Norwegian Vocabulary

A long list of common Norwegian words. The parentheses after each noun (m, f, n) gives its gender.

Norwegian Vocabulary

English	Norwegian	English	Norwegian
Animals	Dyr	Body Parts	Kroppsdeler
Bear	Bjørn (m)	Arm	Arm (m)
Bird	Fugl (m)	Back	Rygg (m)
Cat	Katt (m)	Chest	Bringe (f)
Cow	Ku (f)	Ear	Øyra (n)
Dog	Hund (m)	Eye	Auga (n)
Fish	Fisk (m)	Face	Fjes (n)
Horse	Hest (m)	Finger	Fing (m)
Monkey	Ape (f)	Fingers	Fingrar
Mouse	Mus (f)	Foot	Fot (m)
Pig	Gris (m)	Hair	Hår (n)
Sheep	Sau (m)	Hand	Hand (f)
		Head	Hovud (n)
Adjectives	Adjektiv	Heart	Hjarta (n)
Angry	Sint	Leg	Legg (m)
Bad	Slem	Mouth	Munn (m)
Beautiful	Vak	Neck	Hals (m)
Cheap	Billeg	Nose	Nase (m)
Clean	Rein	Shoulder	Skulder (f)
Cold	Kald	Stomach	Mage (m)
Different	Ulik, forskjellig	Teeth	Tenner
Difficult	Vanskeleg	Tongue	Tunge (f)
Early	Tidleg	Tooth	Tann (f)
Easy	Lett
Friendly	Venleg	Objects	Ting
Good	God	Bathroom	Bad (n)
Heavy	Tung	Bed	Seng (f)
Important	Viktig	Bedroom	Soverom (n)
Married	Gift	Ceiling	Himling (m)
Natural	Naturleg	Chair	Stol (m)
Nice	Snill, god	Clothes	Klede
Open	Open	Coat	Kåpe (f)
Polite	Høfleg	Cup	Kopp (m)
Poor	Fattig, stakkar	Desk	Pult (m)
Rich	Rik	Dress	Kjole (m)
Sad	Trist	Floor	Golv (n)
Simple	Enkel	Fork	Gaffel (m)
Slow	Sakte, sein	Furniture	Møblar
Small	Liten	Glass	Glas (n)
Sweet	Søt	Hat	Hatt (m)
Tall	Høg	Cap	Lue (f)
Warm	Varm	Ink	Blekk (n)
Well	Bra	Jacket	Jakke (f)
Worse	Ille	Kitchen	Kjøken (n)
Worst	Verre	Knife	Kniv (m)
Wrong	Feil	Lamp	Lampe (f)
		Letter	Brev (n)
Miscellaneous words	Ymse ord	Map	Kart (n)
Art	Kunst (m)	Newspaper	Avis (f)
Book	Bok (f)	Notebook	Notisbok (f)
Dictionary	Ordbok (f)	Pants	Bukse (f)
Geography	Geografi (m)	Paper	Papir (n)
History	Historie (f)	Pen	Penn (m)
Math	Matte (m)	Pencil	Blyant (m)
Music	Musikk (m)	Pharmacy	Apotek (n)
Science	Vitskap (m)	Picture	Bilete (n)
Bank	Bank (m)	Plate	Tallerk (m)
Beach	Strand (f)	Refrigerator	Kjøleskåp (n)
By bicycle	Med sykkel	Restaurant	Restaurant (m)
By bus	Med buss	Roof	Tak (n)
By car	Med bil	Room	Rom (n)
By train	Med tog	Rug	Rye (f), teppe (n)
Cafe	Kafe (m)	Scissors	Saks (f)
Country	Land (n)	Shampoo	Sjampo (m)
Desert	Ørken (m)	Shirt	Skjorte (f)
Flowers	Blomster	Shoes	Sko
Football	Fotball (m)	Soap	Såpe (f)
Forest	Skog (m)	Socks	Sokkar
Game	Spel (n)	Spoon	Skei (f)
Garden	Hage (m)	Table	Bord (n)
House	Hus (n)	Toilet	Toalett (n)
Island	Øy (f)	Toothbrush	Tannbørste (m)
Lake	Innsjø (m)	Toothpaste	Tannkrem (m)
Library	Bibliotek (n)	Towel	Handkle (n)
Mountain	Fjell (n)	T-shirt	T-skjorte (f)
