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| gabardine {n} (type of woolen cloth) | :: [Bokmål] gabardin {m}; [Nynorsk] gabardin {m} |
| gable {n} (triangular area of wall) | :: gavl {m} |
| Gabon {prop} (Gabonese Republic) | :: Gabon |
| Gabonese {n} (A person from Gabon or of Gabonese descent) | :: [Bokmål] gaboner {m}; [Nynorsk] gabonar {m} |
| Gabonese {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Gabon or the Gabonese people) | :: [Bokmål] gabonsk; [Nynorsk] gabonsk |
| Gabriel {prop} (male given name) | :: Gabriel |
| Gabriel {prop} (archangel) | :: Gabriel |
| gadfly {n} (fly of the family Oestridae) SEE: botfly | :: |
| gadfly {n} (fly of the family Tabanidae) SEE: horsefly | :: |
| gadolinium {n} (chemical element) | :: gadolinium |
| Gaea {prop} (earth goddess) | :: [Bokmål] Gaia {f}; [Nynorsk] Gaia {f} |
| Gaelic {prop} (Scottish Gaelic) SEE: Scottish Gaelic | :: |
| Gaelic {prop} (Goidelic) SEE: Goidelic | :: |
| gaff {n} (minor error or faux pas) SEE: gaffe | :: |
| gaffe {n} (a foolish error, especially one made in public) | :: brøler {m} |
| gaffer {n} (baby) SEE: baby | :: |
| gaffer {n} (glassblower) SEE: glassblower | :: |
| gag {n} (convulsion) | :: [Bokmål] brekning {m} {f} |
| gag {v} (To experience the vomiting reflex) | :: [Bokmål] brekke seg |
| gaga {adj} (crazy) | :: gal |
| Gagauzia {prop} (Autonomous region) | :: Gagauzia |
| gage {v} (gauge) SEE: gauge | :: |
| gaiety {n} (state of being happy) | :: [Bokmål] munterhet {m} {f} |
| gain {n} (what one gains (profit)) | :: [Bokmål] gevinst {m}, utbytte {n}; [Nynorsk] gevinst {m}, utbytte {n} |
| gain {n} (factor by which signal is multiplied) | :: forsterkning {m} {f} |
| gain {n} | :: vinning {m} , gevinst {m} |
| gainsay {v} (to contradict something said) | :: motsi; [Bokmål] motsi, bestride, fornekte, forby |
| gainword {n} (a word a language has borrowed from another language) SEE: loanword | :: |
| gait {n} (manner of walking) | :: ganglag {n}; [Bokmål] gange {c}, gangart {m} {f} |
| gait {n} (horse's way of moving) | :: [Bokmål] gangart {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gangart {m} {f} |
| gala {adj} (festive) | :: galla {m} |
| galactic {adj} (relating to a/the galaxy) | :: [Bokmål] galaktisk; [Nynorsk] galaktisk |
| galactose {n} (the monosaccharide) | :: galaktose |
| galah {n} (fool) SEE: fool | :: |
| Galatians {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Galaterne {m-p} {f-p} |
| galaxy {n} (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) | :: galakse {m} |
| galaxy {n} (the Milky Way) SEE: Milky Way | :: |
| gale {n} (meteorology: a very strong wind) | :: kuling |
| gale {n} (Myrica gale) | :: pors |
| galeophobia {n} (fear of cats and felines) SEE: ailurophobia | :: |
| galette {n} (a type of flat, round cake) | :: galette |
| Galician {n} (Romance language spoken in Galicia) | :: [Bokmål] galisisk {m}; [Nynorsk] galisisk {m} |
| Galilee {prop} (region of northern Israel) | :: [Bokmål] Galilea {f}; [Nynorsk] Galilea {f} |
| gall {n} (bile) SEE: bile | :: |
| gall {n} (gall bladder) SEE: gall bladder | :: |
| gall bladder {n} (pear-shaped organ that stores bile) | :: [Bokmål] galleblære {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gallblære {f}, galleblære {f} |
| Gallegan {prop} (the Galician language) SEE: Galician | :: |
| galleon {n} (large sailing ship) | :: [Bokmål] gallion {m}; [Nynorsk] gallion {m} |
| gallery {n} (institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art) | :: [Bokmål] galleri {n}; [Nynorsk] galleri {n} |
| gallery {n} (establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art) | :: [Bokmål] galleri {n}; [Nynorsk] galleri {n} |
| gallery {n} (area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium) | :: [Bokmål] galleri {n}; [Nynorsk] galleri {n} |
| galley {n} (ship propelled primarily by oars) | :: [Bokmål] galei {m}; [Nynorsk] galei {m} |
| galley {n} (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) | :: [Bokmål] [on a ship] bysse {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] [on a ship] bysse {f} |
| Gallic {adj} (of or relating to Gaul or France) | :: [Bokmål] gallisk; [Nynorsk] gallisk |
| gallium {n} (chemical element) | :: gallium {n} |
| gallop {n} (fastest gait of a horse) | :: galopp |
| gallop {v} (to ride at a galloping pace) | :: galoppere |
| gallows {n} (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging) | :: galge {m} |
| gallows humor {n} (comedy that still manages to be funny in the face of a perfectly hopeless situation) | :: [Bokmål] galgenhumor {m}; [Nynorsk] galgenhumor {m} |
| gallstone {n} (small, hard object, that sometimes forms in the gall bladder) | :: [Bokmål] gallestein {m}; [Nynorsk] gallestein {m} |
| galore {adj} (in abundance) | :: [Bokmål] i overflod; [Nynorsk] i overflod, i ovnøgd |
| galpal {n} (close female friend) SEE: girlfriend | :: |
| galvanic {adj} (of or pertaining to galvanism; electric) | :: [Bokmål] galvanisk; [Nynorsk] galvanisk |
| galvanised {adj} (coated with zinc) | :: [Bokmål] galvanisert; [Nynorsk] galvanisert |
| galvanize {v} (to coat with rust-resistant zinc) | :: [Bokmål] forsinke; [Nynorsk] forsinka, forsinke |
| Galway Bay {prop} (bay off the west coast of Ireland) | :: [Bokmål] Galway Bay {m} {f}, Galwaybukten {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] Galway Bay {f} |
| Gambia {prop} (The Republic of The Gambia) | :: Gambia |
| Gambian {adj} (of Gambia) | :: [Bokmål] gambisk; [Nynorsk] gambisk |
| Gambian {n} (person from Gambia) | :: [Bokmål] gambier {m}; [Nynorsk] gambiar {m} |
| game {n} (playful activity that may be unstructured, amusement, pastime) | :: [Bokmål] spill {n} (a game with a winner), lek {m} (a game without a winner) |
| game {n} (wild animals hunted for food) | :: [Bokmål] vilt {n}; [Nynorsk] vilt {n} |
| game {adj} (willing to participate) | :: med |
| game console {n} (video game console) SEE: video game console | :: |
| gameness {n} (courage) SEE: courage | :: |
| game of chance {n} (game in which the outcome is at least partly determined by random variables) | :: [Bokmål] hasardspill {n}; [Nynorsk] hasardspel {n} |
| game over {phrase} (message) | :: game over |
| games console {n} (video game console) SEE: video game console | :: |
| gamete {n} (reproductive cell) | :: [Bokmål] kjønnscelle; [Nynorsk] kjønnscelle |
| game theory {n} (mathematical study of strategic situations) | :: spillteori; [Nynorsk] spelteori |
| gaming console {n} (video game console) SEE: video game console | :: |
| gaming machine {n} (machine for gambling) | :: [Bokmål] spilleautomat {m}; [Nynorsk] speleautomat {m} |
| gaming machine {n} (machine for video games) | :: [Bokmål] spilleautomat {m} |
| gamma radiation {n} (type of radiation) | :: [Bokmål] gammastråling {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gammastråling {f} |
| gamma ray {n} (very high frequency electromagnetic radiation) | :: [Bokmål] gammastråle {m}; [Nynorsk] gammastråle {m} |
| gamut {n} (all the colours available to a device) | :: palett {m} |
| gander {n} (a male goose) | :: [Bokmål] gasse {m}, hanngås {m} {f}, gåsestegg {m}; [Nynorsk] gasse {m}, hanngås {f}, gåsestegg {m} |
| gang bang {n} (orgy) SEE: orgy | :: |
| gang bang {n} (gang rape) SEE: gang rape | :: |
| Ganges {prop} (the river) | :: Ganges |
| gangly {adj} (tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness) | :: hengslete |
| Gang of Four {prop} (leftist political faction) | :: firerbanden {m} |
| gangplank {n} (board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside) | :: [Bokmål] landgang {m}; [Nynorsk] landgang {m} |
| gang rape {n} (rape by a number of people) | :: [Bokmål] gruppevoldtekt {m} {f} |
| gangrene {n} (the necrosis or rotting of flesh) | :: [Bokmål] koldbrann {m}, gangren {m} {n}; [Nynorsk] kaldbrann {m}, gangren {m} {n} |
| gangway {n} (nautical: passage through the side of a ship) | :: [Bokmål] landgang {m}; [Nynorsk] landgang {m} |
| gaol {v} (jail) SEE: jail | :: |
| gap {n} (hiatus) SEE: hiatus | :: |
| gap {n} (opening made by breaking or parting) | :: [Bokmål] luke {m} {f}, åpning {m} {f}, mellomrom {n}, lomme {m} {f}, tomrom {n}, gap {n}, spalte {m} {f} |
| garage {n} (aviation: shed for housing an aircraft) SEE: hangar | :: |
| garage {n} (petrol filling station) SEE: gas station | :: |
| garage {n} (building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.) | :: [Bokmål] garasje {m}; [Nynorsk] garasje {m} |
| garage {n} (space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other) SEE: siding | :: |
| garbage {n} (waste material) | :: avfall {n}, søppel {n}, boss {n} |
| garbage bag {n} (plastic bag for the disposal of household waste) | :: søppelpose |
| garbage can {n} (waste receptacle) | :: søppelbøtte |
| garbage truck {n} (waste collection vehicle) | :: [Bokmål] renovasjonsbil {m}, søppelbil {m}; [Nynorsk] renovasjonsbil {m}, søppelbil {m} |
| garden {n} (piece of land outside with flowers and plants) | :: hage {m}, have {m} |
| garden {n} (gardens with public access) | :: park {m}; [Bokmål] hageanlegg {n}; [Nynorsk] hageanlegg {n} |
| garden {n} (grounds at the front or back of a house) | :: hage {m}, tomt {m} |
| gardener {n} (one who gardens) | :: [Bokmål] gartner {m}; [Nynorsk] gartnar {m} |
| garden gnome {n} (a small statue of a gnome used as a garden ornament) | :: [Bokmål] hagenisse {m}; [Nynorsk] hagenisse {m} |
| garden hose {n} (type of hose) | :: [Bokmål] hageslange {m}; [Nynorsk] hageslange {m} |
| garden hose {n} (length of hose) | :: [Bokmål] hageslange {m}; [Nynorsk] hageslange {m} |
| gardening {n} (the care of a garden) | :: [Bokmål] hagebruk {n}, hagearbeid; [Nynorsk] hagebruk {n} |
| Garden of Eden {prop} (place where Adam and Eve first lived) | :: [Bokmål] Edens hage; [Nynorsk] Edens hage, hagen i Eden |
| garden party {n} (garden party) | :: [Bokmål] hagefest {m}; [Nynorsk] hagefest {m} |
| garden path {n} (path in a garden) | :: [Bokmål] hagegang {m}; [Nynorsk] hagegang {m} |
| garland {n} (wreath of flowers) | :: [Bokmål] krans {m}; [Nynorsk] krans {m} |
| garlic {n} (plant) | :: [Bokmål] hvitløk {m}; [Nynorsk] kvitlauk {m} |
| garlic bread {n} (bread topped with garlic) | :: [Bokmål] hvitløksbrød {n}; [Nynorsk] kvitløksbrød {n}, kvitlauksbrød {n} |
| garlic mustard {n} (Alliaria petiolata) | :: løkurt |
| garlic press {n} (ustensil) | :: [Bokmål] hvitløkspresse {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] hvitløkspresse {f} |
