)
bankane (definite plural)

Borrowed from French banque, from Italian banco (“bench”), banca.


tiger

tigeren (definite singular)
tigrar (indefinite plural)
tigrane (definite plural)

Panthera tigris
Panthera tigris#Translingual


pip

pipet (definite singular)
pip (indefinite plural)
pipa (definite plural)


pip

pipen (definite singular)
pipar (indefinite plural)
pipane (definite plural)

ta pipen frå
ta pipen frå#Norwegian_Nynorsk

used in the expression ta pipen frå.
resolve


Montreal

alternative form of Montréal, the largest city in Quebec, Canada


age

agen (definite singular)
agar (indefinite plural)
agane (definite plural)

From Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz. Cognates include English awe.


age

agar (present)
aga (past)
aga (participle past)
agast (infinitive passive)
agande (participle present)
age (imperative)
ag (imperative)


kiwi

kiwien (definite singular)
kiwiar (indefinite plural)
kiwiane (definite plural)


qua

From Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat.

Qua skall eg mejra seja[?]

1695, Norske Vers til Kronprintsens Bilager, volume 21, quoted in Syn og Segn, page 272:


habitat

habitatet (definite singular)
habitat (indefinite plural)
habitata (definite plural)


time

timen (definite singular)
timar (indefinite plural)
timane (definite plural)

From Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō, from *deh₂y- (“to share, divide”). Akin to English time.

Eg har ein time hjå tannlegen.

No er timen komen, Daniel!


general

general m (definite singular generalen, indefinite plural generalar, definite plural generalane)

generalen (definite singular)
generalar (indefinite plural)
generalane (definite plural)


toe

toa (definite singular)
toer (indefinite plural)
toene (definite plural)

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) second (number two in a series)


storm

stormen (definite singular)
stormar (indefinite plural)
stormane (definite plural)

From Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). Akin to English storm.

inh

Ein kraftig storm er venta seinare i dag.

A strong storm is expected to hit later today.

storm (a very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane)


love

head

love (present tense lovar or lover, past tense lova or lovde, past participle lova or lovt or lovd, present participle lovande, imperative lov)

lovar (present)
lover (present)
lova (past)
lovde (past)
lova (participle past)
lovt (participle past)
lovd (participle past)
lovande (participle present)
lov (imperative)


love

loven (definite singular)
lovar (indefinite plural)
lovane (definite plural)


or

ora (definite singular)
orer (indefinite plural)
orene (definite plural)
oren (definite singular)
orar (indefinite plural)
orane (definite plural)

From Old Norse ǫlr, órir. Akin to English alder.


or

Han kom or fjellet, skulde heim, […].

1956, Olav H. Hauge, Gjer ein annan mann ei beine:

He came from the mountain, was heading home […] .


astronaut

astronauten (definite singular)
astronautar (indefinite plural)
astronautane (definite plural)


i

From Old Norse í, from Proto-Germanic *in (“in, into”). Akin to English in.

No er me i Noreg.


i

i (upper case I, definite singular i-en, indefinite plural i-ar, definite plural i-ane)

I (uppercase)
i-en (definite singular)
i-ar (indefinite plural)
i-ane (definite plural)

The ninth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.


i

(dialectal) alternative letter-case form of I; alternative form of eg (“I”)


i

i (objective jær or ær or ør, possessive jærs or ærs or ørs)

jær (objective)
ær (objective)
ør (objective)
jærs (possessive)
ærs (possessive)
ørs (possessive)

From Old Norse ér, ír, from Proto-Germanic *jūz. Possibly via Danish I. Compare with de.

men æg undras paa, at i sku kjenn' mæg; æg trur aller, at æg kjenne ør; æg tyks aller ha sett ør før.

1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge (overall work in Danish), Christiania: Carl C. Werner & Co., page 2:

Though I wonder how you would know me. I don't think I know you. I don't think I've ever seen you before.

(obsolete, dialectal, polite) you (second person singular)


baby

babyen (definite singular)
babyar (indefinite plural)
babyane (definite plural)


el

short form of elektrisitet, elektrisk, elektro-, used mainly in compound words. It is treated as a noun rather than a prefix, in the same manner as Swedish.


el

elet (definite singular)
el (indefinite plural)
ela (definite plural)


el

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


en

(dialectal, nonstandard) Alternative form of ein


en

stopp en hal
stopp en hal#Norwegian_Nynorsk

Used as part of the expression stopp en hal


argument

argumentet (definite singular)
argument (indefinite plural)
argumenta (definite plural)


mi

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

From Latin mīra, from the first word of the fourth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through Italian.

(music) mi, a syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.


pigment

pigmentet (definite singular)
pigment (indefinite plural)
pigmenta (definite plural)


o

head

o (upper case O, definite singular o-en, indefinite plural o-ar, definite plural o-ane)

O (uppercase)
o-en (definite singular)
o-ar (indefinite plural)
o-ane (definite plural)

The fifteenth letter of the Norwegian Nynorsk alphabet, written in the Latin script.


o

(eye dialect) pronunciation spelling of ho


finale

finalen (definite singular)
finalar (indefinite plural)
finalane (definite plural)


for

Eg joggar kvar dag, for eg vil ikkje bli feit.

I jog every day, because I don't want to get fat.


for

fora (definite singular)
forer (indefinite plural)
forene (definite plural)

From Old Norse fǫr, from Proto-Germanic *farō. Related to fara.


for

From Old Norse for, probably derived from earlier Proto-Germanic *furhs.


for

fort (neuter)
fore (definite plural singular)
forare (comparative)
forast (indefinite superlative)
foraste (definite superlative)

gå fórare!


for

foret (definite singular)
for (indefinite plural)
fora (definite plural)

From Old Norse fóðr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder”).


for

From Old Norse fóðr, borrowed from Middle Low German vōder (“sheath, linen”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą.


for

Pass deg for snøskred!

Eg bur sør for byen.


for

Det er for langt å gå.

Eg var for å bli med i FN.


rue

rua (definite singular)
ruer (indefinite plural)
ruene (definite plural)

a lump of manure, particularly from a cow


non

nonet (definite singular)
non (indefinite plural)
nona (definite plural)

From Old Norse nón, from Latin nona (hora) (“ninth hour”). Akin to English noon and nones.

Nonshøa

toponym common in Oppdal and Upper Gudbrandsdal

Nonsfjell

toponym, almost not used in Eastern Norway

Nonfjell

toponym, used only in Western and Southern Norway

(historical) the ninth hour after dawn (about 3pm)


gold

gold (indefinite singular)
golde (definite plural singular)
goldare (comparative)
goldast (indefinite superlative)
goldaste (definite superlative)


stand

standen (definite singular)
standar (indefinite plural)
standane (definite plural)

From the old verb stande (replaced by stå).


stand

head

stand m (definite singular standen, indefinite plural stender, definite plural stendene)

standen (definite singular)
stender (indefinite plural)
stendene (definite plural)
standet (definite singular)
stand (indefinite plural)
standa (definite plural)

From German Stand, probably through Danish. Doublet of Etymology 1.


stand

From English stand. Doublet of Etymology 1.


Korea

Korea (region and former country in East Asia, now divided into North Korea and South Korea)


her

Det er fint å vera her.

Eg såg ho her ein dag.


her

heren (definite singular)
herar (indefinite plural)
herane (definite plural)


case

casen (definite singular)
caset (definite singular)
casar (indefinite plural)
case (indefinite plural)
casane (definite plural)
casa (definite plural)

English case, from Latin cāsus. Doublet of kasus.

a case study; a case as used in a case study


men

Via Swedish and Danish men, same origin as Old Norse meðan (“while”).

but, however; introducing a clause that contrasts with the preceding clause, sentence or common belief.


martyr

martyren (definite singular)
martyrar (indefinite plural)
martyrane (definite plural)

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin martyr, from Ancient Greek μάρτυρ (mártur), later form of μάρτυς (mártus, “witness”).


hobby

hobbyen (definite singular)
hobbyar (indefinite plural)
hobbyane (definite plural)


retreat

retreaten (definite singular)
retreatar (indefinite plural)
retreatane (definite plural)

Borrowed from English retreat. Doublet of retrett.

a period of meditation, prayer or study; retreat


lama

lamaen (definite singular)
lamaer (indefinite plural)
lamaar (indefinite plural)
lamaene (definite plural)
lamaane (definite plural)


lama

a lama (Buddhist monk or spiritual leader)


episode

episoden (definite singular)
episodar (indefinite plural)
episodane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisódion), via French épisode.


alligator

alligatoren (definite singular)
alligatorar (indefinite plural)
alligatorane (definite plural)

From Spanish el lagarto (“the lizard”), via English alligator.


adel

adel m (definite singular adelen, indefinite plural adlar, definite plural adlane)

adelen (definite singular)
adlar (indefinite plural)
adlane (definite plural)


ass

assen (definite singular)
assar (indefinite plural)
assane (definite plural)


NT

NT-et (definite singular)
NT (indefinite plural)
NT-a (definite plural)

Initialism of nytestament or nytestamentet.


