kveite

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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Noun[edit]

kveite f or m (definite singular kveita or kveiten, indefinite plural kveiter, definite plural kveitene)

  1. a halibut (type of fish)
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

kveite m (definite singular kveiten, uncountable)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hvete

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål hvete, German Weizen, and English wheat.

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Noun[edit]

kveite m (definite singular kveiten, uncountable)

  1. wheat (grain)
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Etymology 2[edit]

Related to kvit (“white”).

Noun[edit]

kveite f (definite singular kveita, indefinite plural kveiter, definite plural kveitene)

  1. (zoology) a halibut (fish)
    Synonym: hellefisk
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References[edit]

  • “kveite” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “kveite”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
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