| garment {n} (single item of clothing) | :: plagg {n}, klesplagg {n} |
| garret {n} (an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house) | :: loft {f}, loftsrom {f} |
| garter {n} (band around leg) | :: hosebånd {c} [archaic], strømpebånd {c} |
| gas chamber {n} (a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas) | :: gasskammer |
| gas cylinder {n} (cylindrical vessel) | :: [Bokmål] gassflaske {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gassflaske {f} |
| gaseous {adj} (relating to, or existing as, gas) | :: [Bokmål] gassformig; [Nynorsk] gassformig |
| gas field {n} (natural gas field) | :: [Bokmål] gassfelt {n}; [Nynorsk] gassfelt {n} |
| gash {n} (vulva) SEE: vulva | :: |
| gasholder {n} | :: [Bokmål] gassklokke {f}; [Nynorsk] gassklokke {f} |
| gasket {n} (mechanical seal) | :: pakning {m} |
| gaslight {n} (lamp which burns piped illuminating gas) | :: [Bokmål] gasslampe {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gasslampe {m} {f} |
| gas oil {n} (fuel oil) | :: [Bokmål] gassolje {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gassolje {m} {f} |
| gasoline {n} (motor fuel) | :: bensin {m} |
| gasometer {n} (gasholder) SEE: gasholder | :: |
| gasp {v} (to draw in the breath suddenly) | :: gispe |
| gasp {v} (to breathe laboriously or convulsively) | :: pese |
| gasp {n} (A short, sudden intake of breath) | :: gisp {n} |
| gasp {n} (A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper)) | :: drag {n}; [Bokmål] trekk {n} |
| gas pedal {n} (accelerator) SEE: accelerator | :: |
| gas station {n} (an establishment which sells gasoline to pump directly into a car) | :: [Bokmål] bensinstasjon {m}; [Nynorsk] bensinstasjon {m} |
| gas tank {n} (fuel tank) | :: bensinkanne {m} |
| gastric cancer {n} (cancer of the stomach) SEE: stomach cancer | :: |
| gastritis {n} (inflammation of the lining of the stomach) | :: [Bokmål] gastritt {m}, magekatarr {m}; [Nynorsk] gastritt {m}, magekatarr {m} |
| gastroenterology {n} (the study of the digestive system) | :: [Bokmål] gastroenterologi {m}; [Nynorsk] gastroenterologi {m} |
| gastroesophageal reflux {n} (pain from influx of gastric juices into the esophagus) SEE: heartburn | :: |
| gastronome {n} (gourmet) SEE: gourmet | :: |
| gasworks {n} (factory) | :: [Bokmål] gassverk {n}; [Nynorsk] gassverk {n} |
| gate {n} (door-like structure outside) | :: port {m} |
| gate {n} (doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall) | :: port {m} |
| gateway {n} (entrance) | :: [Bokmål] inngangsport {m}; [Nynorsk] inngangsport {m} |
| gather {v} (to bring together; to collect) | :: [Bokmål] samle; [Nynorsk] samle |
| gathering {n} (get-together, social function) | :: [Bokmål] sammenkomst {m} |
| gathering {n} (group of people or things) | :: [Bokmål] innsamling {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] innsamling {f} |
| Gatling gun {n} (a type of machine gun) | :: gatlingvåpen |
| gauge {n} (a measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard) | :: [Bokmål] mål {n}; [Nynorsk] mål {n} |
| gauge {n} (any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge) | :: [Bokmål] måler {m}; [Nynorsk] målar {m} |
| gauge {n} (distance between the rails of a railway) | :: [Bokmål] sporvidde {m} {f}, sporbredde {m}; [Nynorsk] sporvidd {f}, sporvidde {f}, sporbreidd {f}, sporbreidde {f} |
| gauge boson {n} (particle) | :: [Bokmål] gauge-boson {n}, justerboson {n} |
| Gaul {prop} (region) | :: [Bokmål] Gallia {n}; [Nynorsk] Gallia {n} |
| Gaul {n} (person) | :: [Bokmål] galler {m}; [Nynorsk] gallar {m} |
| Gaulish {adj} (of or pertaining to Gaul) | :: [Bokmål] gallisk; [Nynorsk] gallisk |
| Gaulish {prop} (Celtic language of Gaul) | :: [Bokmål] gallisk {m}; [Nynorsk] gallisk {m} |
| Gaussian {adj} (Gaussian) | :: [Bokmål] gaussisk; [Nynorsk] gaussisk |
| gauze {n} (thin fabric with open weave) | :: [Bokmål] gas {m}; [Nynorsk] gas {m} |
| gauze {n} (cotton fabric used as surgical dressing) | :: gasbind {n} [gauze bandage]; [Bokmål] gas {m}; [Nynorsk] gas {m} |
| gay {adj} (happy, joyful and lively) | :: festlig, glad, livlig |
| gay {adj} (festive, bright, colorful) | :: morsom, festlig, fargerik |
| gay {adj} (homosexual, see also: homosexual; lesbian) | :: homoseksuell, homo, homse, soper, [slang] bøg {m} |
| gay {adj} (typical of homosexual appearance) | :: homo, homsete |
| gay {adj} (behaving in a way associated with females) | :: femi |
| gay {n} (homosexual person, especially male, see also: lesbian; homosexual; fairy; fag; poof; bender; bugger) | :: homse {c}; [Bokmål] homo, gay |
| gay bar {n} (nightclub whose primary clientele are LGBT people) | :: homsebar {m} |
| gay marriage {n} (marriage between two people of the same sex) | :: likekjønnet ekteskap {n}, samkjønnet ekteskap {n}, homofilt ekteskap {n}; [Bokmål] homoekteskap {n}; [Nynorsk] homoekteskap {n} |
| Gaza {prop} (Gaza Strip) SEE: Gaza Strip | :: |
| Gaza Strip {prop} (Gaza Strip) | :: [Bokmål] Gazastripen {m}; [Nynorsk] Gazastripa {f} |
| gazelle {n} (antelope) | :: [Bokmål] gasell {m}; [Nynorsk] gasell {m} |
| Gdańsk {prop} (city of Poland) | :: [Bokmål] Gdańsk {n}; [Nynorsk] Gdańsk {n} |
| gear {n} (equipment or paraphernalia) | :: [Bokmål] utstyr {n}; [Nynorsk] utstyr {n} |
| gear {n} (a wheel with grooves) | :: [Bokmål] tannhjul {n}; [Nynorsk] tannhjul {n} |
| gear {n} (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears) | :: [Bokmål] gir {n}; [Nynorsk] gir {n} |
| gear {n} (motor car transmission) | :: [Bokmål] gir {n}; [Nynorsk] gir {n} |
| gearbox {n} (train of gears) | :: girkasse {m} {f} |
| gear change {n} (mechanism which changes gears in a car) | :: [Bokmål] girskift {n}, girskifte {n}; [Nynorsk] girskift {n}, girskifte {n} |
| gear lever {n} (lever used to change gears) | :: [Bokmål] girspak {m}; [Nynorsk] girspak {m} |
| gear shift {n} (part of a gearbox involved in changing gear) | :: [Bokmål] girskift {n}, girskifte {n}; [Nynorsk] girskift {n}, girskifte {n} |
| gear stick {n} (gear lever) SEE: gear lever | :: |
| gearstick {n} (gear lever) SEE: gear lever | :: |
| gecko {n} (lizard of the family Gekkonidae) | :: [Bokmål] gekko {m}; [Nynorsk] gekko {m} |
| geek {n} (Australian: look) SEE: look | :: |
| geez {interj} (An exclamation denoting surprise or frustration) | :: i jesu navn |
| geezer {n} (device for boiling water) SEE: geyser | :: |
| gegenschein {n} | :: [Nynorsk] gegenschein |
| Gehenna {prop} (hell, in Abrahamic religions) | :: Gehenna |
| Gehinnom {prop} (Jewish realm of the afterlife) SEE: Gehenna | :: |
| Geiger counter {n} (device) | :: [Bokmål] geigerteller {m}; [Nynorsk] geigerteljar {m} |
| geisha {n} (a Japanese entertainer) | :: [Bokmål] geisha {m}; [Nynorsk] geisha {f} |
| gel {n} (suspension of solid in liquid) | :: [Bokmål] gel |
| geld {n} (money) SEE: money | :: |
| geld {v} (castrate) SEE: castrate | :: |
| geld {v} | :: gjelde |
| gelding {n} (eunuch) SEE: eunuch | :: |
| gelding {n} (castrated male horse) | :: [Bokmål] vallak {m}; [Nynorsk] vallak {m} |
| gem {n} (precious stone) | :: [Bokmål] edelstein {m}, edelsten {m}; [Nynorsk] edelstein {m} |
| Gemini {prop} (constellation) | :: [Bokmål] Tvillingene {m-p}; [Nynorsk] Tvillingane {m-p} |
| Gemini {prop} (astrological sign) | :: [Bokmål] Tvillingene {m-p}; [Nynorsk] Tvillingane {m-p} |
| Gemini {n} (Someone with a Gemini star sign) | :: [Bokmål] tvilling {m}; [Nynorsk] tvilling {m} |
| gemstone {n} (a gem) | :: [Bokmål] edelstein {m}, edelsten {m}, smykkestein {m}; [Nynorsk] edelstein {m}, smykkestein {m} |
| Gemütlichkeit {n} (coziness) | :: hygge |
| gendarme {n} (member of the gendarmerie) | :: Konstabel |
| gendarmerie {n} (military body charged with police duties) | :: gendarmeri |
| gender {n} (grammar: division of nouns and pronouns) | :: kjønn {n} |
| gender {n} (biological sex) | :: kjønn {n} |
| gender {n} (grammar: voice (of verbs)) SEE: voice | :: |
| gender-neutral {adj} (applicable to all genders) | :: [Bokmål] kjønnsnøytral; [Nynorsk] kjønnsnøytral |
| gene {n} (unit of heredity) | :: [Bokmål] gen {m} {n} |
| genealogist {n} (person who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy) | :: [Bokmål] genealog {m}, ættegransker {m}, slektsforsker {m}, slektshistoriker {m}; [Nynorsk] genealog {m}, ættegranskar {m}, slektsforskar {m}, slektshistorikar {m} |
| genealogy {n} (study and recording of descents) | :: slektsforskning; [Bokmål] genealogi {m}; [Nynorsk] genealogi {m}, slektsforsking |
| general {adj} (involving every part or member, not specific or particular) | :: allmenn, generell |
| general {adj} (widespread, common) | :: allminnelig, vanlig |
| general {adj} (not limited in application; applicable to a whole class or category) | :: generell |
| general {n} (military rank) | :: [Bokmål] general {m}; [Nynorsk] general {m} |
| general {n} | :: general |
| General Assembly {prop} (United Nations General Assembly) SEE: United Nations General Assembly | :: |
| general election {n} (election held at regular intervals) | :: [Bokmål] parlamentsvalg {n}; [Nynorsk] parlamentsval {n} |
| generalisation {n} (formulation of general concepts) | :: [Bokmål] generalisering {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] generalisering {f} |
| general knowledge {n} (wide body of information that a person acquires from education and from life) | :: allmenndannelse {m} |
| general ledger {n} (central accounting record) | :: [Bokmål] hovedbok {m} {f} |
| generation {n} (origination by some process; formation) | :: [Bokmål] generering {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] generering {f} |
| generation {n} (period of around thirty years) | :: [Bokmål] generasjon {m}; [Nynorsk] generasjon {m} |
| generation {n} (single step in the succession of natural descent) | :: [Bokmål] generasjon {m} |
| generator {n} (apparatus: electrical generator) | :: [Bokmål] generator {m}; [Nynorsk] generator {m} |
| generic {adj} (very comprehensive) | :: generisk |
| generic {adj} (of, or relating to a genus) | :: generisk |
| generic {adj} (not having a brand name) | :: merkelo/s, generisk |
| generic {adj} (specifying neither masculine nor feminine e.g. salesperson) | :: kjo/nnsno/ytral |
| generous {adj} (willing to give and share unsparingly) | :: [Bokmål] sjenerøs; [Nynorsk] sjenerøs |
| generous {adj} (large, ample) | :: [Bokmål] sjenerøs; [Nynorsk] sjenerøs |
| genesis {n} (the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being) | :: [Bokmål] tilblivelse {m}, genese {m}; [Nynorsk] tilbliing {f}, tilverting {f}, genese {m} |