NT

Det nye testamentet
Det nye testamentet#Norwegian_Nynorsk


finger

fingeren (definite singular)
fingrar (indefinite plural)
fingrane (definite plural)

From Old Norse fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós.


fall

fallet (definite singular)
fall (indefinite plural)
falla (definite plural)


safari

safarien (definite singular)
safariar (indefinite plural)
safariane (definite plural)

From Swahili safari (“journey”), from Arabic سَفَر (safar).


GT

Det gamle testamentet
Det gamle testamentet#Norwegian_Nynorsk


diesel

dieselen (definite singular)
dieselar (indefinite plural)
dieselane (definite plural)


person

personen (definite singular)
personar (indefinite plural)
personane (definite plural)


marina

marina m (definite singular marinaen, indefinite plural marinaer or marinaar, definite plural marinaene or marinaane)

marinaen (definite singular)
marinaer (indefinite plural)
marinaar (indefinite plural)
marinaene (definite plural)
marinaane (definite plural)


NM

NM-et (definite singular)
NM (indefinite plural)
NM-a (definite plural)


travel

travel (neuter singular travelt, definite singular and plural travle, comparative travlare, indefinite superlative travlast, definite superlative travlaste)

travelt (neuter singular)
travle (definite plural singular)
travlare (comparative)
travlast (indefinite superlative)
travlaste (definite superlative)

Possibly from French travail; compare with Danish travl.


positron

positronet (definite singular)
positron (indefinite plural)
positrona (definite plural)


hamster

hamsteren (definite singular)
hamsterar (indefinite plural)
hamsterane (definite plural)


art

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)


sol

sola (definite singular)
soler (indefinite plural)
solene (definite plural)

From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (“sun”).

Sola skin i dag.

Det er sol ute.


sol

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

From Latin solve, from the first word of the fifth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through Italian.

(music) sol (a syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale)


sol

From Spanish sol (“sun”), from Latin sōl (“sun”), but also from Latin solidus. This makes it a doublet of sold, sou, solid, and solidus, as well as Norwegian sol f (“sun”) (Etymology 1).

doublet

Det representerer investeringar på 4600 millionar soles [om lag 9 milliardar NOK], presiserer viseministeren.

It represents investments of 4600 million sols [about 9 billion Norwegian kroner], says the vice minister.

sol; the main Peruvian currency since 1991

Alt dette kosta åtte soles.

1981, Gregorio Condori Mamani, translated by Svanaug Steinnes, Indianarliv i Peru, Oslo: Samlaget, page 48:

(historical) the Peruvian currency between 1863 and 1985


sol

solet (definite singular)
sol (indefinite plural)
sola (definite plural)


boss

(Bergen dialect) alternative form of bos


gripe

grip (present)
greip (past)
gripe (participle past)
gripast (infinitive passive)
gripande (participle present)
grip (imperative)


om

From the earlier, Old Norse preposition um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“by, around”), from earlier *h₂ntbʰi, instrumental case form to *h₂énts (“face”). Doublet of ambi- and amfi.
* As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.

inh

Bind eit reip om halsen på han!

Eg kjem om ti minutt.

in (when speaking of time) (after a period of time)

om våren

om kvelden

in (with words for seasons or times of the day)

Me snakka nettopp om deg.

Me køyrde til Bergen om Hardanger
We drove to Bergen via Hardanger


om

Om du har sjokolade?

(dialectal, Rogaland) Used to introduce yes-no-questions.


om

omen (definite singular)
omar (indefinite plural)
omane (definite plural)

Compare with Old Norse ómun f (“voice”).


hole

hola (definite singular)
holer (indefinite plural)
holene (definite plural)


minister

ministeren (definite singular)
ministrar (indefinite plural)
ministrane (definite plural)

(government) minister (a politician who heads a ministry)


hand

handa (definite singular)
hender (indefinite plural)
hendene (definite plural)

From Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. Akin to English hand.


fellah

fellahen (definite singular)
fellaher (indefinite plural)
fellahar (indefinite plural)
fellahene (definite plural)
fellahane (definite plural)

From Arabic فَلَّاح (fallāḥ, “peasant”), from Classical Syriac ܦܠܚܐ (“worker; peasant”).


hi

hiet (definite singular)
hi (indefinite plural)
hia (definite plural)

Bjørnene har gått i hi for vinteren.

The bears have entered their lairs for the winter.


hi

head

hi f (masculine hin, neuter hitt, plural hine)

hin (masculine)
hitt (neuter)
hine (plural)


mutt

mutten (definite singular)
muttar (indefinite plural)
muttane (definite plural)

From Northern Sami muottá, genitive and accusative singular of muoddá.

mudd

alternative form based on the nominative form of the Samic origin


mutt

mutt (indefinite singular)
mutte (definite plural singular)
muttare (comparative)
muttast (indefinite superlative)
muttaste (definite superlative)


del

delen (definite singular)
delar (indefinite plural)
delane (definite plural)

From Middle Low German dēl, deil, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-Germanic *dailą, *dailiz (“part, portion, deal”).


fella

fella (present tense feller, past tense felte, past participle felt, present participle fellande, imperative fell)

feller (present)
felte (past)
felt (participle past)
fellande (participle present)
fell (imperative)

From Old Norse fella. Akin to English fell.

to fell, bring down (make something fall, e.g. an animal, a tree, an opponent in battle)

to shed (e.g. a person shedding tears, a tree shedding leaves)


fella

fella (definite singular)
feller (indefinite plural)
fellor (indefinite plural)
fellene (definite plural)
fellone (definite plural)


kind

kinden (definite singular)
kindar (indefinite plural)
kindane (definite plural)
kindet (definite singular)
kind (indefinite plural)
kinda (definite plural)

From Old Norse kind f, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis. Akin to English kind.


regina

reginaa (definite singular)
reginaer (indefinite plural)
reginaene (definite plural)


graffiti

graffitien (definite singular)
graffitiar (indefinite plural)
graffitiane (definite plural)

From Italian graffiti, plural of graffito.


bal

Det blir berre bal om me prøvar å gjera det no.

It will only cause bother if we try to do that now.

bother, fuss, trouble (annoying, difficult or stressful activity)


mine

mina (definite singular)
miner (indefinite plural)
minene (definite plural)

From Old Norse mínir, or from Old French mine.


mine

minar (present)
miner (present)
mina (past)
minte (past)
mina (participle past)
mint (participle past)
minast (infinitive passive)
minande (participle present)
mine (imperative)
min (imperative)


mine

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


vert

verten (definite singular)
vertar (indefinite plural)
vertane (definite plural)


moro

From mot (“mind”) + ro (“pleasure, delight”). Attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect.


acre

Borrowed from English acre. Doublet of åker.

an acre (an English unit of land area (symbol: ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters)


son

sonen (definite singular)
søner (indefinite plural)
sønene (definite plural)

From Old Norse sonr, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Han hadde to søner.


male

male (present tense mel, past tense mol, supine male, past participle malen, present participle malande, imperative mal)

mel (present)
mol (past)
male (supine)
malen (participle past)
malande (participle present)
mal (imperative)


male

malar (present)
mala (past)
mala (participle past)
malast (infinitive passive)
malande (participle present)
male (imperative)
mal (imperative)

(pre-2012) alternative form of måle, to paint.


vers

verset (definite singular)
vers (indefinite plural)
versa (definite plural)

From Old Norse vers, versi, from Latin versus.


to

From Old Norse tvá, accusative case of tveir, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

tvu

two, non-standard or Høgnorsk gender-depending


to

toet (definite singular)
to (indefinite plural)
toa (definite plural)