Movies	Kino (m)	Umbrella	Paraply (m)
Ocean	Hav (n)	Underwear	Undertøy (n)
Office	Kontor (n)	Wall	Vegg (m)
On foot	Til fots	Wallet	Lommebok (f)
Player	Spelar (m)	Window	Vindauga (n)
River	Elv (f)
Sea	Sjø (m)	Food	Mat (m)
Soccer	Fotball (m)	Apple	Eple (n)
Supermarket	Supermarknad (m)	Apricot	Aprikos (m)
Swimming pool	Basseng (n)	Banana	Banan (m)
Theater	Teater (n)	Bread	Brød (n)
Tree	Tre (n)	Breakfast	Frukost (m)
		Butter	Smør (n)
Verbs	Verb	Candy	Godteri (n)/ Snop (n)
To arrive	Å koma / å kome	Carrot	Gulrot (f)
To ask	Å spørje	Cheese	Ost (m)
To be	Å vere	Chicken	Kylling (m)
To become	Å bli	Dessert	Dessert (m)
To begin	Å begynne	Dinner	Middag (m)
To break	Å bryte	Fish	Fisk (m)
To bring	Å bringe	Food	Mat (m)
To build	Å byggje	Fruit	Frukt (m)
To burn	Å brenne	Grapes	Druer
To buy	Å kjøpe	Ice cream	Iskrem (m)
To call	Å ringje	Lamb	Sau (m)
To choose	Å velje	Lemon	Sitron (m)
To clean	Å reingjere	Lunch	Lunsj (m)
To close	Å lukke	Meal	Måltid (n)
To come	Å kome	Meat	Kjøt (n)
To cut	Å klippe/kutte	Onion	Lauk (m)
To dance	Å danse	Orange	Appelsin (f)
To do	Å gjere	Pork	Svin (n)
To dream	Å drøyme	Potato	Potet (m)
To drink	Å drikke	Salad	Salat (m)
To eat	Å ete	Salt	Salt (n)
To fall	Å falle	Sandwich	Smørbrød (n)
To find	Å finne	Sausage	Pølse (f)
To forget	Å gløyme	Soup	Suppe (f)
To get	Å få	Sugar	Sukker (n)
To go	Å gå	Supper	Middag (m)
To hear	Å høyre	Turkey	Kalkun (m)
To help	Å hjelpe	Vegetables	Grønsaker
To kiss	Å kysse
To know	Å vite	People	Folk
To laugh	Å le	Aunt	Tante (f)
To learn	Å lære	Baby	Baby (m)
To like	Å like	Brother	Bror (m)
To live	Å leve	Cousin	Søskenbarn (n)
To look	Å sjå	Daughter	Dotter (f)
To love	Å elske	Dentist	Tannlege (m)
To make	Å lage	Doctor	Dokter (m)
To mean	Å meine	Father	Far (m)
To meet	Å møte	Granddaughter	Barnebarn (n)
To need	Å trenge	Grandfather	Bestefar (m)
To open	Å opne	Grandmother	Bestemor (f)
To play	Å spele	Grandson	Barnebarn
To push	Å dytte	Husband	Mann (m)
To read	Å lese	Mother	Mor (f)
To remember	Å hugse	Nephew	Nevø (m)
To return	Å kome tilbake	Niece	Niese (f)
To run	Å springe	Nurse	Sjukepleiar (m)
To say	Å seie	Policeman	Politimann (m)
To see	Å sjå	Postman	Postmann (m)
To sell	Å selje	Professor	Professor (m)
To send	Å sende	Son	Son (m)
To sit	Å sitje	Teacher	Lærar (m)
To sleep	Å sove	uncle	Onkel (m)
To speak	Å snakke	Wife	Kone (f)
To take	Å ta
To talk	Å tale
To teach	Å lære
To tell	Å fortelje
To think	Å tenkje
To understand	Å forstå
To wait	Å vente
To want	Å ynskje
To work	Å arbeide

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