| Genesis {prop} (the book of the Bible) | :: Første Mosebok |
| genetics {n} (branch of biology) | :: [Bokmål] genetikk {m}, arvelighetslære {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] genetikk {m}, arvelære {f}, nedarvingslære {f}, nedervingslære {f} |
| Geneva {prop} (city) | :: Genève |
| Geneva Convention {prop} (international treaty) | :: Genève-konvensjonene |
| genitality {n} (genitality) | :: genitalitet {m} |
| genital wart {n} (sexually transmitted infection) | :: [Bokmål] kjønnsvorte {m} {f}, kondylom {n}; [Nynorsk] kjønnsvorte {f}, kondylom {n} |
| genitive {n} (inflection pattern) | :: genitiv {m} |
| genitive case {n} (genitive) SEE: genitive | :: |
| genoa {n} (a staysail) | :: [Bokmål] genoa {m}; [Nynorsk] genoa {m} |
| Genoa {prop} (Italian city) | :: [Bokmål] Genova; [Nynorsk] Genova |
| genocide {n} (systematic killing of substantial numbers of people) | :: [Bokmål] folkemord {n}; [Nynorsk] folkemord {n} |
| genre {n} (kind; type; sort) | :: [Bokmål] sjanger {m}, genre {m}; [Nynorsk] sjanger {m}, genre {m} |
| gens {n} (legally defined unit of Roman society) | :: gens |
| genticide {n} (killing of a race or nation of people) SEE: genocide | :: |
| gentile {adj} | :: fornem |
| gentleman {n} (toilets intended for use by men) | :: herrer {m-p}, herretoalett {n} |
| gentoo penguin {n} (penguin) | :: bøylepingvin |
| gentrification {n} (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people) | :: [Bokmål] gentrifisering {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gentrifisering {f} |
| gentrify {v} (to renovate something, especially housing to make more appealing to the middle classes) | :: [Bokmål] gentrifisere |
| genuine {adj} (real, authentic) | :: [Bokmål] ekte, genuin; [Nynorsk] ekte, genuin |
| genus {n} (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) | :: [Bokmål] slekt {m} {f} |
| geochemistry {n} (branch of chemistry) | :: [Bokmål] geokjemi {m}; [Nynorsk] geokjemi {m} |
| geodesic {adj} (of or relating to a geodesic dome) | :: [Bokmål] geodetisk; [Nynorsk] geodetisk; [Bokmål] geodetisk; [Nynorsk] geodetisk |
| geodesy {n} (scientific discipline) | :: [Bokmål] geodesi {m}; [Nynorsk] geodesi {m} |
| geodetic {adj} (geodesic) SEE: geodesic | :: |
| geodetic {adj} (relating to geodesy) | :: [Bokmål] geodetisk; [Nynorsk] geodetisk |
| geoglyph {n} (large-scale drawing on the ground) | :: [Bokmål] geoglyf; [Nynorsk] geoglyf |
| geographer {n} (a specialist in geography) | :: [Bokmål] geograf {m}; [Nynorsk] geograf {m} |
| geographic {adj} (pertaining to geography) | :: [Bokmål] geografisk; [Nynorsk] geografisk |
| geographical {adj} (geographic) SEE: geographic | :: |
| geographic information system {n} (an electronic system) | :: GIS |
| geography {n} (study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth) | :: [Bokmål] geografi {m}; [Nynorsk] geografi {m}, landkunne {f} |
| geoid {n} (surface of constant gravitational potential at zero elevation) | :: geoide; [Nynorsk] geoide |
| geologic {adj} (relating to geology) | :: [Bokmål] geologisk; [Nynorsk] geologisk |
| geological {adj} (geologic) SEE: geologic | :: |
| geologist {n} (person skilled at geology) | :: [Bokmål] geolog {m}; [Nynorsk] geolog {m} |
| geology {n} (the study of the earth) | :: geologi {m} |
| geomancy {n} (type of divination) | :: geomantikk {m} |
| geometer moth {n} (geometer moth) SEE: geometrid moth | :: |
| geometric {adj} (of or relating to geometry) | :: [Bokmål] geometrisk; [Nynorsk] geometrisk |
| geometrical {adj} (geometric) SEE: geometric | :: |
| geometric series {n} (infinite series of terms in geometric progression) | :: [Bokmål] geometrisk følge {m}; [Nynorsk] geometrisk følgje {f}, geometrisk fylgje {f}, geometrisk følge {f} |
| geometrid {n} (geometrid moth) SEE: geometrid moth | :: |
| geometrid moth {n} (moth) | :: [Bokmål] måler {m}; [Nynorsk] målar {m} |
| geometry {n} (branch of mathematics) | :: [Bokmål] geometri {m}; [Nynorsk] geometri {m} |
| geomorphology {n} (the study of landforms) | :: [Bokmål] geomorfologi {m}; [Nynorsk] geomorfologi {m} |
| geophysical {adj} (of or pertaining to geophysics) | :: [Bokmål] geofysisk; [Nynorsk] geofysisk |
| geophysics {n} (branch of earth science) | :: [Bokmål] geofysikk {m}; [Nynorsk] geofysikk {m} |
| geopolitical {adj} (of, or relating to geopolitics) | :: [Bokmål] geopolitisk; [Nynorsk] geopolitisk |
| George {prop} (male given name) | :: Georg, Jørgen |
| Georgeson {prop} (surname meaning "son of George") | :: Jørgensen |
| Georgia {prop} (country) | :: Georgia |
| Georgia {prop} (state of the USA) | :: Georgia |
| Georgian {n} (language of the country Georgia) | :: [Bokmål] georgisk {m}, grusisk {m}; [Nynorsk] georgisk {m}, grusisk {m} |
| Georgian {n} (person from the country of Georgia) | :: [Bokmål] georgier {m}, grusier {m}; [Nynorsk] georgiar {m}, grusiar {m} |
| Georgian {adj} (pertaining to the country, people or language of Georgia) | :: [Bokmål] georgisk; [Nynorsk] georgisk |
| geoscience {n} (earth science) SEE: earth science | :: |
| geothermal {adj} (pertaining to heat energy) | :: [Bokmål] geotermisk; [Nynorsk] geotermisk |
| ger {n} (yurt) SEE: yurt | :: |
| Gerald {prop} (male given name) | :: [Nynorsk] Geirvald {m} |
| geranium {n} (cranesbill) | :: [Bokmål] geranium {m}, storkenebb {m} {n}; [Nynorsk] geranium {m}, storkenebb {m} {n} |
| geranium {n} (common name for Pelargoniums) | :: [Bokmål] geranium {m}; [Nynorsk] geranium {m} |
| German {n} (native or inhabitant of Germany; person of German citizenship or nationality) | :: [Bokmål] tysker {m}; [Nynorsk] tyskar {m} |
| German {n} (member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany) | :: [Bokmål] tysker {m}; [Nynorsk] tyskar {m} |
| German {n} (member of a Germanic tribe) | :: [Bokmål] germaner {m}; [Nynorsk] germanar {m} |
| German {prop} (the German language) | :: [Bokmål] tysk {m}; [Nynorsk] tysk {m} |
| German {adj} (of or relating to the country of Germany) | :: [Bokmål] tysk; [Nynorsk] tysk |
| German {adj} (of or relating to the German people) | :: [Bokmål] germansk; [Nynorsk] germansk |
| German Autumn {prop} (set of events in late 1977) | :: Den tyske høsten |
| German Bight {prop} (bay in the North Sea) | :: Tyskebukta |
| German Democratic Republic {prop} (East Germany from 1949-1990) | :: [Bokmål] Den tyske demokratiske republikk {m}; [Nynorsk] Den tyske demokratiske republikken {m} |
| German Empire {prop} (Germany between 1871 and 1918) | :: Tyske rike |
| Germanic {prop} (group of Indo-European languages) | :: germansk |
| Germanic {adj} (relating to the Germanic peoples) | :: germansk |
| Germanic {adj} (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) | :: germansk |
| Germanic {adj} (having German characteristics) | :: tysk, germansk |
| germanium {n} (chemical element) | :: germanium {n} |
| germanophilia {n} (the love of the country, culture or people of Germany) | :: germanofili {f} |
| German Shepherd {n} (breed of dog) | :: schäferhund {m} |
| German sparrow {n} (tree sparrow) SEE: tree sparrow | :: |
| Germany {prop} (country in Central Europe) | :: [Bokmål] Tyskland {n}; [Nynorsk] Tyskland {n} |
| germinate {v} (sprout or produce buds) | :: spire |
| germophobia {n} (pathological fear of germs) SEE: bacillophobia | :: |
| Gertrude {prop} (female given name) | :: Gjertrud |
| gerund {n} (verb form functioning as a verbal noun) | :: gerundium {n} |
| gerund {n} (verb form functioning as an adverb) | :: gerundium {n} |
| gerundive {n} (Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity) | :: gerundiv |
| gestalt {n} (collection of entities that creates a unified concept) | :: [psychology] gestalt {m} |
| gestation {n} (period of time a fetus develops inside mother's body) | :: svangerskap {n}, graviditet {m}; [Bokmål] drektighet {m} {f} [animals only]; [Nynorsk] drektigheit |
| gesture {n} (motion of the limbs or body) | :: [Bokmål] gest {m}; [Nynorsk] gest {m} |
| gesture {n} (act or remark) | :: [Bokmål] gest {m}; [Nynorsk] gest {m} |
| gesundheit {interj} (said to someone who has just sneezed) SEE: bless you | :: |
| get {v} (to obtain) | :: få tak i, oppnå |
| get {v} (to receive) | :: få, motta |
| get {v} (to become) | :: bli |
| get {v} (colloquial: to understand) | :: forstå, fatte |
| get {v} (colloquial: to be) | :: bli |
| get a move on {v} (hurry up) SEE: hurry up | :: |
| get at {v} (to manage to gain access to) SEE: access | :: |
| get at {v} (to attack verbally or physically) SEE: attack | :: |
| get at {v} ((slang) to contact someone) SEE: contact | :: |
| get away {v} (to avoid capture; to escape (from)) SEE: escape | :: |
| get cold feet {v} (to become nervous or anxious and reconsider a decision about an upcoming event) | :: [Bokmål] få kalde føtter; [Nynorsk] få kalde føter |
| get laid {v} (take part in a sexual act) SEE: have sex | :: |
| get lost {interj} (Go away!) | :: [Bokmål] kom deg vekk!; [Nynorsk] kom deg vekk! |
| get on {v} (to board or mount) | :: [Bokmål] gå på, hoppe på |
| get on {v} (to enter (a vehicle)) | :: [Bokmål] gå på, hoppe på |
| get on {v} (to be successful) | :: [Bokmål] klare seg |
| get on {v} (to progress (with)) | :: [Bokmål] komme i gang, gå i gang, sette i gang |
| get on {v} (to become old) | :: [Bokmål] eldes [passive form of elde] |
| get one's act together {v} (become serious and organized) | :: [Bokmål] få orden i sysakene, få ting på stell |
| get on someone's nerves {v} (annoy or irritate) | :: gå noen på nervene |
| get out of bed on the wrong side {v} (to start the day in a bad mood) SEE: get up on the wrong side of the bed | :: |
| get out of here {interj} (command to leave) | :: stikk, stikk av, forsvinn, ha deg bort, kom deg bort |
| get outta here {interj} (get out of here) SEE: get out of here | :: |
| get over {v} (to forget, and move on) | :: komme over |
| get rid of {v} (remove) | :: bli kvitt |
| get the hang of {v} (to learn to handle with some skill) | :: få draget på |
| get-together {n} | :: [Bokmål] sammenkomst {m} |
| get to the point {v} (State directly) | :: komme til poenget |
| get up {v} (to rise from one's bed) | :: stå opp |
| get up on the wrong side of the bed {v} (to feel irritable without a particular reason) | :: stå opp på feil side av sengen |
| get well soon {phrase} (expressing hope that someone recovers soon) | :: [Bokmål] god bedring; [Nynorsk] god betring |
| geyser {n} (boiling spring) | :: [Bokmål] geysir {m}; [Nynorsk] geysir {m} |