(figurative, by extension) ability, nature


to

toa (definite singular)
tør (indefinite plural)
tørne (definite plural)


at

From Old Norse at. Cognate with Danish at and Swedish att.


natal

natalt (neuter)
natale (definite plural singular)
natalare (comparative)
natalast (indefinite superlative)
natalaste (definite superlative)


ver

veret (definite singular)
ver (indefinite plural)
vera (definite plural)


ver

veren (definite singular)
verar (indefinite plural)
verane (definite plural)


bel

belen (definite singular)
bel (indefinite plural)
belane (definite plural)

bel (logarithmic measure of sound pressure)


bel

belet (definite singular)
bel (indefinite plural)
bela (definite plural)


pizza

pizzaen (definite singular)
pizzaer (indefinite plural)
pizzaar (indefinite plural)
pizzaene (definite plural)
pizzaane (definite plural)


lane

lanar (present)
lana (past)
lana (participle past)
lanast (infinitive passive)
lanande (participle present)
lane (imperative)
lan (imperative)


al

alet (definite singular)
al (indefinite plural)
ala (definite plural)


Ottawa

Ottawa (a city in Ontario, Canada; capital city of Canada)


talent

talentet (definite singular)
talent (indefinite plural)
talenta (definite plural)


as

aset (definite singular)
as (indefinite plural)
asa (definite plural)

From asa (“to swell”) and asa (“to struggle”).


rose

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

From Latin rosa, via Old Norse rós and rósa.


rose

rosar (present)
roser (present)
rosa (past)
roste (past)
rosa (participle past)
rost (participle past)
rosast (infinitive passive)
rosande (participle present)
rose (imperative)
ros (imperative)


tin

tìn (canonical neuter)
tìnet (definite singular)


man

mana (definite singular)
maner (indefinite plural)
manene (definite plural)

From Old Norse mǫn, from Proto-Germanic *manō.


sy

syr (present)
sydde (past)
sytt (participle past)
sydd (participle past)
syast (infinitive passive)
syande (participle present)
sy (imperative)

From Old Norse sýja, from Proto-Germanic *siwjaną.


sy

sy (present tense syd, past tense saud, supine sodi)


arm

armen (definite singular)
armar (indefinite plural)
armane (definite plural)

From Old Norse armr m, from Proto-Germanic *armaz m. Akin to English arm.


arm

armt (neuter)
arme (definite plural singular)
armare (comparative)
armast (indefinite superlative)
armaste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse armr, from Proto-Germanic *armaz.


lose

losar (present)
loser (present)
losa (past)
loste (past)
losa (participle past)
lost (participle past)
losast (infinitive passive)
losande (participle present)
lose (imperative)
los (imperative)


ilke

ilken (definite singular)
ilkar (indefinite plural)
ilkane (definite plural)


ad hoc

From the Latin phrase ad hoc (“for this”).


re

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

Through 17th century Italian. The first syllable of Latin resonāre (“to resound”), the first word of the second line of the medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, from which the solfège syllables were taken because its successive lines started each on the next note of the scale.

(music) re a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.


song

songen (definite singular)
songar (indefinite plural)
songane (definite plural)

From Old Norse sǫngr. Akin to English song.

Kven er det som syng denne songen?


sale

salar (present)
sala (past)
sala (participle past)
salast (infinitive passive)
salande (participle present)
sale (imperative)
sal (imperative)

From Old Norse sǫðla, from Proto-Germanic *sadulōną.


did

Obsolete spelling of de (“you (plural)”).


pen

pen (neuter singular pent, definite singular and plural pene, comparative penare, indefinite superlative penast, definite superlative penaste)

pent (neuter singular)
pene (definite plural singular)
penare (comparative)
penast (indefinite superlative)
penaste (definite superlative)

pent vêr


lam

lam (neuter singular lamt, definite singular and plural lamme)

lamt (neuter singular)
lamme (definite plural singular)


lam

lammet (definite singular)
lam (indefinite plural)
lamma (definite plural)

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


lam

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


ban

From Old Norse barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną.

(dialectal) alternative form of barn (“child”)


god

god (feminine masculine)
godt (neuter)
gode (definite plural singular)
betre (comparative)
best (indefinite superlative)
beste (definite superlative)

Inherited from Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”). Akin to English good.


liberal

liberalt (neuter)
liberale (definite plural singular)

From French libéral, from Latin līberālis.


not

nota (definite singular)
nøter (indefinite plural)
nøtene (definite plural)

From Old Norse nót, from Proto-Germanic *nōtō (“net; seine”).

nót

alternative spelling of etymology 1 and 2


not

nota (definite singular)
noter (indefinite plural)
notene (definite plural)

(carpentry, mechanics) a groove (as used in a tongue and groove joint)


not

nota (definite singular)
neter (indefinite plural)
netene (definite plural)

(pre-2012) alternative form of nøtt (“nut”)


tundra

tundraen (definite singular)
tundraer (indefinite plural)
trundraar (indefinite plural)
tundraene (definite plural)
tundraane (definite plural)

From Russian ту́ндра (túndra), from Kildin Sami тӯннтрэ (tūnntre), the accusative/genitive form of тӯнтар (tūntar).


dua

dua (definite singular)
duer (indefinite plural)
duor (indefinite plural)
duene (definite plural)
duone (definite plural)


egg

egget (definite singular)
egg (indefinite plural)
egga (definite plural)
Historical inflection of egg

nn-noun-infl

Egg <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr>

egg <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr>

From Old Norse egg n, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Akin to English egg.


egg

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

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.

an edge (the thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe)


so

From Middle Norwegian so, svo, from Old Norse svá, from Proto-Indo-European *swa. Akin to English so.

Dei seier so.

Eg visste ikkje at dei skulle vera so mange.

I didn't know that they were going to be that many.

So vidt eg veit.

Eg gjekk på kino. So gjekk eg heim.


so

Eg barberte meg, so ho skulle synast eg var fin.

I shaved so that she would think I looked nice.


knee

knear (present)
knea (past)
knea (participle past)
kneast (infinitive passive)
kneande (participle present)
knee (imperative)
kne (imperative)

(intransitive) to kneel, to fall on one's knees

(transitive) to poke or strike with the knee


knee

(Midlandsnormalen) definite singular of kne


chat

chaten (definite singular)
chatar (indefinite plural)
chatane (definite plural)


dart

darten (definite singular)
dartar (indefinite plural)
dartane (definite plural)


ke

(dialectal, Eastern Norway) alternative form of kva (“what”)


hår

håret (definite singular)
hår (indefinite plural)
håra (definite plural)

From Old Norse hár, from Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”). Akin to English hair.


nose

nosar (present)
nosa (past)
nosa (participle past)
nosast (infinitive passive)
nosande (participle present)
nose (imperative)
nos (imperative)


bite

head

bite (present tense bit, past tense beit, supine bite, past participle biten, present participle bitande, imperative bit)

bit (present)
beit (past)
bite (supine)
biten (participle past)
bitande (participle present)
bit (imperative)

e-infinitive form of bita (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)


bed

bedet (definite singular)
bed (indefinite plural)
beda (definite plural)


bed

beden (definite singular)
bedar (indefinite plural)
bedane (definite plural)


fallen

fallen (neuter singular falle, definite singular and plural falne)

falle (neuter singular)
falne (definite plural singular)


finn

finnen (definite singular)
finnar (indefinite plural)
finnane (definite plural)

From Old Norse finnr, from Proto-Germanic *finnaz. Possibly from a word for nomadic people. Doublet of finne.

fjellfinn

mountain Sami; someone who’s not good at sea

(archaic) Sami; member of the Sami people


bullshit

bullshiten (definite singular)
bullshitet (definite singular)

Borrowed from English bullshit. In oral use since 1950-s or even before (written form attested in Norwegian Bokmål source as bullskitt in 1959).


bind

bindet (definite singular)
bind (indefinite plural)
binda (definite plural)

a sanitary napkin (US) or sanitary towel (UK)

a volume
a single book in a multi-book format


felt

feltet (definite singular)
felt (indefinite plural)
felta (definite plural)


tak

taket (definite singular)
tak (indefinite plural)
taka (definite plural)

From Old Norse þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-. Cognate with Old English þæc (“roof, thack, thatch”).


smell

smell n smell (canonical masculine)
smellet (definite singular)
smell (indefinite plural)
smella (definite plural)
smellen (definite singular)
smellar (indefinite plural)
smellane (definite plural)


smell

smellen (definite singular)
smellar (indefinite plural)
smellane (definite plural)


angel

angelen (definite singular)
anglar (indefinite plural)
anglane (definite plural)


bend

bendet (definite singular)
bend (indefinite plural)
benda (definite plural)


bend

bend (neuter bendt, definite singular and plural bende)

bendt (neuter)
bende (definite plural singular)


he

E he ei bok om føgla. He hann løst å kjøp ho?

