common Norwegian words
Terms
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- Aftenblad
- name of newspaper
- Aftenposten
- name of Oslo daily newspaper
- aldri
- never
- all / alt / alle
- all
- allerede
- already
- alltid
- always
- altså
- thus
- amerikanske
- American
- annen / annet andre
- other, second
- ansatte
- employed
- et arbeid
- work
- at
- that
- av
- of, by
- bak
- behind
- bare
- only
- barn / barnet / barna
- child
- bedre
- better
- begge
- both
- Bergen
- city in Norway
- best / beste
- best
- betyr
- means
- bilen
- the car
- (en) bjørn
- bear / male name
- blant
- among
- ble
- became
- bli
- become
- blir
- become(s)
- blitt
- became
- bort
- away
- bra
- good / well
- (en) brann
- fire
- bruk / bruke /brukte / brukt
- use / used
- burde
- ought
- (en) by / byen / byer / byene
- city / town
- bør
- ought
- både
- both
- ca
- circa
- da
- when, then
- de
- they, those, the
- deg
- you (object, singular)
- (en) del / delen/ deler / delene
- part
- dem
- them
- den
- it, that
- denne
- this [en noun]
- der
- there [location]
- deres
- their(s), your(s)
- derfor
- for that reason
- dermed
- thus
- dersom
- if / in case
- dessuten
- besides
- det
- it, that
- dette
- this
- direktør
- director
- disse
- these
- du
- you (singular, subject)
- dårlig / dårlige
- bad
- egen / eget / egne
- own
- ei
- a (femine noun indef. article)
- eksempel
- example
- eller
- or
- en
- a, an
- enda
- even / still
- eneste
- only / sole
- enkel / enkelt (e)
- individual / plain / simple
- enn
- than
- ennå
- yet / still
- et
- a (neuter noun indef. article)
- ett
- one (neuter nouns)
- etter
- after
- fall
- case
- en familie
- family
- fast
- fixed, permanent
- fem
- 5
- fikk
- got (past of å få)
- å finne
- to find
- finnes
- is/ are found (-s passive)
- fire
- 4
- i fjor
- last year
- flere / flest
- more
- folk
- people
- for
- for, because
- foran
- in front of (position)
- fordi
- because
- forhold
- condition / relationship
- form
- form
- forslag
- suggestion
- å fortelle
- to tell
- fortsatt
- continued
- fotball
- soccer
- foto
- photo
- fra
- from
- fram
- forth / onward
- fredag
- Friday
- frem
- forth / onward
- full fullt/ fulle
- full / drunk / complete
- funnet
- found
- å følge
- follow
- før
- before (in time)
- få
- get, be able, few
- gammel / gammelt / gamle
- old
- ganske
- quite
- å gi / gir / ga(v) / gitt
- to give
- gikk
- went / walked (past of å gå)
- å gjelde
- to be in effect
- gjennom
- through
- gjerne
- willingly / gladly
- å arbeide
- to work
- en dag
- day
- en del
- part, portion
- en forbindelse
- connection
- gjorde
- did (past tense of å gjøre)
- gjort
- done (past part of å gjøre)
- gjør
- do(es) (present tense of å gjøre)
- å gjøre
- to do
- god / godt / godt
- good
- en grunn
- basis, ground
- å gå
- to go
- går
- go(es), i går = yesterday
- gått
- gone
- å ha
- have
- hadde
- had
- ham
- him (object)
- han
- he
- hans
- his (possessive)
- har
- have, has
- hatt
- had
- hel/ helt / hele
- whole
- heller
- rather
- helt
- completely
- henne
- her (object)
- hennes
- her/s (possessive)
- her
- here (position)
- hjelp
- help (noun and imperative)
- hjem
- home (motion)
- hjemme
- home (location)
- å holde / holdt
- to hold / held
- hordaland
- fylke in which Bergen is
- hos
- at / by / among
- hun
- she (subject)
- et hus / huset / husene / husa
- house
- hva?
- what?
- hvem?
- who / whom?
- hver / hvert
- each
- hvis
- if
- hvor?
- where?
- hvordan?
- how?
- hvorfor?
- why?
- høyre
- right (side)
- å håpe
- to hope
- i
- in, for (time)
- ifølge
- according to
- igjen
- again / remaining
- ikke
- not
- ikkje
- not (nynorsk)
- imidlertid
- however
- imot
- towards / against
- ingen
- no / none
- inn
- in (direction)
- inne
- in (locaton)
- innen
- within
- internasjonal internasjonalt internasjonale
- international
- ja
- yes
- januar
- January
- jeg
- I
- jo
- yes / definitely
- (en) jobb
- a job
- (en) kamp
- battle
- kan
- can, able to
- kanskje
- maybe / perhaps
- (en/ ei) kirke
- church
- Kjell
- male name
- kjent
- known
- kl
- oÂ’clock abbrev klokka
- kla / klart / klare
- ready
- Knut
- male name
- kom
- came (past tense å komme)
- å komme
- to come
- en kommune
- municipality
- (en) kontakt
- contact
- kort
- short / card
- kr
- kroner (monetary unit)
- krav
- demand
- kroner
- monetary unit
- kunne
- could
- en kveld
- evening
- (en) kvinne
- woman
- å la
- to let / allow
- et lag
- team
- lagt
- participle of å legge (placed)
- (et) land / landet
- land
- lang / langt
- long / far
- (en) leder
- editorial
- å legge
- to place / lay
- lenge
- long (time)
- lenger
- longer
- lett
- easy
- ligger
- to lie (recline)
- like
- similar / like
- likevel
- anyway
- lite
- little (nt form)
- liten
- little (en form)
- litt
- a little / a bit
- et liv
- life
- løpet
- course
- lørdag
- Saturday
- m
- meter (abbrev)
- mai
- May
- man
- one
- mandag
- Monday
- mange
- many
- en mann / mannen / menn / mennene
- man
- med
- with
- meg
- me (object)
- meget
- much / greatly
- mellom
- between
- men
- but
- mener
- means
- menn
- men
- mennesker
- humans
- mens
- while
- mer
- more
- mest
- most
- milliarder
- billions
- millioner
- millions
- min
- my / mine (possessive)
- mindre
- less
- et folk
- people, folk
- en gang
- time, occurrence
- en / ei krone
- crown, money
- et land
- land, country
- en mann
- man, husband
- et menneske
- human being
- et ord
- word
- en sak
- case, thing
- et spørsmål
- question
- en tid
- time, epoch
- et år
- year
- først
- first
- gammel – eldre – eldst(e)
- old, older, oldest
- god – bedre -- best
- good, better, best
- hel
- whole, full, fully
- mulig
- possible, possibly
- mye
- much, more, most
- norsk
- Norwegian
- ny
- new, newer, newest