| g-force {n} (acceleration of a body) | :: tyngdeakselerasjon |
| Ghana {prop} (The Republic of Ghana) | :: Ghana |
| Ghanaian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people) | :: [Bokmål] ghanesisk; [Nynorsk] ghanesisk |
| Ghanaian {n} (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent) | :: [Bokmål] ghaneser {m}; [Nynorsk] ghanesar {m} |
| Ghanan {adj} (Ghanaian) SEE: Ghanaian | :: |
| Ghanan {n} (Ghanaian) SEE: Ghanaian | :: |
| Ghent {prop} (capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium) | :: Gent; [Nynorsk] Gent |
| ghetto {n} (area of a city in which Jews were concentrated) | :: [Bokmål] getto {m}; [Nynorsk] getto {m} |
| ghetto {n} (area of a city where people of another ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated) | :: [Bokmål] getto {m}; [Nynorsk] getto {m} |
| ghetto {n} (area where people (distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity) concentrate or are concentrated) | :: [Bokmål] getto {m}; [Nynorsk] getto {m} |
| ghetto bird {n} (police helicopter) | :: [Bokmål] politihelikopter {n}; [Nynorsk] politihelikopter {n} |
| Ghibelline {n} (member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the German emperors) | :: ghibellin {m} |
| ghost {n} (spirit appearing after death) | :: spøkelse {n}, gjenferd, gjenganger, fantom {n}, ånd, dauding, skrømt, gespenster, draug, sjel |
| ghost {n} (faint shadowy semblance) | :: spøkelse {n} |
| ghost {n} (soul) SEE: soul | :: |
| ghost story {n} (story about ghosts) | :: spøkelsesfortelling |
| ghost town {n} (town which has become deserted) | :: [Bokmål] spøkelsesby {m}; [Nynorsk] spøkelsesby {m}, spøkjelsesby {m} |
| giant {n} (mythical human) | :: kjempe {m} {f} |
| giant panda {n} (mammal) | :: panda {m} |
| gibberish {n} (unintelligible speech or writing) | :: [Bokmål] kaudervelsk, vrøvl {n}, vås {n}, kaudervelsk {m}, sprøyt {n}, sludder {n} |
| Gibraltar {prop} (British overseas territory) | :: [Bokmål] Gibraltar; [Nynorsk] Gibraltar |
| Gibraltar {prop} (Strait of Gibraltar) SEE: Strait of Gibraltar | :: |
| giddiness {n} (dizziness) SEE: dizziness | :: |
| gift {n} (something given to another voluntarily, without charge) | :: [Bokmål] gave {m} {f}, presang {m}; [Nynorsk] gåve {f}, presang {m} |
| gift {n} (a talent or natural ability) | :: [Bokmål] gave {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gåve {f} |
| gift card {n} (a card issued by retailers) | :: gavekort {n} |
| gift certificate {n} (voucher entitling the bearer to free products or services) | :: [Bokmål] gavekort {n}; [Nynorsk] gåvekort {n} |
| gifted {adj} | :: [Bokmål] begavet |
| gift voucher {n} (voucher given as a present) SEE: gift certificate | :: |
| gig {n} (forked spear) | :: [Bokmål] lyster {m} {f}, lystregaffel {m} |
| gigantic {adj} (very large) | :: [Bokmål] gigantisk, kjempestor; [Nynorsk] gigantisk, kjempestor |
| gigaton {n} (one billion tons) | :: [Bokmål] gigatonn {n}; [Nynorsk] gigatonn {n} |
| giggle {v} (laugh) | :: fnise, knise |
| giggle {n} (laugh) | :: fnising {c}, knising {c} |
| giggles {n} (attack of giggling) | :: latterkick {n}, lættis {m} |
| Gilbertese {prop} (language) | :: [Bokmål] kiribatisk; [Nynorsk] kiribatisk |
| gilded {adj} (made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold) | :: [Bokmål] forgylt; [Nynorsk] forgylt |
| gilder {n} (one who gilds) | :: [Bokmål] forgyller {m} |
| Gilgamesh {prop} (legendary king of Uruk) | :: Gilgamesj |
| gill {n} (breathing organ of fish) | :: [Bokmål] gjelle {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gjelle {f} |
| gilt {adj} (golden coloured) | :: [Bokmål] forgylt; [Nynorsk] forgylt |
| Gim {prop} (Korean surname) SEE: Kim | :: |
| ginger {n} (plant) | :: [Bokmål] ingefær {m}; [Nynorsk] ingefær {m} |
| ginger {n} (spice) | :: [Bokmål] ingefær {m}; [Nynorsk] ingefær {m} |
| ginger ale {n} (ginger beer) SEE: ginger beer | :: |
| ginger beer {n} (queer) SEE: queer | :: |
| ginger beer {adj} (queer) SEE: queer | :: |
| ginger beer {n} (drink flavoured with ginger) | :: [Bokmål] ingefærøl {n}; [Nynorsk] ingefærøl {n} |
| gingerbread {n} (type of cake) | :: [Bokmål] pepperkake {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] peparkake {f} |
| gingerbread man {n} (cookie in the shape of a person, flavoured with ginger) | :: [Bokmål] pepperkakemann {m}; [Nynorsk] peparkakemann {m} |
| gingerly {adv} (gently) | :: forsiktig, varsomt, sirlig, nennsomt |
| gingersnap {n} (type of biscuit seasoned with ginger) | :: [Bokmål] pepperkake {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] peparkake {f} |
| gingiva {n} (gum) SEE: gum | :: |
| ginseng {n} | :: ginseng {m} |
| gippo {n} (Egyptian) SEE: Egyptian | :: |
| gippo {n} (Gypsy) SEE: Gypsy | :: |
| giraffe {n} (mammal) | :: [Bokmål] sjiraff {m}; [Nynorsk] sjiraff {m} |
| girder {n} (main horizontal support in a building) | :: bærebjelke {m}, drager {m} |
| girdle {n} (zodiac) SEE: zodiac | :: |
| girl {n} (young female person) | :: [Bokmål] jente {m} {f}, pike {m}; [Nynorsk] jente {f}, jenta {f} |
| girlfriend {n} (a female partner in a romantic relationship) | :: [Bokmål] kjæreste {m}; [Nynorsk] kjærast {m}, kjæraste {m} |
| girlfriend {n} (a female friend) | :: [Bokmål] venninne {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] veninne {f}, venninne {f} |
| girl's name {n} (given name for a girl) | :: [Bokmål] jentenavne {n}, pikenavne {n}; [Nynorsk] jentenamn {n} |
| Giro d'Italia {prop} (annual cycling race in Italy) | :: Italia rundt {m} |
| girth {n} (the distance measured around an object) | :: omkrets {m} |
| girth {n} (equipment) | :: salgjord {m} |
| girya {n} (kettlebell) SEE: kettlebell | :: |
| give {v} (transfer the possession of something to someone else) | :: gi, overrekke, overlate, skjenke |
| give {v} (bend slightly when a force is applied) | :: gi etter |
| give a bad name {v} (to lose respect for something/someone) | :: gi et dårlig rykte |
| give-away shop {n} (shop) | :: gratis butikk |
| give birth {v} (produce new life) | :: bære, fram, føde |
| give me {v} (expression of preference) | :: kan du være så snill å gi meg, gi meg |
| given {n} (condition assumed to be true) | :: gitt, forutsetning {c} |
| given {adj} (particular, specific) | :: [Bokmål] gitt; [Nynorsk] gitt |
| given name {n} (name chosen for a child by its parents) | :: fornavn {n} |
| give or take {adv} (approximately) SEE: approximately | :: |
| give someone a break {v} (rest) SEE: rest | :: |
| give someone the creeps {v} (give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright) | :: gi noen gåsehud |
| give what for {v} (scold) SEE: scold | :: |
| gizmo {n} (thingy) | :: dings {m}, dippedutt {m}, duppeditt {m} |
| gizzard {n} (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) | :: krås {m} |
| Gjoa Haven {prop} (hamlet) | :: Gjøahavn |
| Gjoa Haven {prop} (bay) | :: Gjøahavn |
| glacial {adj} (relating to glaciers) | :: [Bokmål] glasial; [Nynorsk] glasial |
| glacial erratic {n} (rock) | :: flyttblokk {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] flyttblokk {m} {f} |
| glacier {n} (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill) | :: [Bokmål] bre {m}, isbre {m}, jøkel {m}; [Nynorsk] bre {m}, isbre {m}, jøkul {m} |
| glaciology {n} (study of ice and its effect on the landscape) | :: [Bokmål] glasiologi {m}; [Nynorsk] glasiologi |
| gladiator {n} (a professional boxer) SEE: boxer | :: |
| gladiator {n} ((in ancient Rome) a person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal) | :: [Bokmål] gladiator {m}; [Nynorsk] gladiator {m} |
| glamorous {adj} (Having glamour; stylish) | :: [Bokmål] glamorøs; [Nynorsk] glamorøs |
| glamour {n} (beauty or charm) | :: [Bokmål] glamour {m}; [Nynorsk] glamour {m} |
| glance {n} (a brief or cursory look) | :: [Bokmål] blikk {n}; [Nynorsk] blikk {n} |
| gland {n} (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance) | :: [Bokmål] kjertel {m}; [Nynorsk] kjertel {m} |
| glans {n} (goiter) SEE: goitre | :: |
| glans {n} (conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis) SEE: glans penis | :: |
| glans penis {n} (conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis) | :: glanspenis, penishode |
| glare {v} (to stare angrily) | :: [Bokmål] stirre, glo, skule |
| glasnost {n} (a policy of the Soviet Union) | :: glasnost |
| glass {n} (hourglass) SEE: hourglass | :: |
| glass {n} (substance) | :: [Bokmål] glass {n}; [Nynorsk] glas {n} |
| glass {n} (drinking vessel) | :: [Bokmål] glass {n}; [Nynorsk] glas {n} |
| glass {n} (mirror) SEE: mirror | :: |
| glass {n} (barometer) SEE: barometer | :: |
| glassblower {n} (person skilled in the art of glassblowing) | :: [Bokmål] glassblåser {m}; [Nynorsk] glasblåsar {m} |
| glassblowing {n} (art of making objects from molten glass) | :: [Bokmål] glassblåsing {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] glasblåsing {f} |
| glass cutter {n} (glazier) SEE: glazier | :: |
| glass cutter {n} (tool) | :: [Bokmål] glasskjærer {m}; [Nynorsk] glasskjerar {m} |
| glasscutter {n} (glass-cutting device) SEE: glass cutter | :: |
| glasses {n} (plural of "glass") SEE: glass | :: |
| glasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| glass harmonica {n} (a musical instrument) | :: glassharmonika |
| glassworks {n} (a factory that produces glass) | :: [Bokmål] glassverk {n} |
| glassy {adj} (of or like glass) | :: [Bokmål] glassaktig, [surface] speilblank |
| glassy {adj} (dull, expressionless) | :: [Bokmål] glassaktig |
| glaze {n} (coating on pottery) | :: [Bokmål] glasur {m}; [Nynorsk] glasur {m} |
| glaze {n} (edible coating) | :: [Bokmål] glasur {m}; [Nynorsk] glasur {m} |
| glazier {n} (craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc) | :: [Bokmål] glassmester {m}; [Nynorsk] glasmeister {m} |
| glean {v} (gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit) | :: gløtte, titte |
| glee {n} (Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast) | :: glede {m} |
| gleeful {adj} (joyful) | :: skadefro; [Nynorsk] skadeglad |
| glib {adj} (having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding) | :: [Bokmål] glatt, litt for veltalende, rappmunnet, rapptunget |
| glibness {n} (the condition of being glib) | :: [Bokmål] rappmunnethet {m} |
| glide {n} (semivowel) SEE: semivowel | :: |
| glider {n} (aircraft) | :: [Bokmål] seilfly {n}, seglfly {n}, glidefly {n}; [Nynorsk] seglfly {n}, glidefly {n} |
| glimmer {n} (faint light) | :: skimmer {n} |