I have a book about birds. Does he want to buy it? (literally "does he have desire to by her?")

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) alternative form of hev (“have, has”)


lit

Eg set min lit til Gud.


lit

lìt m (definite singular lìten, indefinite plural lìter or lìtir, definite plural lìterne or lìtine)

lìt (canonical masculine)
lìten (definite singular)
lìter (indefinite plural)
lìtir (indefinite plural)
lìterne (definite plural)
lìtine (definite plural)


bad

badet (definite singular)
bad (indefinite plural)
bada (definite plural)

eit varmt bad


all

alt (neuter)
alle (plural)
all (accusative masculine nominative singular)
oll (accusative dialectal feminine nominative rare singular)
alt (accusative neuter nominative singular)
ollom (dative dialectal masculine rare singular)
ollo (dative dialectal neuter rare singular)
alle (accusative masculine nominative plural)
alla (accusative feminine nominative plural)
alle (accusative neuter nominative plural)
oll (accusative dialectal neuter nominative plural rare)
ollom (dative dialectal plural rare)

Declension of all

dialectal palatalization, Trøndelag and Northern Norway

From Old Norse allr, from Proto-Germanic *allaz (“all”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic allur, Swedish all and Danish al. Akin to English all.

Sumaren er all.

Mæin kor tæk mid Drikkjen, Jula æ no oull, / Kagga vor aa Bolla æ baa tur aa koull?

1773, E. Storm, Paa Kongjens Føssilsdag:

But where do we take the drink? Christmas is over, you know, / our keg and our bowl are both dry and cold.

Skorne er alle

Han er mest all.


slept

(non-standard since 1959) past participle of sleppa


hard

hardt (neuter)
harde (definite plural singular)
hardare (comparative)
hardast (indefinite superlative)
hardaste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse harðr, from Proto-Germanic *harduz.


pula

puler (present)
pulte (past)
pult (participle past)
pulast (infinitive passive)
pulande (participle present)
pul (imperative)


me

From Old Norse mit, a form of vit (“we two, the both of us”) influenced by the final -m in Old Norse verbs inflected in the first person plural.

Kva skal me gjera?


me

"No, Unga, kunne de slutte mæ Lesnae ei Stund o høyre paa me."

1879, Hallvard Berg, Segner fraa Bygdom, Christiania: Samlaget, page 93:

"Now, kids, you stop with the reading for a while and listen to me."


rid

rida (definite singular)
ridi (definite singular)
rider (indefinite plural)
ridene (definite plural)


overtake

overtek (present)
overtok (past)
overteke (participle past)
overtakast (infinitive passive)
overtakande (participle present)
overtak (imperative)


have

nn-verb

have (present tense hev, past tense havde, past participle havt, passive infinitive havast, present participle havande, imperative hav)

hev (present)
havde (past)
havt (participle past)
havast (infinitive passive)
havande (participle present)
hav (imperative)

From Old Norse hafa, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have”), durative of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, take up”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, catch”).


grind

grinda (definite singular)
grinder (indefinite plural)
grindene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of grind

Ha att grinda!

A hinged gate across a road or path where it is intersected by a fence.


led

leden (definite singular)
leder (indefinite plural)
ledar (indefinite plural)
ledene (definite plural)
ledane (definite plural)

Inherited from Old Norse liðr m, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz. Doublet of ledd n, although formerly considered alternative forms. Cognates include Icelandic liður, Danish led, Dutch lid and dialectal English lith.

(anatomy) a joint or a movable body part adjacent to it

a single part within a whole, especially a sequence


led

ledet (definite singular)
led (indefinite plural)
leda (definite plural)

From Old Norse hlið n, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą. Akin to English lid. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to shelter, cover”).


led

leda (definite singular)
leder (indefinite plural)
ledene (definite plural)


led

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

Borrowed from English LED (“light-emitting diode”).


led

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


bra

head

bra (indeclinable, comparative betre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

betre (comparative)
best (indefinite superlative)
beste (definite superlative)


drive

drive (present tense driv, past tense dreiv, supine drive, past participle driven, present participle drivande, imperative driv)

driv (present)
dreiv (past)
drive (supine)
driven (participle past)
drivande (participle present)
driv (imperative)


sprang

spranget (definite singular)
sprang (indefinite plural)
spranga (definite plural)

Tidi gjeng sin jamne Gang: ingi Kvild og inkje Sprang.

Time goes steadily on: no rest and no leap.


spent

spent (neuter singular spent, definite singular and plural spente)

spent (neuter singular)
spente (definite plural singular)


rod

rodet (definite singular)
rod (indefinite plural)
roda (definite plural)


rod

roden (definite singular)
rodar (indefinite plural)
rodane (definite plural)

From Old Norse hróðr, from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz.

praise, fame, honour (only used in given names)


trod

(non-standard since 2012) past tense of tre, treda and trede

(non-standard since 2012) past tense of trå


told

told (neuter told or tolt, definite singular and plural tolde)

told (neuter)
tolt (neuter)
tolde (definite plural singular)

(non-standard since 2012) past participle of tole


told

(non-standard since 2012) supine of tole


stole

stolar (present)
stoler (present)
stola (past)
stolte (past)
stola (participle past)
stolt (participle past)
stolast (infinitive passive)
stolande (participle present)
stole (imperative)
stol (imperative)


rode

roda (definite singular)
roder (indefinite plural)
rodene (definite plural)

From Old Norse roti m, from Middle Low German.

(military) soldiers standing in a specific relation to each other in specific formations


rode

rodar (present)
roda (past)
roda (participle past)
rodast (infinitive passive)
rodande (participle present)
rode (imperative)
rod (imperative)

(intransitive) to shine reddish, to be red

(by extension, archaic) to glaze baked goods (with raw egg yolk or milk or similar) before putting into oven


er

Eg er framand.

is, are, am (present of to be) present of vera

Boka er skriven.

Bøkene er skrivne.


fit

fit f (definite singular fita or fiti, indefinite plural fitjar or fiter, definite plural fitjane or fitene)

fita (definite singular)
fiti (definite singular)
fitjar (indefinite plural)
fiter (indefinite plural)
fitjane (definite plural)
fitene (definite plural)


ran

ranet (definite singular)
ran (indefinite plural)
rana (definite plural)


make

maken (definite singular)
makar (indefinite plural)
makane (definite plural)

a mate (especially animals and birds), a spouse


tore

tore (present tense torer or tør, past tense torde, supine tort)

torer (present)
tør (present)
torde (past)
tort (supine)


tore

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

Connected to Old Norse Þórr (“Tor, Thor”).


tore

torar (present)
tora (past)
tora (participle past)
torast (infinitive passive)
torande (participle present)
tore (imperative)
tor (imperative)


tore

From Old Norse tóra (“to live life meazelly”).

inh

(intransitive, about fire) to burn weakly


smelt

head

smelt (definite singular and plural smelte)


stank

stanken (definite singular)
stankar (indefinite plural)
stankane (definite plural)


rake

rakar (present)
raka (past)
raka (participle past)
rakast (infinitive passive)
rakande (participle present)
rake (imperative)
rak (imperative)


torn

torn m (definite singular tornen, indefinite plural tornar, definite plural tornane)

tornen (definite singular)
tornar (indefinite plural)
tornane (definite plural)

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Compare Danish torn, Swedish törne, Icelandic þyrnir, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.


bog

Inherited from Old Norse bógr, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús.


bog

Inherited from Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Takk for bogjå

1996, Tobias Skretting, Attemed ånå, page 90:

Eg kan nok bli frelst etter bogjå, men ikkje ette det vonde hjerta mitt.

