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common Norwegian words

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Aftenblad

name of newspaper

Aftenposten

name of Oslo daily


newspaper

aldri

never

all / alt / alle

all

allerede

already

alltid

always

alts

thus

amerikanske

American

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annen / annet andre

other, second

ansatte

employed

et arbeid

work

at

that

av

of, by

bak

behind

bare

only

barn / barnet / barna

child

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bedre

better

begge

both

Bergen

city in Norway

best / beste

best

betyr

means

bilen

the car

(en) bjrn

bear / male name

blant

among

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ble

became

bli

become

blir

become(s)

blitt

became

bort

away

bra

good / well

(en) brann

fire

bruk / bruke /brukte /


brukt

use / used

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burde

ought

(en) by / byen / byer /


byene

city / town

br

ought

bde

both

ca

circa

da

when, then

de

they, those, the

deg

you (object, singular)

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(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

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dersom

if / in case

dessuten

besides

det

it, that

dette

this

direktr

director

disse

these

du

you (singular, subject)

drlig / drlige

bad

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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

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enn

than

enn

yet / still

et

a (neuter noun indef.


article)

ett

one (neuter nouns)

etter

after

fall

case

en familie

family

fast

fixed, permanent

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fem

fikk

got (past of f)

finne

to find

finnes

is/ are found (-s passive)

fire

i fjor

last year

flere / flest

more

folk

people

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for

for, because

foran

in front of (position)

fordi

because

forhold

condition / relationship

form

form

forslag

suggestion

fortelle

to tell

fortsatt

continued

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fotball

soccer

foto

photo

fra

from

fram

forth / onward

fredag

Friday

frem

forth / onward

full fullt/ fulle

full / drunk / complete

funnet

found

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flge

follow

fr

before (in time)

get, be able, few

gammel / gammelt / gamle

old

ganske

quite

gi / gir / ga(v) / gitt

to give

gikk

went / walked (past of


g)

gjelde

to be in effect

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gjennom

through

gjerne

willingly / gladly

arbeide

to work

en dag

a day

en del

a part / portion

en forbindelse connection

gjorde

did (past tense of gjre)

gjort

done (past part of gjre)

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gjr

do(es) (present tense of


gjre)

gjre

to do

god / godt / godt

good

en grunn

a basis

to go

gr

go(es), i gr = yesterday

gtt

gone

ha

have

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hadde

had

ham

him (object)

han

he

hans

his (possessive)

har

have, has

hatt

had

hel/ helt / hele

whole

heller

rather

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helt

completely

henne

her (object)

hennes

her/s (possessive)

her

here (position)

hjelp

help (noun and


imperative)

hjem

home (motion)

hjemme

home (location)

holde / holdt to hold / held

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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

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hvor?

where?

hvordan?

how?

hvorfor?

why?

hyre

right (side)

hpe

to hope

in, for (time)

iflge

according to

igjen

again / remaining

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ikke

not

ikkje

not (nynorsk)

imidlertid

however

imot

towards / against

ingen

no / none

inn

in (direction)

inne

in (locaton)

innen

within

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internasjonal internasjonalt
internasjonale

international

ja

yes

januar

January

jeg

jo

yes / definitely

(en) jobb

a job

(en) kamp

battle

kan

can, able to

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kanskje

maybe / perhaps

(en/ ei) kirke

church

Kjell

male name

kjent

known

kl

oclock abbrev klokka

kla / klart / klare

ready

Knut

male name

kom

came (past tense


komme)

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komme

to come

en kommune municipality

(en) kontakt

contact

kort

short / card

kr

kroner (monetary unit)

krav

demand

kroner

monetary unit

kunne

could

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en kveld

evening

(en) kvinne

woman

la

to let / allow

et lag

team

lagt

participle of legge
(placed)

(et) land / landet

land

lang / langt

long / far

(en) leder

editorial

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legge

to place / lay

lenge

long (time)

lenger

longer

lett

easy

ligger

to lie (recline)

like

similar / like

likevel

anyway

lite

little (nt form)