| glimmer {n} (flash of light) | :: glimt {n} |
| glimmer {n} (faint or remote possibility) | :: glimt {n}, anelse {m} |
| glimmer {v} (to shine with faint unsteady light) | :: glimte, skimre, blinke |
| glint {n} (short flash of light) | :: [Bokmål] glimt {n} {m}; [Nynorsk] glimt {m} {n} |
| glitter {v} (to sparkle with light) | :: [Bokmål] glitre; [Nynorsk] glitre |
| global cooling {n} (Global declining average temperatures.) | :: global nedkjøling {c} |
| globalisation {n} (process of becoming a more interconnected world) | :: [Bokmål] globalisering {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] globalisering {f} |
| global warming {n} (increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere to cause climate change) | :: [Bokmål] global oppvarming {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] global oppvarming {f} |
| globe {n} (planet Earth) | :: [Bokmål] jordklode {m}, klode {m}; [Nynorsk] jordklode {m}, klode {m} |
| globe {n} (model of Earth) | :: [Bokmål] globus {m}; [Nynorsk] globus {m} |
| globetrotter {n} (person who travels often to faraway places) | :: [Bokmål] globetrotter {m}; [Nynorsk] globetrotter {m} |
| globus cruciger {n} (royal symbol of power) | :: rikseple {n} |
| glockenspiel {n} (musical instrument) | :: [Bokmål] klokkespill; [Nynorsk] klokkespel |
| glogg {n} (Scandinavian version of mulled wine) | :: [Bokmål] gløgg {m}; [Nynorsk] gløgg {m} |
| glory {n} (great beauty or splendour) | :: prakt {c} |
| glory {n} (honour and valour) | :: glorie {m}, ære {c} |
| glory {n} (worship or praise) | :: pris {m}, ære {c} |
| glory {n} (optical phenomenon) | :: glorie {m} |
| gloss {n} (glossary) SEE: glossary | :: |
| gloss {n} (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression) | :: glose {m} {f} |
| glossary {n} (list of words with their definitions) | :: [Bokmål] glossar {n}, glossarium {n}, ordliste {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] glossar {n}, glossarium {n}, ordliste {f} |
| glossolalia {n} (speaking in tongues) | :: [Bokmål] tungetale {m}, glossolali {m}; [Nynorsk] tungetale {m} {f}, glossolali {m} |
| glossolalist {n} (one who exhibits glossolalia; one who speaks in tongues) | :: [Bokmål] tungetaler {m}; [Nynorsk] tungetalar {m} |
| glossy {adj} (having a reflective surface) | :: glanset |
| glove {n} (item of clothing) | :: vante {m}, hanske {m} |
| glow {v} (to give off light from heat or to emit light as if heated) | :: gløde |
| glow {n} (the state of a glowing object) | :: [Bokmål] glød {m}; [Nynorsk] glød {m} |
| glow {n} (the brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person) | :: [Bokmål] glød {m}; [Nynorsk] glød {m} |
| glower {v} (to look or stare with anger) | :: [Bokmål] stirre, glo |
| glower {n} (angry glare or stare) | :: olmt blikk {n} |
| glowing {adj} (that which glows) | :: [Bokmål] glødende; [Nynorsk] glødande |
| glucose {n} (simple monosaccharide sugar) | :: glukose, druesukker |
| glue {n} (sticky adhesive substance) | :: lim {n} |
| gluhwein {n} (type of mulled wine) | :: gløgg {m} |
| gluteal cleft {n} (cleft between buttocks) | :: [Bokmål] rumpesprekk {m} |
| gluten {n} (cereal protein) | :: gluten {n} |
| gluten-free {adj} (containing no gluten) | :: [Bokmål] glutenfri; [Nynorsk] glutenfri |
| glutton {n} (wolverine) SEE: wolverine | :: |
| glycerine {n} (the compound glycerol) | :: [Bokmål] glyserin {m}; [Nynorsk] glyserin {n} |
| glycol {n} (any aliphatic diol) | :: [Bokmål] glykol {m}; [Nynorsk] glykol {m} |
| gnash {v} (to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger) | :: skjære tenner |
| gnat {n} (any small insect of the order Diptera) | :: knott {m} |
| gnaw {v} (to bite something persistently) | :: [Bokmål] gnage |
| gneiss {n} (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock) | :: [Bokmål] gneis {m}; [Nynorsk] gneis {m} |
| gnome {n} (legendary being) | :: [Bokmål] gnom {m}; [Nynorsk] gnom {m} |
| gnomon {n} (object used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it) | :: gnomon |
| gnosis {n} (gnosis) | :: [Bokmål] gnosis {m}, gnose {m}; [Nynorsk] gnosis {n}, gnose |
| Gnostic {adj} (relating to spiritual knowledge) | :: gnostisk |
| Gnostic {adj} (relating to Gnosticism) | :: gnostisk |
| Gnostic {n} (a believer in Gnosticism) | :: gnostiker {m} |
| Gnosticism {n} (Gnosticism) | :: gnostisisme {m} |
| GNP {n} (gross national product) | :: [Bokmål] BNP; [Nynorsk] BNP |
| gnu {n} (large antelope of the genus Connochaetes) | :: [Bokmål] gnu {m}; [Nynorsk] gnu {m} |
| go {v} (to move through space (especially from one place to another)) | :: reise , fare , dra ; [Nynorsk] fara |
| go {v} (of a machine, to work) | :: gå , virke , være i gang |
| go {v} (to disappear) | :: forsvinne , gå over |
| go {v} (to be destroyed) | :: ødelegges |
| go {v} (to make (a specified sound)) | :: si |
| go {v} (to fit) | :: passe |
| go {v} (to belong; to have as its/their proper place) | :: ligge , høre til |
| go {v} (to date) | :: gå ut med , date , være sammen med |
| go {n} (board game) | :: [Bokmål] go |
| go {v} (leave) SEE: leave | :: |
| go {v} (attack) SEE: attack | :: |
| go {v} (change) SEE: change | :: |
| go {v} (walk) SEE: walk | :: |
| go {v} (urinate, defecate) SEE: urinate | :: |
| go {v} (survive) SEE: survive | :: |
| go {v} (lead (tend or reach in a certain direction)) SEE: lead | :: |
| go {v} (die) SEE: die | :: |
| Goa {prop} (state in western India) | :: Goa |
| go after {v} (to pursue in attempt to catch) | :: [Bokmål] forfølge, gå etter |
| goal {n} (result one is attempting to achieve) | :: mål, målsetting {c}, formål {n}, siktemål {n} |
| goal {n} (in many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object) | :: mål, mål {n} |
| goal {n} ((sport) act of placing the object into the goal) | :: mål, mål {n} |
| goal {n} (point(s) scored) | :: mål |
| goalkeeper {n} (player that protects a goal) | :: [Bokmål] målvakt {m} {f}, målmann {m}; [Nynorsk] målvakt {f}, målmann {m} |
| goal line {n} (in soccer) | :: [Bokmål] mållinje {m} {f}, målstrek {m}; [Nynorsk] målline {f}, mållinje {f}, målstrek {m} {n} |
| goalpost {n} (vertical side pole of a goal) | :: målstang {m} {f}, stang {m} {f} |
| goaltender {n} (player that protects a goal) SEE: goalkeeper | :: |
| goat {n} (animal) | :: [Bokmål] geit {f} {m}; [Nynorsk] geit {f} |
| goat cheese {n} (cheese produced by goat milk) | :: [Bokmål] geitost {m}; [Nynorsk] geitost {m} |
| go away {interj} | :: forsvinn!; [Nynorsk] forsvinn! |
| gobbledygook {n} (Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.) | :: kaudervelsk {m}, galimatias {n} |
| Gobi {prop} (desert) | :: Gobiørkenen |
| goblin {n} (hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature) | :: nisse {?} |
| gobshite {n} (one who engages in nonsensical chatter) | :: [Bokmål] drittslenger {m} |
| go commando {v} (without underwear) | :: [Bokmål] gå kommando |
| god {v} (idolize) | :: forgude, idolisere |
| god {v} (deify) | :: forgude |
| god {n} | :: gud {m}; [Nynorsk] gud {m} |
| god {n} (idol) | :: gud {m} |
| god {n} (person in high position of authority) | :: gud {m} |
| God {prop} | :: Gud {m}, Herre |
| God bless you {interj} (said as a short prayer for the recipient) | :: [Bokmål] Gud velsigne deg |
| God bless you {interj} (said to somebody who has sneezed) | :: prosit |
| goddess {n} (female deity) | :: [Bokmål] gudinne {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gudinne {f} |
| godfather {n} (man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner) | :: [Bokmål] gudfar {m}, fadder {m} [male or female], dåpsvitne {n} [male or female]; [Nynorsk] gudfar {m}, fadder {m} [male or female], dåpsvitne {n} [male or female] |
| God-fearing {adj} (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority) | :: [Bokmål] gudfryktig |
| godhead {n} (deity) SEE: deity | :: |
| godhead {n} (God) SEE: God | :: |
| godhead {n} (divinity, godhood) SEE: divinity | :: |
| godhood {n} (divinity) SEE: divinity | :: |
| God knows {phrase} (Only known to God; only known to the gods) | :: gudene vet |
| godless {adj} (not acknowledging any deity or god; without belief in any deity or god) | :: gudløs |
| godmother {n} (woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner) | :: [Bokmål] gudmor {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gudmor {f} |
| godparent {n} (person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | :: [Bokmål] fadder {m}, dåpsvitne {n}; [Nynorsk] fadder {m}, dåpsvitne {n} |
| godparent {n} (godfather or godmother) | :: [Bokmål] fadder {m}, dåpsvitne {n}; [Nynorsk] fadder {m}, dåpsvitne {n} |
| godship {n} (divinity) SEE: divinity | :: |
| God's house {n} (church) SEE: church | :: |
| God's house {n} (place of worship) SEE: place of worship | :: |
| Godspeed {n} (wish that the outcome of someone's actions is positive for them) | :: [Bokmål] lykke til, Gud være med deg |
| God the Father {prop} (aspect of the Trinity) | :: [Bokmål] Gud Fader {m}; [Nynorsk] Gud Fader {m} |
| God the Holy Ghost {prop} (aspect of the Trinity) | :: Gud Den hellige ånd {m} |
| God the Holy Spirit {prop} (God the Holy Ghost) SEE: God the Holy Ghost | :: |
| God the Son {prop} (the aspect of the Trinity corresponding to Jesus Christ) | :: Gud Sønnen {m} |
| go Dutch {v} (split the cost) | :: spleise |
| God works in mysterious ways {proverb} (a situation may be beneficial later) | :: [Bokmål] Herrens veier er uransakelige |
| goer {n} (foot) SEE: foot | :: |
| go figure {phrase} (expression of perplexity or surprise) | :: skulle du ha sett, rare greier {m-p}, det hadde jeg ikke trodd, forklar |
| go for {v} (to try for something) | :: gå for |
| go fuck oneself {v} (a variant of fuck you) | :: dra til helvete |
| goggle {n} (a pair of protective eyeglasses) SEE: goggles | :: |
| goggles {n} (protective eyewear) | :: [Bokmål] vernebrille {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] vernebrille {f} |
| Goidelic {n} (division of the Celtic languages) | :: gælisk |
| goitre {n} (enlargement of the neck) | :: [Bokmål] struma {m}; [Nynorsk] struma {m} |
| gold {n} (element) | :: [Bokmål] gull {n}; [Nynorsk] gull {n} |
| gold {n} (coin) | :: [Bokmål] gullmynt {m}; Nunorsk: gullmynt {m} |
| gold {n} (colour) | :: [Bokmål] gull {n}; [Nynorsk] gull {n} |
| gold {n} (gold medal) | :: [Bokmål] gull {n}, gullmedalje {m}; [Nynorsk] gull {n}, gullmedalje {m} |
| gold {n} (anything or anyone considered to be very valuable) | :: [Bokmål] gull {n}; [Nynorsk] gull {n} |