1957, Reinert Ersdal, quoting Andreas Mjaasund, Bakke kyrkje: Krosskyrkja 200 år, [Flekkefjord]: [Soknerådet?]:

I might be saved by the book, but not by my evil heart.


ideal

idealet (definite singular)
ideal (indefinite plural)
ideala (definite plural)

From French idéal, from Late Latin ideālis (“existing in idea”), from Latin idea (“idea”).


sting

sting m (definite singular stingen, indefinite plural stingar or stinger, definite plural stingane or stingene)

stingen (definite singular)
stingar (indefinite plural)
stinger (indefinite plural)
stingane (definite plural)
stingene (definite plural)

From the verb stinga, from Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą.
(pain): May be a calque of English stitch


sting

stinget (definite singular)
sting (indefinite plural)
stinga (definite plural)


let

leten (definite singular)
leter (indefinite plural)
letar (indefinite plural)
letene (definite plural)
letane (definite plural)

Inherited from Old Norse litr (“colour”), from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlituz. Related to Old Norse líta (“to see”).


hold

holdet (definite singular)
hold (indefinite plural)
holda (definite plural)

Inherited from Old Norse hold. Compare Icelandic hold, Danish huld and Swedish hull. Attested in a magic spell from Setesdal by J.E. Moe written as haall.


won

wonen (definite singular)
wonar (indefinite plural)
wonane (definite plural)


basis

basisen (definite singular)
basisar (indefinite plural)
basisane (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis) via Latin basis, whence also the doublet base.


ven

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

From Old Norse vinr, from Proto-Germanic *winiz, from the Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to seek, desire, love, win”). Related to Latin venus (“beauty”).

der

Han er venen min.
He’s my friend.


ven

vent (neuter)
vene (definite plural singular)
venare (comparative)
venast (indefinite superlative)
venaste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse vænn (“which gives hope about”).


do

doen (definite singular)
doet (definite singular)
doar (indefinite plural)
do (indefinite plural)
doane (definite plural)
doa (definite plural)

Possibly an abbreviation of "do-hūs" ("do house") from Middle Low German dōn.


do

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

From the name of musicologist Giovanni Battista Doni, who suggested replacing the original ut with an open syllable for ease of singing. First found in Italian.

(music) do, a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.


do

(non-standard since 1917) past singular of døy


stork

head

stork m (definite singular storken, indefinite plural storkar, definite plural storkane)

storken (definite singular)
storkar (indefinite plural)
storkane (definite plural)


krit

kritet (definite singular)
krit (indefinite plural)
krita (definite plural)

(uncountable) (mineralogy) chalk (a soft and porous form of limestone)

(countable) (a stick of) chalk (used for writing and drawing)


hit

From Middle Norwegian hít. Compare Swedish hit.

Kom hit!


hit

hita (definite singular)
hiter (indefinite plural)
hitene (definite plural)

From Old Norse hít. Compare Faroese hít (“condom”).

a leather bag (usually made from a hide in a single piece)

(dialectal, derogatory) used of a woman, especially in compounds


bol

bolen (definite singular)
bolar (indefinite plural)
bolane (definite plural)


bol

bolet (definite singular)
bol (indefinite plural)
bola (definite plural)


bol

Ellipsis and clipping of anabole steroidar.


bol

bol n (definite singular bole, indefinite plural bol, definite plural bola)

bole (definite singular)
bol (indefinite plural)
bola (definite plural)

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

Siaa Bole dæ laga taa Rætter

1711, “Æg vil tæ Giæstebu gange”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 83:

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect, Eastern Norway) alternative spelling of bord


bol

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


vel

From Old Norse vel, from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Akin to English well.

Ja, det er vel rett.

Yes, that is probably true./Yes, I suppose that is true.


rise

risen (definite singular)
risar (indefinite plural)
risane (definite plural)

From Old Norse risi, from Proto-Germanic *risiz.


rise

head

rise (present tense ris, past tense reis, past participle rise, present participle risande, imperative ris)

ris (present)
reis (past)
rise (participle past)
risande (participle present)
ris (imperative)

e-infinitive and split infinitive form of risa


rise

risar (present)
risa (past)
risa (participle past)
risast (infinitive passive)
risande (participle present)
rise (imperative)
ris (imperative)


ride

ride (present tense rid, past tense reid, past participle ride or ridd or ridt, present participle ridande, imperative rid)

rid (present)
reid (past)
ride (participle past)
ridd (participle past)
ridt (participle past)
ridande (participle present)
rid (imperative)


krok

kroken (definite singular)
krokar (indefinite plural)
krokane (definite plural)


sot

sota (definite singular)
sotet (definite singular)

From Old Norse sót, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą.


bil

bilen (definite singular)
bilar (indefinite plural)
bilane (definite plural)

This word originates from a Danish newspaper's contest to create a word for car. The winning proposition was "bil", a short form of automobil. This word was subsequently adopted into Norwegian.


bil

bìl n (definite singular bìlet, indefinite plural bìl, definite plural bìli)

bìl (canonical neuter)
bìlet (definite singular)
bìl (indefinite plural)
bìli (definite plural)


show

showet (definite singular)
show (indefinite plural)
showa (definite plural)


era

(archaic or dialectal) plural present of vera


klok

klokt (neuter)
kloke (definite plural singular)
klokare (comparative)
klokast (indefinite superlative)
klokaste (definite superlative)

From Old Norse klókr, from Middle Low German klok.


plenum

plenumet (definite singular)
plenum (indefinite plural)
plenuma (definite plural)


sog

soget (definite singular)
sog (indefinite plural)
soga (definite plural)


lem

lem (definite singular lemmen or lemen, indefinite plural lemmar or lemmer or lemar or lemer, definite plural lammane or lemmene or lemane or lemene)

lemmen (definite singular)
lemen (definite singular)
lemmar (indefinite plural)
lemmer (indefinite plural)
lemar (indefinite plural)
lemer (indefinite plural)
lammane (definite plural)
lemmene (definite plural)
lemane (definite plural)
lemene (definite plural)

From Old Norse limr, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”) (compare English limb).


lem

lemmen (definite singular)
lemmar (indefinite plural)
lemmane (definite plural)

From Old Norse hlemmr, from Proto-Germanic *hlammiz, as also Icelandic hlemmur.


gull

From Old Norse gull and goll, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą. Akin to English gold.


himmel

himmelen (definite singular)
himlar (indefinite plural)
himlane (definite plural)

From Old Norse himinn, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *himinaz (“cloud cover, sky”). Influenced by German Himmel.


rim

rimet (definite singular)
rim (indefinite plural)
rima (definite plural)

From Old Norse rím, from Old French rime.


rim

From Old Norse hrím. Akin to English rime.


laser

laseren (definite singular)
laserar (indefinite plural)
laserane (definite plural)


nit

nitet (definite singular)
nit (indefinite plural)
nita (definite plural)


nit

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


human

head

human (neuter singular humant, definite singular and plural humane)

humant (neuter singular)
humane (definite plural singular)


penis

penisen (definite singular)
penisar (indefinite plural)
penisane (definite plural)


bag

bagen (definite singular)
bagar (indefinite plural)
bagane (definite plural)

Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi. Doublet of bagge.

A purse more or less similar to a bag or sack.