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liten

little (en form)

litt

a little / a bit

et liv

life

lpet

course

lrdag

Saturday

meter (abbrev)

mai

May

man

one

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mandag

Monday

mange

many

en mann / mannen / menn


/ mennene

man

med

with

meg

me (object)

meget

much / greatly

mellom

between

men

but

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mener

means

menn

men

mennesker

humans

mens

while

mer

more

mest

most

milliarder

billions

millioner

millions

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min

my / mine (possessive)

mindre

less

en dag

day

en del

part, portion

et folk

people, folk

en forbindelse connection

en gang

time, occurrence

en grunn

basis, ground

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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 sprsml

question

en tid

time, epoch

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et r

year

frst

first

gammel eldre eldst(e)

old, older, oldest

ganske

quite

god bedre -- best good, better, best

hel

whole, full, fully

mulig

possible, possibly

mye

much, more, most

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norsk

Norwegian

ny

new, newer, newest

sikker

sure, certainly

sist

last

stor

big, bigger, biggest

tidlig

early, previous

minst

least

(et) minutt

minute

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mot

against

mulig

possible

mye

much

mte

meet

must, has/have to

(et) ml

goal

(en) mned

month

en mte

method

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mtte

have to / must

ned

down (motion)

nei

no

nemlig

that is, namely

neste

next

nesten

almost

noe

some / something

noen

some / someone

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nok

enough / probably

nord

north

Norge

Norway (bokml)

norsk / norske

Norwegian

ny / nytt / nye

new

now

nr

when

ofte

often

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og

and

ogs

also

om

about, surrounding, in
(time)

(et) omrd

area

onsdag

Wednesday

opp

up (direction)

(et) ord

word

oss

us (object)

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over

over, past (time)

overfor

opposite / facing

(et) par

few / a couple

penger

money

personer

persons

plass

place / space

politiet

the police

politisk (e)

political

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pr

per

(en) president

president

(et) problem

problem

prosent

percent

on, for (negative time)

regjeringen the government


rekke

row

rett

correct

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riktig

correct

rundt

around

sa

said (past of si )

sagt

said (participle of si )

saken

the case

samarbeid

cooperation

samme

same / similar

sammen

together

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samtidig

a the same time

satt

sat (past of sitte)

seg

himself, herself,
themselves (object)

seier

victor

seks

(et) selskap

party / company

selv

self

senere

later

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sentrum

downtown

ser

see(s) (pres of se)

sett

seen (part of se)

sette

place / set

si

to say

en side

page / side

siden

the page / since

sier

say(s)

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sin

his, her, their (own)


(possessive)

sine

his, her, their (own)


(possessive)

siste

last

sitt

his, her, their (own)


(possessive)

skal

shall, will

skje

happen / occur

(en) skole

school

skrive

to write

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skulle

should

slik / slike

such

(en) slutt

end

sm

little (plural and definite)

som

who, which, that, as

spesielt

specially

spille

to play

(et) sprsml

question

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stadig

continual

Stavanger

city on Southern Coase

(et) sted

place

sterk

strong

stor / stort / store

big

Stortinget

the Parliament

strre

bigger

strst

biggest

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sttte

support

st / star / sto(d) / sttt

to stand

Sverige

Sweden

svrt

very

synes

seems / thinks

srlig

particularly

sndag

Sunday

sr

south

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saw, thus

ta / tar / tok / tatt

to take

(et) tall

number

(et) tegn

sign / character

tekst

text

ti

10

(en) tid

time

tidligere

earlier

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til

to, belonging to

tilbake

back to

tillegg

addition

ting

thing

to

tok

took

tore

dare

torsdag

Thursday

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tre

trenge

to need

tro

to believe / have faith

trolig

likely

Trondheim

city on West coast

tross

despite

ulike

unlike

under

under / during

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ung / ungt / unge

young

ut

out (direction)

ute

out (location)

uten

without

utenfor

outside of

utga

gave out / published

vanlig

usual(ly) / normal(ly)

vanskelig

difficult

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vant

used to

var

was, were (past of


vre)

vart

remained

ved

at, around

(en) vei / veg way / road

veldig

very

(en) verden

world

vet

know(s) (present of vite)

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vi

we (subject)

videre

so forth

viktig

important

vil

want(s)

ville

wants / will

viser

shows / points

vre / er / var / vrt

to be

vrt

been (part. of vre)

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vr

Spring / our(s)

vre

our(s)

vrt

our(s)

nske

wish / desire

to (infinitive marker)

et r / ret / rene (ra)

year

ringen

year old

tte

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(en / ei) uke

week

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