| gold coin {n} (coin made of gold) | :: [Bokmål] gullmynt {m}; [Nynorsk] gullmynt {m} |
| gold digger {n} (someone who digs or mines for gold) | :: [Bokmål] gullgraver {m}; [Nynorsk] gullgravar {m} |
| golden {adj} (made of, or relating to, gold) | :: gyllen |
| golden {adj} (having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold) | :: gyllen |
| golden {adj} (marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.) | :: gyllen |
| golden {adj} (advantageous or very favourable) | :: gyllen |
| golden age {n} (time of progress and achievement) | :: [Bokmål] gullalder {m}, storhetstid {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gullalder {m}, stordomstid {f} |
| goldenberry {n} (cape gooseberry) SEE: cape gooseberry | :: |
| golden eagle {n} (large bird of prey) | :: [Bokmål] kongeørn {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] kongeørn {m} {f} |
| goldeneye {n} (duck) | :: kvinand |
| golden jackal {n} (Canis aureus) | :: [Bokmål] gullsjakal |
| golden jubilee {n} (celebration of 50th anniversary) | :: [Bokmål] gulljubileum {n} |
| golden parachute {n} (agreement on benefits) | :: [Bokmål] gyllen fallskjerm {m}; [Nynorsk] gyllen fallskjerm {m} |
| golden plover {n} (Pluvialis apricaria) | :: [Nynorsk] heilo {f} |
| goldfish {n} (fish) | :: [Bokmål] gullfisk {m}; [Nynorsk] gullfisk {m} |
| gold leaf {n} (gold beaten into a thin sheet) | :: [Bokmål] bladgull {n}; [Nynorsk] bladgull {n} |
| gold medal {n} (medal made of, or having the colour of, gold) | :: [Bokmål] gullmedalje {m}; [Nynorsk] gullmedalje {m} |
| gold mine {n} (mine for gold) | :: [Bokmål] gullgruve {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gullgruve {f} |
| gold mine {n} (very profitable economic venture) | :: [Bokmål] gullgruve {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gullgruve {f} |
| gold mine {n} (reserve of something sought after) | :: [Bokmål] gullgruve {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gullgruve {f} |
| gold rush {n} (period of feverish migration into an area in which gold has been discovered) | :: [Bokmål] gullrush {n}; [Nynorsk] gullrush {n} |
| gold standard {n} (monetary system) | :: gullstandard {m} |
| golf {n} (ball game) | :: [Bokmål] golf {m}; [Nynorsk] golf {m} |
| golf club {n} (the implement) | :: [Bokmål] golfkølle {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] golfkølle {f} |
| golf club {n} (a club or organization) | :: [Bokmål] golfklubb {m}; [Nynorsk] golfklubb {m} |
| golf course {n} (the land where one plays golf) | :: [Bokmål] golfbane {m}; [Nynorsk] golfbane {m} {f} |
| golfer {n} (someone who plays golf) | :: [Bokmål] golfer {m}, golfspiller {m}, golfspeller {m}; [Nynorsk] golfar {m}, golfspelar {m} |
| go like a dream {v} (go very well) | :: [Bokmål] gå som en drøm |
| gondola {n} (narrow boat, especially in Venice) | :: [Bokmål] gondol {m}; [Nynorsk] gondol {m} |
| gondola {n} (enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels) | :: [Bokmål] gondol {m}; [Nynorsk] gondol {m} |
| gondola {n} (car or basket of an airship) | :: [Bokmål] gondol {m}; [Nynorsk] gondol {m} |
| gondola {n} (shelving unit) | :: [Bokmål] gondol {m}; [Nynorsk] gondol {m} |
| gong {n} (percussion instrument) | :: gong {m} |
| gonorrhea {n} (STD) | :: gonoré |
| good {adj} (acting in the interest of good; ethical good intentions) | :: god, godt |
| good {adj} (useful for a particular purpose) | :: god, godt |
| good {adj} (of food, edible; not stale or rotten) | :: god, godt |
| good {adj} (of food, having a particularly pleasant taste) | :: god, godt |
| good {adj} (healthful) | :: sunn |
| good {adj} (pleasant; enjoyable) | :: god |
| good {adj} (of people, competent or talented) | :: god, flink |
| good afternoon {phrase} (greeting said in the afternoon) | :: [Bokmål] god dag, god ettermiddag |
| goodbye {interj} (farewell, see also: bye) | :: adjø, farvel, avskjed, hadet bra, hadet, ses, snakkes, hei [telephone] |
| good day {phrase} (greeting between sunrise and sunset) | :: god dag |
| good-den {interj} (good evening) SEE: good evening | :: |
| good enough {adj} (of an acceptable quality or state) | :: bra nok, god nok |
| good evening {n} (greeting said in the evening) | :: [Bokmål] god kveld, god aften; [Nynorsk] god kveld |
| good for nothing {adj} (good-for-nothing) SEE: good-for-nothing | :: |
| good-for-nothing {n} (person of little worth or usefulness) | :: [Bokmål] døgenikt {m}, drog {n} |
| good fortune {n} (good luck) SEE: good luck | :: |
| Good Friday {prop} (The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified) | :: [Bokmål] langfredag {m}; [Nynorsk] langfredag {m} |
| good heavens {interj} (exclamation of surprise or shock) | :: herregud |
| good luck {interj} (wish of fortune or encouragement) | :: lykke til |
| good morning {interj} (when seeing someone for the first time in the morning) | :: [Bokmål] god morgen, morn; [Nynorsk] god morgon, morn |
| good night {phrase} (a farewell) | :: [Bokmål] god natt; [Nynorsk] god natt |
| goods {n} (that which is produced, traded, bought or sold) | :: [Bokmål] gods {n}, vare {m} {f} |
| Good Samaritan {n} (subject of the parable) | :: [Bokmål] den barmhjertige samaritan; [Nynorsk] den miskunnsame samaritanen |
| Good Samaritan {n} (kind person) | :: [Bokmål] barmhjertig samaritan |
| good sense {n} (common sense) SEE: common sense | :: |
| goods train {n} (train used for transportation of goods) | :: [Bokmål] godstog {n}; [Nynorsk] godstog {n} |
| goods wagon {n} (railway wagon) | :: [Bokmål] godsvogn {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] godsvogn {f} |
| good things come to those who wait {proverb} (patience is a virtue) | :: den som venter på noe stort, venter aldri for lenge |
| goodwill {n} (favorably disposed attitude) | :: [Bokmål] velvilje {m}, tillit {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] velvilje {m}, tillit {m} {f} |
| goodwill {n} (value) | :: [Bokmål] goodwill {m}; [Nynorsk] goodwill {m} |
| Goofy {prop} (Disney character) | :: Langbein {m} |
| google {n} (search using any comprehensive search engine) | :: nettsøk {n} |
| google {v} (to search for on the Internet) | :: google, googla [depending on slang/dialect] |
| Google {v} (to search the internet using the Google search engine) SEE: google | :: |
| googlebomb {v} (To fill a web page with links or words to gain a high Google page ranking) | :: googlebombe |
| googol {num} (1 followed by 100 zeros) | :: googol; [Bokmål] googol; [Nynorsk] googol |
| googolplex {num} (ten to the power of a googol) | :: googolplex |
| goose {n} (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae) | :: [Bokmål] gås {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gås {f} |
| gooseberry {n} (fruit) | :: stikkelsbær {n}; [Bokmål] stikkelsbær {n} |
| goose bump {n} (raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear) | :: gåsehud |
| goose flesh {n} (goose bump) SEE: goose bump | :: |
| goose pimple {n} (goose bump) SEE: goose bump | :: |
| goose skin {n} (goose bump) SEE: goose bump | :: |
| goose-step {n} (a style of marching) | :: hanemarsj {m} |
| goose-step {v} (to march with a goose-step) | :: gå i hanemarsj |
| gopher {n} (a small burrowing rodent) | :: jordekorn {n};; [Bokmål] kinnposerotte {m} {f} (of the family Geomyidae); [Nynorsk] kinnposerotte {f} (of the family Geomyidae) |
| gopher wood {n} (the wood used in the construction of Noah's Ark - not yet identified) | :: sypresstre |
| Gorbachev {prop} (Russian surname) | :: [Bokmål] Gorbatsjov |
| Gordian knot {n} (mythical knot) | :: gordisk knute {m} |
| Gordian knot {n} (intricate problem) | :: gordisk knute {m} |
| gorge {n} (deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides) | :: [Bokmål] kløft {m} {f}, slukt {m}; [Nynorsk] kløft {f}, slukt {f} |
| gorgeous {adj} (very beautiful) | :: smellvakker |
| gorget {n} (armour) | :: [Bokmål] ringkrage {m}, ringkrave {m}; [Nynorsk] ringkrage {m} |
| gorilla {n} (ape) | :: gorilla {m} |
| gosh {interj} (mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm) | :: jøss, jøsses, jøssenam |
| goshawk {n} (bird of prey principally in the genus Accipiter) | :: hønsehauk |
| gosh freaking darnit {interj} (euphemism) | :: helsike |
| gosling {n} (young goose) | :: [Bokmål] gåsunge {m}; [Nynorsk] gåsunge {m} |
| gospel {n} (first section of New Testament) | :: [Bokmål] evangelium {n} |
| gossip {n} (person) | :: [Bokmål] ryktemaker {m}, ryktesmed {m}, skvaldrebøtte {m} {f} |
| gossip {n} (idle talk) | :: sladder {n} |
| gossip {v} (to talk about someone else's private or personal business) | :: sladre, slarve |
| Goth {n} (member of the East Germanic people) | :: [Bokmål] goter {m}; [Nynorsk] gotar {m} |
| Gothenburg {prop} (city on the west coast of Sweden) | :: [Bokmål] Gøteborg {n}; [Nynorsk] Gøteborg {n} |
| Gothenburger {n} (person from, or an inhabitant of, Gothenburg) | :: [Bokmål] gøteborger {m}; [Nynorsk] gøteborgar {m} |
| Gothic {prop} (extinct Germanic language) | :: gotisk {m} |
| go through {v} (to execute; carry out) SEE: execute | :: |
| go through {v} (undergo, suffer, experience) | :: [Bokmål] gjennomgå; [Nynorsk] gjennomgå |
| Gotland {prop} (island of Sweden) | :: [Bokmål] Gotland, Gulland [obsolete]; [Nynorsk] Gotland, Gottland [obsolete] |
| go to {v} (to attend an event or a sight) | :: [Bokmål] gå på; [Nynorsk] gå på |
| go to {v} (to attend classes at a school) | :: [Bokmål] gå på; [Nynorsk] gå på |
| go to bed {v} (to lie down to sleep) | :: [Bokmål] gå til sengs, gå og legge seg, legge seg; [Nynorsk] gå til sengs, gå og legge seg, legge seg |
| go to bed with {v} ((euphemistic) to have sex) | :: [Bokmål] gå til sengs med; [Nynorsk] gå til sengs med |
| go to hell {v} (interjection) | :: dra til helvete |
| go to sleep {v} (fall asleep) SEE: fall asleep | :: |
| go to the dogs {v} (idiomatic: to decline or deteriorate) | :: [Bokmål] gå i hundene; [Nynorsk] gå i hundane |
| go to work {v} (work) SEE: work | :: |
| go to work {v} (commute) SEE: commute | :: |
| gouda {n} (semi-hard cheese) | :: [Bokmål] gouda {m}, gauda {m}; [Nynorsk] gouda {m}, gauda {m} |
| gouge {v} (to cheat or impose upon) SEE: cheat | :: |
| goulash {n} (A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, flavoured with paprika and sour cream) | :: [Bokmål] gulasj {m}; [Nynorsk] gulasj {m} |
| gound {n} (mucus produced by the eyes during sleep) SEE: sleep | :: |
| gourmand {n} (person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink) | :: [Bokmål] storspiser {m}, fråtser {m} |