(on a baby carriage) a detachable part of the carriage to lie on.


fluid

fluidet (definite singular)
fluid (indefinite plural)
fluida (definite plural)


piano

pianoet (definite singular)
piano (indefinite plural)
pianoa (definite plural)


nonen (definite singular)
nonar (indefinite plural)
nonane (definite plural)
nonen (definite masculine singular)
nonar (indefinite masculine plural)
nonane (definite masculine plural)

(music) An interval of 13 (liten none) or 14 (stor none) halftones.


base

basen (definite singular)
basar (indefinite plural)
basane (definite plural)

From English base, and French base (in chemistry). Ultimately from Latin basis and a doublet of basis.


tall

talla (definite singular)
talli (definite singular)
taller (indefinite plural)
tallene (definite plural)


plasma

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


bitter

bitter (neuter singular bittert, definite singular and plural bitre, comparative bitrare, indefinite superlative bitrast, definite superlative bitraste)

bittert (neuter singular)
bitre (definite plural singular)
bitrare (comparative)
bitrast (indefinite superlative)
bitraste (definite superlative)

From Middle Low German bitter and Old Norse bitr.


analog

analog (neuter singular analogt, definite singular and plural analoge)

analogt (neuter singular)
analoge (definite plural singular)


sin

sin (masculine sin, feminine si, neuter sitt, plural sine)

sin (masculine)
si (feminine)
sitt (neuter)
sine (plural)

Det var skulen sin bil.


baron

baronen (definite singular)
baronar (indefinite plural)
baronane (definite plural)

From Old Norse barún, from Old French baron.


fil

fila (definite singular)
filer (indefinite plural)
filene (definite plural)

Borrowed from Swedish, from Old French. In the sense of a "computer file" it is borrowed from English file. Both the English and Swedish origins ultimately derive from Latin filum.


fil

Possibly shortened from Danish pamfilius. However, it might also be a native clipping of pamfil.


fil

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


flat

flat (neuter singular flatt, definite singular and plural flate, comparative flatare, indefinite superlative flatast, definite superlative flataste)

flatt (neuter singular)
flate (definite plural singular)
flatare (comparative)
flatast (indefinite superlative)
flataste (definite superlative)


meter

meter m (definite singular meteren, indefinite plural meter, definite plural meterane or metrane)

meteren (definite singular)
meter (indefinite plural)
meterane (definite plural)
metrane (definite plural)

a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of length)


mal

malen (definite singular)
malar (indefinite plural)
malane (definite plural)


hare

haren (definite singular)
harar (indefinite plural)
harane (definite plural)

Inherited from Old Norse heri, from Proto-Germanic *hasô. Akin to English hare.

a hare, a small animal of the genus Lepus


fly

flyet (definite singular)
fly (indefinite plural)
flya (definite plural)

Clipping of flygemaskin (“flying machine”).

clipping

Skunda deg, elles misser du flyet ditt!

plane, aeroplane (UK), airplane (US), aircraft


fly

head

fly (present tense flyr or flyg, past tense flaug, supine floge, past participle flogen, present participle flygande, imperative fly or flyg)

flyr (present)
flyg (present)
flaug (past)
floge (supine)
flogen (participle past)
flygande (participle present)
fly (imperative)
flyg (imperative)

From Old Norse fljúga, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą.

(intransitive) to fly (to travel through air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface)

(transitive, ergative) to cause to fly: to transport via air or the like

(intransitive, chiefly about farm animals) to be in heat, rutting


fly

fly (feminine masculine)
flytt (neuter)
flye (definite plural singular)
flyare (comparative)
flyast (indefinite superlative)
flyaste (definite superlative)


fly

flyr (present)
flydde (past)
flytt (participle past)
flydd (participle past)
flyast (infinitive passive)
flyande (participle present)
fly (imperative)

From Old Norse flýja, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną.

(intransitive) to escape; flee; run away


fly

Clipping of flygande (“flying”), present participle of fly.

Han vart fly forbanna.

(colloquial) Used as an intensifier for the word forbanna


fly

flya (definite singular)
flyer (indefinite plural)
flyene (definite plural)

Compare with flye n (“flying insect”) and English fly.


fly

Uncertain, though may be related to flyta (“to float”).


fly

Related to, or possibly a doublet of flø, from Old Norse flór.


matter

indefinite plural of matte (Etymology 1)


sand

sanden (definite singular)
sandar (indefinite plural)
sandane (definite plural)

From Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, *sandaz. Akin to English sand.

når tårene renn vekk i sanda

1983, Marit Kaldhol, Lattermilde laken, Oslo: Samlaget, page 87:


sal

salen (definite singular)
salar (indefinite plural)
salane (definite plural)

From Old Norse salr, from Proto-Germanic *saliz.

a large room in which parties and meetings and similar are held; a hall


sal

From Old Norse sǫðull, from Proto-Germanic *sadulaz.


sal

salet (definite singular)
sal (indefinite plural)
sala (definite plural)


handle

handlar (present)
handla (past)
handla (participle past)
handlast (infinitive passive)
handlande (participle present)
handle (imperative)
handl (imperative)

From Old Norse handla and German handeln.


organ

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

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

an organ (publication which represents an organisation)


lake

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


lake

(fish) burbot, eelpout (species Lota lota)


true

truar (present)
trua (past)
trua (participle past)
truast (infinitive passive)
truande (participle present)
true (imperative)
tru (imperative)


plate

plata (definite singular)
plater (indefinite plural)
platene (definite plural)

From Old Norse plata, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat, wide”).


mana

manar (present)
mana (past)
mana (participle past)
manast (infinitive passive)
manande (participle present)
mana (imperative)
man (imperative)

From Middle Norwegian mana, from Middle Low German [Term?].


set

(non-standard since 1938) past participle of sjå


halm

halmen (definite singular)
halmar (indefinite plural)
halmane (definite plural)

From Old Norse halmr, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic hálmur, Swedish and Danish halm, German Halm and English haulm.


molding

moldingen (definite singular)
moldingar (indefinite plural)
moldingane (definite plural)


far

faren (definite singular)
fedrar (indefinite plural)
fedrane (definite plural)
Historical inflection of far

Inherited from Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Compare longer version fader.


far

faret (definite singular)
far (indefinite plural)
fara (definite plural)

From Old Norse far, from Proto-Germanic *farą.


ring

ringen (definite singular)
ringar (indefinite plural)
ringane (definite plural)

From Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

The ring, place where sports such as boxing takes place


proton

protonet (definite singular)
proton (indefinite plural)
protona (definite plural)


clutch

clutchen (definite singular)
clutchar (indefinite plural)
clutchane (definite plural)

a clutch (device between engine and gearbox)

(short form of) clutch pedal (as in English)


du

From Old Norse þú, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Akin to English thou.


ese

esar (present)
esa (past)
esa (participle past)
esast (infinitive passive)
esande (participle present)
ese (imperative)
es (imperative)

From Germanic, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *yes- (“to well, seethe, foam, ferment”). Compare Icelandic æsa, from Proto-Germanic *jōsijaną.

(intransitive) to swell, seethe, ferment

(intransitive, by extension) to grow larger

(impersonal) to devolve, be stirred, riled up


bo

From Middle Low German behof (compare behov).

Eg har bo for ein hammar.

(uncountable, usually with ha, uncommon) a need


river

(non-standard since 2012) present of riva


fire

From Danish fire, Old Norse fjórir, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.


fire

From French virer, via Middle Low German firen.


bass

bassen (definite singular)
bassar (indefinite plural)
bassane (definite plural)

(music) bass (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the base range)

(music) short for bassgitar (bass guitar) or kontrabass (double bass)


b

head

b m (upper case B, definite singular b-en, indefinite plural b-ar, definite plural b-ane)

B (uppercase)
b-en (definite singular)
b-ar (indefinite plural)
b-ane (definite plural)

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The second letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.


by

byen (definite singular)
byar (indefinite plural)
byane (definite plural)

From Old Norse býr m, from Proto-Germanic *būwiz. Doublet of bø.

town, city (regardless of population size or land area)


by

by (present tense byr, past tense baud or bydde, supine bode or bydd or bydt, past participle boden or bydd, present participle bydande, imperative by)

byr (present)
baud (past)
bydde (past)
bode (supine)
bydd (supine)
bydt (supine)
boden (participle past)
bydd (participle past)
bydande (participle present)
by (imperative)

From Old Norse bjóða, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to wake, rise up”). Akin to English bid.

der

Eg byd deg å stoppe.

Eg byd deg 100 kroner.

Bestemor baud på småkaker.


mandarin

mandarinen (definite singular)
mandarinar (indefinite plural)
mandarinane (definite plural)

From Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), Malay menteri, manteri, and Portuguese mandarim.

(uncountable) Mandarin (official language in China)

a mandarin ((formerly) a Chinese official; (now) a bureaucrat)


t

head

t m (upper case T, definite singular t-en, indefinite plural t-ar, definite plural t-ane)

T (uppercase)
t-en (definite singular)
t-ar (indefinite plural)
t-ane (definite plural)

LL-Q9043 (nor)-Jon Harald Søby (WMNO)-t.wav

The 20th letter of the Norwegian alphabet.


t

(historical) Initialism of tilfredsstillande (academic grade).