| gourmand {n} (person who appreciates good food) | :: [Bokmål] gourmet {m}, gastronom {m} |
| gourmet {n} (gourmet; a person who appreciates good food) | :: [Bokmål] feinschmecker {m}, matskjønner {m}, gastronom {m}, gourmet {m}; [Nynorsk] finsmakar {m}, matskjønar {m}, gastronom {m}, gourmet {m} |
| gout {n} (arthritic disease) | :: [Bokmål] gikt; [Nynorsk] gikt |
| goutweed {n} (ground elder) SEE: ground elder | :: |
| goutwort {n} (ground elder) SEE: ground elder | :: |
| governess {n} (woman paid to educate children in their own home) | :: [Bokmål] guvernante {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] guvernante {f} |
| government {n} (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) | :: [Bokmål] regjering {m} {f}, myndigheter {m-p}, styresmakter {m-p} {f-p}; [Nynorsk] regjering {f}, styremakter {f-p}, styresmakter {f-p}, myndigheiter {f-p} |
| government in exile {n} (government in exile) | :: [Bokmål] eksilregjering {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] eksilregjering {f} |
| governor {n} (leader of a region or state) | :: [Bokmål] guvernør {m}, [on Svalbard] sysselmann {m}; [Nynorsk] guvernør {m}, [on Svalbard] sysselmann {m} |
| governor general {n} (representative of the monarch) | :: [Bokmål] generalguvernør {m}; [Nynorsk] generalguvernør {m} |
| go without saying {v} (to be obvious, apparent or clear) | :: [Bokmål] si seg selv, si seg sjøl; [Nynorsk] si seg sjølv |
| gown {n} (dressing gown) SEE: dressing gown | :: |
| GPS {n} (Global Positioning System) | :: [Bokmål] GPS {m} |
| grace {n} (short prayer of thanks before or after a meal) | :: [Bokmål] bordbønn {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] bordbønn {f} |
| grace {n} (allowance of time granted to a debtor) | :: betalingsutsettelse {m} |
| grace {n} (free and undeserved favour, especially of God) | :: [Bokmål] nåde {m}; [Nynorsk] nåde {m} |
| grade {n} (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) | :: [Bokmål] karakter {m}; [Nynorsk] karakter {m} |
| grade {n} (level of pre-collegiate education) | :: trinn |
| grade crossing {n} (level crossing) SEE: level crossing | :: |
| grader {n} (machine) | :: [Bokmål] [road grader] veiskrape {m} {f} |
| grade school {n} (elementary or primary school) SEE: primary school | :: |
| gradient {n} (slope or incline) | :: [Bokmål] stigning {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] stigning {f} |
| gradient {n} (rate of inclination or declination of a slope) | :: [Bokmål] stigning {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] stigning {f} |
| gradually {adv} (in gradual manner) | :: [Bokmål] etter hvert, gradvis, litt etter litt; [Nynorsk] etter kvart |
| graduated {adj} (marked with graduations) | :: [Bokmål] gradert; [Nynorsk] gradert |
| graft {n} (small shoot or scion) | :: [Bokmål] pode {m}; [Nynorsk] pode {m} |
| graft {v} (to insert a graft in another tree) | :: [Bokmål] pode; [Nynorsk] pode, pote |
| graft {v} (to insert scions) | :: [Bokmål] pode; [Nynorsk] pode, pote |
| grafting {n} (act, art, or process of inserting grafts) | :: [Bokmål] poding {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] poding {f} |
| grain {n} (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops) | :: korn {n} |
| gram {n} (unit of mass) | :: [Bokmål] gram {n}; [Nynorsk] gram {n} |
| -gram {suffix} (something written) | :: [Bokmål] -gram {n}; [Nynorsk] -gram {n} |
| gramarye {n} (mystical learning) SEE: magic | :: |
| grammar {n} (rules for speaking and writing a language) | :: grammatikk |
| grammar {n} (book describing grammar) | :: [Bokmål] grammatikk {m}; [Nynorsk] grammatikk {m} |
| grammary {n} (grammar) SEE: grammar | :: |
| grammatical {adj} (of or pertaining to grammar) | :: [Bokmål] grammatisk; [Nynorsk] grammatisk |
| grammatical mood {n} (in grammar, type of the relationship) | :: [Bokmål] modus {m}; [Nynorsk] modus {m} |
| gram molecule {n} (mole) SEE: mole | :: |
| grampus {n} (killer whale) SEE: orca | :: |
| granary {n} (storage facility) | :: [Bokmål] låve {m} |
| grand {adj} (standing in the second or more remote degree of parentage or descent) | :: beste- |
| grand {n} (grand piano) SEE: grand piano | :: |
| grandaunt {n} (great-aunt) SEE: great-aunt | :: |
| grandchild {n} (child of someone’s child) | :: [Bokmål] barnebarn {n}; [Nynorsk] barnebarn {n} |
| granddaughter {n} (daughter of someone’s child) | :: sønnedatter [son's daughter], datterdatter [daughter's daughter] |
| grand duchy {n} (a dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess) | :: [Bokmål] storhertugdømme {n}; [Nynorsk] storhertugdøme {n} |
| Grand Duchy of Lithuania {prop} (former European state) | :: [Bokmål] Storfyrstedømmet Litauen {n}; [Nynorsk] Storfyrstedømet Litauen {n} |
| Grand Duchy of Luxembourg {prop} (official name of Luxembourg) | :: [Bokmål] Storhertugdømmet Luxembourg {n}; [Nynorsk] Storhertugdømet Luxembourg {n} |
| grandfather {n} (grandfather (from either side)) | :: morfar [mother's father], farfar [father's father]; [Bokmål] bestefar {m}; [Nynorsk] bestefar {m} |
| grandiose {adj} (large and impressive, in size, scope or extent) | :: [Bokmål] grandios, herskapelig, storslagen; [Nynorsk] grandios |
| grand jury {n} | :: [Bokmål] storjury {m} |
| grandmother {n} (mother of someone's parent) | :: [Bokmål] bestemor {m} {f}, mormor {m} {f} [maternal], farmor {m} {f} [paternal]; [Nynorsk] bestemor {f}, mormor {f} [maternal], farmor {f} [paternal] |
| grandparent {n} (parent of one's parent) | :: [Bokmål] besteforelder {m} [mostly used in pl]; [Nynorsk] besteforelder {m} [mostly used in pl] |
| grand piano {n} (type of piano) | :: [Bokmål] flygel {n}; [Nynorsk] flygel {n} |
| grand slam {n} ((bridge) the winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand) | :: storeslem |
| grand slam {n} ((sports) the winning of all the major or specified events) | :: storeslem |
| grandson {n} (son of one's child) | :: [Bokmål] sønnesønn {m} [son's son], dattersønn {m} [daughter's son], sønnebarn {n} [son's child], datterbarn {n} [daughter's child]; [Nynorsk] soneson {m} [son's son], dotterson [daughter's son], sonebarn {n} [son's child], dotterbarn {n} [daughter's child] |
| granduncle {n} (great-uncle) SEE: great-uncle | :: |
| granite {n} (type of rock) | :: [Bokmål] granitt {m}; [Nynorsk] granitt {m} |
| granitic {adj} (of, pertaining to, or containing granite) | :: [Bokmål] granittisk; [Nynorsk] granittisk |
| grant {v} (To give over) | :: tildele, overgi |
| grant {v} (To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request) | :: innvilge |
| grant {v} (To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede) | :: innrømme |
| grant {n} (The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission) | :: tildeling {m} {f} |
| grant {n} (The yielding or admission of something in dispute) | :: innrømmelse {m} |
| grant {n} (The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon) | :: tildeling {m} {f}, donasjon {m}; [Bokmål] bevilgning {m} {f} [money] |
| grant {n} (A transfer of property by deed or writing) | :: overføring {m} {f} |
| grape {n} (fruit) | :: [Bokmål] drue {m} {f}, vindrue {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] drue {f}, vindrue {f} |
| grape {n} (vine) | :: vindrue {m} {f} |
| grapefruit {n} (fruit) | :: [Bokmål] grapefrukt {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] grapefrukt {f} |
| grapevine {n} (the plant on which grapes grow) | :: [Bokmål] vinranke {m}; [Nynorsk] vinranke {f} |
| -graph {suffix} (something related to writing etc.) | :: [Bokmål] -graf {m}; [Nynorsk] -graf {m} |
| -grapher {suffix} (someone who writes about a specified subject) | :: [Bokmål] -graf {m}; [Nynorsk] -graf {m} |
| graphic {adj} (drawn, pictorial) | :: grafisk |
| graphic {adj} (vivid, descriptive) | :: [Bokmål] billedlig |
| graphical user interface {n} (type of user interface) | :: grafisk brukergrensesnitt {n} |
| graphic artist {n} (graphic designer) SEE: graphic designer | :: |
| graphic designer {n} (artist) | :: [Bokmål] grafiker {m}; [Nynorsk] grafikar {m} |
| graphics {n} (the graphic arts) | :: [Bokmål] grafikk {m}; [Nynorsk] grafikk {m} |
| graphics {n} (pictorial representation and manipulation of data) | :: [Bokmål] grafikk {m}; [Nynorsk] grafikk {m} |
| graphite {n} (form of carbon) | :: [Bokmål] grafitt {m}; [Nynorsk] grafitt {m} |
| graph theory {n} (study of networks of nodes and vertices) | :: [Bokmål] grafteori |
| -graphy {suffix} (Suffix denoting a written or represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject) | :: [Bokmål] -grafi {m}; [Nynorsk] -grafi {m} |
| grappa {n} (Italian grape-based spirit) | :: grappa |
| grapple {v} (to seize and hold firmly) | :: gripe |
| grasp {v} (to grasp) SEE: hold | :: |
| grasp {v} (to understand) | :: begripe |
| grass {n} (ground cover plant) | :: [Bokmål] gress {n}, gras {n}; [Nynorsk] gras {n} |
| grass {n} (marijuana) | :: [Bokmål] gress {n}, gras {n} |
| grass {n} (informer) | :: [Bokmål] tyster {m}, informant {m} |
| grasshopper {n} (an insect of the order Orthoptera) | :: gresshoppe {f} |
| grass snake {n} (Natrix natrix) | :: buorm |
| grass widow {n} (woman whose husband is away) | :: [Bokmål] gressenke {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] grasenke {f}, grasenkje {f} |
| grass widower {n} (a married man whose wife is away) | :: [Bokmål] gressenkemann {m}; [Nynorsk] grasenkemann {m}, grasenkjemann {m} |
| grate {v} (cooking: to shred by rubbing) | :: rive, raspe |
| grateful {adj} (showing gratitude) | :: [Bokmål] takknemlig; [Nynorsk] takknemleg |
| gratefulness {n} (the state of being grateful) | :: takknemlighet |
| grater {n} (a tool with which one grates) | :: [Bokmål] rivjern {n}; [Nynorsk] rivjarn {n}, rivjern {n} |
| gratification {n} (act of gratifying, or pleasing) | :: glede, tilfredsstille |
| gratis {adj} (free of charge) SEE: free of charge | :: |
| gratitude {n} (state of being grateful) | :: [Bokmål] takknemlighet {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] takksemd {f}, takknemlegheit {f} |
| grave {n} (excavation for burial) | :: [Bokmål] grav {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] grav {f} |
| grave {n} (grave accent) SEE: grave accent | :: |
| grave accent {n} (grave accent) | :: grav aksent {c} |
| gravedigger {n} (a person employed to dig graves) | :: [Bokmål] graver {m}; [Nynorsk] gravar {m} |