(music) Abbreviation of tonika (“tonic”).


t

(text messaging, informal) Abbreviation of til (“to”).


sake

saken (definite singular)
sakar (indefinite plural)
sakane (definite plural)

From Japanese 酒 (sake, “alcoholic drink”).


dust

dusten (definite singular)
dustar (indefinite plural)
dustane (definite plural)

From Old Norse dust (dust particle), compare with dustete.


dust

dusta (definite singular)
duster (indefinite plural)
dustene (definite plural)


rate

raten (definite singular)
ratar (indefinite plural)
ratane (definite plural)

månadlege ratar


nut

nuten (definite singular)
nutar (indefinite plural)
nutane (definite plural)


hydrogen

hydrogen n (definite singular hydrogenet)


teken

teken (neuter teke, definite singular and plural tekne)

teke (neuter)
tekne (definite plural singular)


inngang

inngangen (definite singular)
inngangar (indefinite plural)
inngangane (definite plural)

From Old Norse inngangr, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz.


opinion

opinionen (definite singular)
opinionar (indefinite plural)
opinionane (definite plural)


gram

grammet (definite singular)
gram (indefinite plural)
gramma (definite plural)

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma).


dump

dump (neuter singular dumpt, definite singular and plural dumpe)

dumpt (neuter singular)
dumpe (definite plural singular)

dull (pain also), hollow, muffled (of a sound)


dump

dumpen (definite singular)
dumpar (indefinite plural)
dumpane (definite plural)
dumpa (definite singular)
dumper (indefinite plural)
dumpene (definite plural)

a dip, hollow, depression, bump (hole in the road)


dump

dumpet (definite singular)
dump (indefinite plural)
dumpa (definite plural)


pub

puben (definite singular)
pubar (indefinite plural)
pubane (definite plural)

From British English pub (“public house”).


syn

synet (definite singular)
syn (indefinite plural)
syna (definite plural)
syna (definite singular)
syner (indefinite plural)
synene (definite plural)

sight, eyesight, vision (ability to see)

eit vakkert syn


tuft

tufta (definite singular)
tufter (indefinite plural)
tuftene (definite plural)

From Old Norse tupt, topt, from Proto-Germanic *tumþiz and/or *tumftō. Doublet of tomt. Compare Faroese toft and Icelandic tóft.

… der han sjølv heve Tufterna gravet
og set sjølv sine Hus uppaa deim.
… where he has dug the grounds
and sets his houses on them.


party

partyet (definite singular)
party (indefinite plural)
partya (definite plural)


bly

lead (material and chemical element, symbol Pb)


ball

ballen (definite singular)
ballar (indefinite plural)
ballane (definite plural)

palatalized, Trøndelag and Northern Norway

a ball (object, usually spherical, used for playing games)


ball

ballet (definite singular)
ball (indefinite plural)
balla (definite plural)

ball (formal social occasion involving dancing)


still

still (feminine masculine)
stilt (neuter)
stille (definite plural singular)
stillare (comparative)
stillast (indefinite superlative)
stillaste (definite superlative)


d

d (upper case D, definite singular d-en, indefinite plural d-ar, definite plural d-ane)

D (uppercase)
d-en (definite singular)
d-ar (indefinite plural)
d-ane (definite plural)

The fourth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.


d

* (det): abbreviation
* (død): abbreviation


pass

passet (definite singular)
pass (indefinite plural)
passa (definite plural)


near

From Old Norse niðar, nominative and accusative plural of nið f (“waning moon”).

a lunar phase of an old moon, i.e. period of time in which the moon is waning


squash

squashen (definite singular)
squashar (indefinite plural)
squashane (definite plural)


masker

indefinite plural of maske (Etymology 1)

indefinite feminine plural of maske (Etymology 2)


run

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

From Old Norse rún f (“rune, secret”), from Proto-Norse *ᚱᚢᚾᚢ (*runu /rūnu/), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō. Akin to English roun (“secret; rune”).

taka run på ein

Han [Johan] hadde den hausten lege i trætta med Omund Horpestad um ein kvernastad, og daa hadde han truga med at han skulde taka run paa Omund. So sa i minsto Omund Horpestad daa han bad lensmannen, Mons Øksnavad, stemna Johans til Haugs-tinget ²⁷/₁₁ 1650.

1911, Torkell Mauland, Trolldom [Witchcraft], page 147:

He [Johans] had that autumn been in a quarrel with Omund Horpestad about a milling place, and had then threatened with using witchcraft on Omund. This is at least what Omund Horpestad told when he asked the sheriff, Mons Øksnavad, to subpoena Johans to the Haugating at 27th November 1650.

(chiefly in the plural):
secret or magic aids

(chiefly in the plural):
rune (a letter of runic alphabet)


mase

masar (present)
masa (past)
masa (participle past)
masast (infinitive passive)
masande (participle present)
mase (imperative)
mas (imperative)


mase

masa (definite singular)
maser (indefinite plural)
masene (definite plural)

Jadå, masa!


wire

wiren (definite singular)
wirar (indefinite plural)
wirane (definite plural)


full

full (neuter singular fullt, definite singular and plural fulle, comparative fullare, indefinite superlative fullast, definite superlative fullaste)

fullt (neuter singular)
fulle (definite plural singular)
fullare (comparative)
fullast (indefinite superlative)
fullaste (definite superlative)

Russenorsk: fol

From Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós. Cognates include Danish fuld, Swedish full, Icelandic fullur, German voll, Dutch vol, English full, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐍃 (fulls), Lithuanian pilnas, Old Church Slavonic плънъ (plŭnŭ), Latin plēnus, Ancient Greek πλήρης (plḗrēs) and πλέως (pléōs), Old Irish lán, and Sanskrit पूर्ण (pūrṇa).

Glaset er fullt.

full (containing the maximum possible amount)

Ho drakk seg full på raudvin.

Han har full kontroll.


liver

(non-standard since 1917) present of liva


sofa

sofaen (definite singular)
sofaer (indefinite plural)
sofaar (indefinite plural)
sofaene (definite plural)
sofaane (definite plural)


note

noten (definite singular)
notar (indefinite plural)
notane (definite plural)

a note (communication between governments)


namn

namnet (definite singular)
namn (indefinite plural)
namna (definite plural)

From Old Norse namn, nafn, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Akin to English name.

Kva er namnet ditt?


fri

fri (neuter singular fritt, definite singular and plural frie, comparative friare, indefinite superlative friast, definite superlative friaste)

fritt (neuter singular)
frie (definite plural singular)
friare (comparative)
friast (indefinite superlative)
friaste (definite superlative)

From Middle Low German vrī. Akin to English free.

ein fri mann

fri ferdsel

fri inngang


fri

frir (present)
fridde (past)
fritt (participle past)
fridd (participle past)
friast (infinitive passive)
friande (participle present)
fri (imperative)

From Middle Low German vrien and Old Norse frjá (“to love”).


fri

From Old Norse fría, from fri (Etymology 1).


live

live (some technical senses)
(broadcasting) on air

live (some technical senses)
(of a performance or speech) in person

(entertainment, performing) recorded in front of a live audience

live (some technical senses)
recorded in front of a live audience


live

liver (present)
livde (past)
livt (participle past)
livd (participle past)
livast (infinitive passive)
livande (participle present)
liv (imperative)

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

(transitive) to shelter, protect, especially from the weather and elements


live

(rare) shelter, cover, protection, especially from the elements


live

livar (present)
liva (past)
liva (participle past)
livast (infinitive passive)
livande (participle present)
live (imperative)
liv (imperative)


salt

salt (neuter singular salt, definite singular and plural salte, comparative saltare, indefinite superlative saltast, definite superlative saltaste)

salt (neuter singular)
salte (definite plural singular)
saltare (comparative)
saltast (indefinite superlative)
saltaste (definite superlative)


salt

saltet (definite singular)
salt (indefinite plural)
salta (definite plural)

From Old Norse salt (akin to Old Saxon salt, Old High German salz, Old Dutch salt, Old English sealt), from Proto-Germanic *saltą, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls.


start

starten (definite singular)
startar (indefinite plural)
startane (definite plural)


magnesia

From Medieval Latin magnesia, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía).


pipe

pipa (definite singular)
piper (indefinite plural)
pipene (definite plural)

From Old Norse pípa, from Old Saxon *pīpa, from Proto-West Germanic *pīpǭ.

a pipe (e.g. organ pipe or tobacco pipe)


pipe

pipe (present tense pip, past tense peip, supine pipe, past participle pipen, present participle pipande, imperative pip)

pip (present)
peip (past)
pipe (supine)
pipen (participle past)
pipande (participle present)
pip (imperative)

(intransitive) to chirp, squeek, to make a sound with a high pitch


band

bandet (definite singular)
band (indefinite plural)
banda (definite plural)

Inherited from Old Norse band, akin to English bond.


mark

marka (definite singular)
marker (indefinite plural)
markene (definite plural)


mark

mark f (definite singular marka, indefinite plural merker or (currency) mark, definite plural merker)

marka (definite singular)
merker (indefinite plural)
mark (indefinite plural)
merker (definite plural)

a unit of measure equivalent to 250 grams

any of various European monetary units, including in Finland (1861-1999) and Germany (1948-1999)

(numismatics, historical) an old Norwegian coin

a mark
an old Norwegian coin
a coin worth 8 øre

(19th century) a coin worth 24 shillings or 1/5 taler

a mark
an old Norwegian coin
a coin worth 24 shillings or 1/5 taler

det kosta 50 mark

(historical) a Norwegian unit used to measure the taxability of property


mark

marken (definite singular)
markar (indefinite plural)
markane (definite plural)


mark

market (definite singular)
mark (indefinite plural)
marka (definite plural)


e

(dialectal, colloquial) Apocopic form of er, present of vera


e

(dialectal, parts of Trøndelag and Western Norway) pronunciation spelling of eg (“I”).


drag

draget (definite singular)
drag (indefinite plural)
draga (definite plural)

From Old Norse drag, related to dra (“to pull, drag”).

Han tok eit drag av sigaretten.

a pull, drag (the act of pulling, dragging)

Eg tek til å få draget på dette.


mare

mara (definite singular)
marer (indefinite plural)
marene (definite plural)


mare

marar (present)
mara (past)
mara (participle past)
marast (infinitive passive)
marande (participle present)
mare (imperative)
mar (imperative)


han

he, him, it (third person singular, masculine)


home

homar (present)
homa (past)
homa (participle past)
homast (infinitive passive)
homande (participle present)
home (imperative)
hom (imperative)

alternative form of homa (non-standard since 2012)


handling

handlinga (definite singular)
handlingar (indefinite plural)
handlingane (definite plural)

the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction


ile

iler (present)
ilte (past)
ilt (participle past)
ilast (infinitive passive)
ilande (participle present)
il (imperative)

Borrowed from Middle Low German īlen, from Proto-West Germanic *īlijan (“to make haste, hasten”).


ile

ila (definite singular)
iler (indefinite plural)
ilene (definite plural)

Perhaps related to Middle Low German ilen or German eilen.


ile

ilen (definite singular)
ilar (indefinite plural)
ilane (definite plural)


hun

hunen (definite singular)
hunar (indefinite plural)
hunane (definite plural)

From Old Norse húnn (“bear cub”), from Proto-Germanic *hūnaz.


hun

back part of a log that might still be used as a plank


hun

a Hun (a member of a nomadic tribe from Central Asia)


aa

aai (definite singular)
aaer (indefinite plural)
aair (indefinite plural)
aaerne (definite plural)
aaine (definite plural)


nitrogen

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nitrogen n (definite singular nitrogenet)


eng

enga (definite singular)
enger (indefinite plural)
engene (definite plural)
Historical inflection of eng

From Old Norse eng, from Proto-Germanic *angijō.


original

original (neuter singular originalt, definite singular and plural originale)

originalt (neuter singular)
originale (definite plural singular)

From Latin orīginālis; the noun being derived from the adjective.


original

originalen (definite singular)
originalar (indefinite plural)
originalane (definite plural)


image

image m or n (definite singular imagen or imaget, indefinite plural imagar or image, definite plural imagane or imaga)

imagen (definite singular)
imaget (definite singular)
imagar (indefinite plural)
image (indefinite plural)
imagane (definite plural)
imaga (definite plural)

image (how one wishes to be perceived by others)


rifle

rifla (definite singular)
rifler (indefinite plural)
riflene (definite plural)


nazi

nazien (definite singular)
naziar (indefinite plural)
naziane (definite plural)

a person, who fanatically follows very strict rules (but not necessary enforcing them for others)


fjell

fjellet (definite singular)
fjell (indefinite plural)
fjella (definite plural)

From Old Norse fjall. Akin to English fell.


las

Det var forfattaren sjølv som las.

It was the author himself who was reading.


ruin

ruinen (definite singular)
ruinar (indefinite plural)
ruinane (definite plural)

ruin (often in plural form when referring to buildings)


hjerte

hjerte (definite singular hjertet, indefinite plural hjerte, definite plural hjerta or hjerti)

hjertet (definite singular)
hjerte (indefinite plural)
hjerta (definite plural)
hjerti (definite plural)


file

filar (present)
filer (present)
fila (past)
filte (past)
fila (participle past)
filt (participle past)
filast (infinitive passive)
filande (participle present)
file (imperative)
fil (imperative)

(transitive, figurative) To polish, refine.


file

filen (definite singular)
filar (indefinite plural)
filane (definite plural)


ABC

ABC-a (definite singular)
ABC-er (indefinite plural)
ABC-ene (definite plural)


tisdag

tisdagen (definite singular)
tisdagar (indefinite plural)
tisdagane (definite plural)


måndag

måndagen (definite singular)
måndagar (indefinite plural)
måndagane (definite plural)

From Old Norse mánadagr, from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag, a calque of Latin dies lunae. Compare Swedish måndag, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål mandag, Icelandic mánudagur, Faroese mánadagur.


fredag

fredagen (definite singular)
fredagar (indefinite plural)
fredagane (definite plural)

From Old Norse frjádagr, from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag (“day of Frigg”), a Germanic calque of the Latin dies Veneris (“friday”).


torsdag

torsdagen (definite singular)
torsdagar (indefinite plural)
torsdagane (definite plural)

[ˈtʰu(ː)ʃ.d̠̥ɐ̞ːɡ]

From Old Norse þórsdagr, from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”), calque of Latin dies Iovis.


damp

dampen (definite singular)
dampar (indefinite plural)
dampane (definite plural)

From German Low German Damp (compare dampen, Dampen n).


blod

Inherited from Old Norse blóð, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą (“blood”). Cognates include English blood, German Blut, and German Low German Blood, Bloot.


vond

vondt (neuter)
vonde (definite plural singular)
vondare (comparative)
vondast (indefinite superlative)
vondaste (definite superlative)


vond

vonden (definite singular)
vondar (indefinite plural)
vondarne (definite plural)
vondane (definite plural)


langsam

langsamt (neuter)
langsame (definite plural singular)
langsamare (comparative)
langsamast (indefinite superlative)
langsamaste (definite superlative)


sette

set (present)
sette (past)
sett (participle past)
settast (infinitive passive)
settande (participle present)
sett (imperative)


rein

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rein (neuter singular reint, definite singular and plural reine, comparative reinare, indefinite superlative reinast, definite superlative reinaste)

reint (neuter singular)
reine (definite plural singular)
reinare (comparative)
reinast (indefinite superlative)
reinaste (definite superlative)


rein

reinen (definite singular)
reinar (indefinite plural)
reinane (definite plural)

[…] renna i Kapp med Reinen, um Raasi er tung og vaat: Dat maa ein Galning vera, som so vil fara aat.

To race against the reindeer, if the road is soggy and wet: It must be a madman who wants to act like that.

Rangifer tarandus
Rangifer tarandus#Translingual


jaguar

jaguaren (definite singular)
jaguarar (indefinite plural)
jaguarane (definite plural)

From Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.

Panthera onca
Panthera onca#Translingual


tare

taren (definite singular)
tarar (indefinite plural)
tarane (definite plural)

From Old Norse þari. Cognate with Faroese tari, Icelandic þari. Perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *þarhô, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to twist”).

inh

kelp (seaweed of the order Laminariales)


ledig

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ledig (neuter singular ledig, definite singular and plural ledige)

ledig (neuter singular)
ledige (definite plural singular)

From Old Norse liðugr, from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz.


host

hostet (definite singular)
host (indefinite plural)
hosta (definite plural)


host

hosten (definite singular)
hostar (indefinite plural)
hostane (definite plural)