| grave goods {n} (objects buried with a body) | :: [Bokmål] gravgods {n} |
| gravel {n} (small fragments of rock) | :: grus {m}, pukk {m} |
| gravel {v} (To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc) | :: [Bokmål] gruse |
| gravel road {n} (road with gravel surface) | :: [Bokmål] grusvei {m}, grusveg {m}; [Nynorsk] grusveg {m} |
| gravestone {n} (stone slab set at the head of a grave) SEE: tombstone | :: |
| graveyard {n} (tract of land in which the dead are buried) | :: [Bokmål] kirkegård {m}, gravlund {m}, leggplass {m}, gravplass {m}; [Nynorsk] kyrkjegard {m}, gravlund {m}, gravplass {m} |
| graveyard shift {n} (night shift) SEE: night shift | :: |
| gravitation {n} (fundamental force of attraction) | :: [Bokmål] gravitasjon {m}; [Nynorsk] gravitasjon {m} |
| gravitational wave {n} (fluctuation in spacetime that propagates as a wave at the speed of light) | :: gravitasjonsbølge {f} {m} |
| gravity {n} (resultant force on Earth's surface) | :: [Bokmål] tyngdekraft {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] tyngdekraft {f} |
| gravity {n} (gravitation, gravity force on two mass bodies) | :: [Bokmål] tyngdekraft {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] tyngdekraft {f} |
| gravlax {n} (appetizer of dry-cured salmon) | :: gravlaks {m}, graven laks {m} |
| gravy {n} (sauce) | :: saus {m} |
| gray {adj} (having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember) | :: grå |
| gray {n} (colour) | :: grå |
| grayling {n} (Thymallus thymallus) | :: [Bokmål] harr {m}; [Nynorsk] harr {m} |
| graze {v} (to eat grass from a pasture) | :: beite, gresse, gå på gress |
| grease {n} (animal fat) | :: [Bokmål] smørefett {n} [lubricant], fett {n} |
| greased lightning {n} (Something incredibly fast) | :: [Bokmål] oljet lyn {n}, olja lyn {n}; [Nynorsk] olja lyn {n} |
| great {adj} (important) SEE: important | :: |
| great {adj} (very good) | :: [Bokmål] kjempebra; [Nynorsk] kjempebra |
| great {n} (person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim) | :: [Bokmål] storhet {m} {f} |
| Great Assassin {n} | :: morderen på tronen {m} |
| great auk {n} (Pinguinus impennis) | :: geirfugl {m} |
| great-aunt {n} (aunt of one’s parent) | :: [Bokmål] grandtante {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] grandtante {f} |
| Great Britain {prop} (island) | :: [Bokmål] Storbritannia; [Nynorsk] Storbritannia |
| Great Britain {prop} (United Kingdom, see also: United Kingdom; Kingdom of Great Britain) | :: [Bokmål] Storbritannia; [Nynorsk] Storbritannia |
| great circle {n} (circle) | :: [Bokmål] storsirkel {m}; [Nynorsk] storsirkel {m} |
| great circle {n} (shortest distance) | :: [Bokmål] storsirkel {m}; [Nynorsk] storsirkel {m} |
| great cormorant {n} (Phalacrocorax carbo) | :: [Bokmål] storskarv {m}; [Nynorsk] storskarv {m} |
| Great Dane {n} (mastiff) | :: [Bokmål] grand danois {m}; [Nynorsk] grand danois {m} |
| greater {adj} (greater) SEE: bigger | :: |
| Greater Armenia {prop} (Greater Armenia) | :: Stor-Armenia |
| Greater London {prop} (administrative area) | :: [Bokmål] Stor-London; [Nynorsk] Stor-London |
| greater spotted eagle {n} (Clanga clanga) | :: [Bokmål] storskrikørn {m} {f} |
| greater yellowlegs {n} (Tringa melanoleuca) | :: plystresnipe, plystresnipe; [Nynorsk] plystresnipe |
| greatest common divisor {n} (largest positive integer or polynomial) | :: største felles faktor, største felles nevner |
| Great Game {prop} (the strategic rivalry and conflict) | :: store spillet |
| great-grandchild {n} (The child (son or daughter) of one's grandchild) | :: [Bokmål] oldebarn {n}; [Nynorsk] oldebarn {n} |
| great-granddaughter {n} (the daughter of someone's grandchild) | :: oldedatter {f} |
| great-grandfather {n} (father of grandparent) | :: [Bokmål] oldefar {m}; [Nynorsk] oldefar {m} |
| great-grandmother {n} (mother of one's grandparent) | :: [Bokmål] oldemor {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] oldemor {f} |
| great-grandparent {n} (parent of a grandparent) | :: [Bokmål] oldeforelder {m}; [Nynorsk] oldeforelder {m} |
| great-grandson {n} (son of a grandchild) | :: oldesønn {m} |
| great-great-grandfather {n} (The father of someone's great-grandparent) | :: [Bokmål] tippoldefar {m}; [Nynorsk] tippoldefar {m} |
| great-great-grandmother {n} (The mother of someone’s great-grandparent) | :: [Bokmål] tippoldemor {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] tippoldemor {f} |
| great haste makes great waste {proverb} (haste makes waste) SEE: haste makes waste | :: |
| Great Lakes {prop} (a group of five lakes on the United States-Canada border) | :: [Bokmål] De store sjøer; [Nynorsk] Dei store sjøane |
| great minds think alike {proverb} (used to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion) | :: store hoder tenker likt |
| greatness {n} (The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc) | :: [Bokmål] storhet {m} {f} |
| great northern diver {n} (large member of the diver family, Gavia immer) | :: islom |
| great northern loon {n} (great northern diver) SEE: great northern diver | :: |
| Great Pyramid at Giza {prop} (Great Pyramid of Giza) SEE: Great Pyramid of Giza | :: |
| Great Pyramid of Giza {prop} (the largest and most famous of the Egyptian pyramids) | :: Kheopspyramiden |
| great skua {n} (Great Skua) | :: storjo {c} |
| great snipe {n} (Gallinago media) | :: dobbeltbekkasin |
| great spotted woodpecker {n} (species of woodpecker) | :: flaggspett |
| great tit {n} (bird) | :: [Bokmål] kjøttmeis {c}, talgmeis {c}, talgokse {m}; [Nynorsk] kjøtmeis {f} |
| great-uncle {n} (uncle of one's parent) | :: [Bokmål] grandonkel {m}; [Nynorsk] grandonkel {m} |
| Great Wall of China {prop} (Chinese fortification) | :: [Bokmål] Den kinesiske mur {m}; [Nynorsk] den kinesiske muren |
| great white shark {n} (Carcharodon carcharias) | :: [Bokmål] hvithai {m}; [Nynorsk] kvithai {m} |
| Greece {prop} (country in Southeastern Europe) | :: [Bokmål] Hellas, Grekenland {n} [archaic]; [Nynorsk] Hellas, Grekenland {n} [archaic] |
| greed {n} (selfish desire for more than is needed) | :: [Bokmål] griskhet {m} {f}, grådighet {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] griskheit {f}, grådigheit {f} |
| greedy {adj} (having greed; consumed by selfish desires) | :: [Bokmål] grådig; [Nynorsk] grådig, grådug |
| Greek {prop} (language of the Greek people) | :: gresk, hellenesk |
| Greek {n} (inhabitant, etc., of Greece) | :: [Bokmål] greker {m}; [Nynorsk] grekar {m} |
| Greek {n} (nonsense talk or writing; gibberish) | :: [Bokmål] gresk {m}; [Nynorsk] gresk {m} |
| Greek {adj} (of the Greek language, people or country) | :: gresk |
| Greek fire {n} (flammable substance) | :: gresk ild {m} |
| Greek Orthodox {adj} (Greek Orthodox (adjective)) | :: [Bokmål] gresk-ortodoks; [Nynorsk] gresk-ortodoks |
| Greek Orthodox Church {prop} (Greek Orthodox Church) | :: [Bokmål] Den gresk ortodokse kirke {f}; [Nynorsk] Den greske ortodokse kirkja {f} |
| green {n} (putting green) SEE: putting green | :: |
| green {adj} (having green as its colour) | :: grønn |
| greenhouse {n} (building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside) | :: [Bokmål] drivhus {n}, veksthus {n}; [Nynorsk] drivhus {n}, veksthus {n}, voksterhus {n} |
| greenhouse effect {n} (process by which a planet is warmed by its atmosphere) | :: [Bokmål] drivhuseffekt {m}; [Nynorsk] drivhuseffekt {m} |
| greenhouse gas {n} (any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect) | :: [Bokmål] drivhusgass {m}, klimagass {m}; [Nynorsk] drivhusgass {m}, klimagass {m} |
| greenish {adj} (somewhat green) | :: [Bokmål] grønnaktig, grønnlig; [Nynorsk] grønaktig |
| Greenland {prop} (a large self-governing island in North America) | :: [Bokmål] Grønland; [Nynorsk] Grønland |
| Greenlander {n} (a person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent) | :: [Bokmål] grønlender {m}; [Nynorsk] grønlendar {m} |
| Greenlandic {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) SEE: Greenlandish | :: |
| Greenlandic {n} (language) SEE: Greenlandish | :: |
| Greenlandish {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language) | :: [Bokmål] grønlandsk; [Nynorsk] grønlandsk |
| Greenlandish {n} (language) | :: [Bokmål] grønlandsk {m}; [Nynorsk] grønlandsk {m} |
| Greenland Sea {prop} (Greenland Sea) | :: [Bokmål] Grønlandshavet; [Nynorsk] Grønlandshavet |
| Greenland shark {n} (Somniosus microcephalus) | :: [Bokmål] håkjerring {m} {f} |
| green light {n} (green traffic light) | :: [Bokmål] grønt lys {n} |
| greens {n} (leaves of certain edible green plants) | :: [Bokmål] bladsalat {m}, grønt {n}, bladgrønt {n} |
| greensand {n} (greenish sandstone) | :: [Nynorsk] grønsand, grønsandstein |
| green sandpiper {n} (Tringa ochropus) | :: skogsnipe; [Nynorsk] skogsnipe |
| greenschist {n} (metamorphic rock) | :: [Bokmål] grønnskifer {m}; [Nynorsk] grønskifer {m} |
| green tea {n} (drink) | :: grønn te |
| green woodpecker {n} (Picus viridis) | :: grønnspett {m} |
| greeting {n} (acknowledgement of a persons presence or arrival) | :: hilsen; [Nynorsk] helsing |
| gregarious {adj} (of a person who enjoys being in crowds) | :: [Bokmål] selskapelig; [Nynorsk] selskapeleg, selskapleg |
| Gregorian calendar {prop} (calendar) | :: gregoriansk kalender {m} |
| Gregory {prop} (male given name) | :: Gregers {m} |
| Grenada {prop} (Caribbean country) | :: [Bokmål] Grenada; [Nynorsk] Grenada |
| grenade {n} (pomegranate) SEE: pomegranate | :: |
| Grenadian {n} (A person from Grenada) | :: [Bokmål] grenadier {m}; [Nynorsk] grenadiar {m} |
| Grenadian {adj} (pertaining to Grenada) | :: [Bokmål] grenadisk; [Nynorsk] grenadisk |
| Gretel {prop} (given name) | :: Grete {f} |
| Gretel {prop} (character in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel) | :: Grete {f} |
| grey {adj} (having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember) | :: grå |
| grey {n} (colour) | :: grå |
| grey area {n} (area intermediate between two fuzzily-distinguished categories) | :: [Bokmål] gråsone {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gråsone {f} |
| grey crow {n} (hooded crow) SEE: hooded crow | :: |
| grey-haired {adj} (having grey hair) | :: [Bokmål] gråhåret, gråhåra; [Nynorsk] gråhåra, gråhærd |
| grey-headed chickadee {n} (Poecile cinctus) | :: lappmeis |
| grey heron {n} (the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family) | :: gråhegre |
| greylag {n} (large European goose) SEE: greylag goose | :: |
| greylag goose {n} (Anser anser) | :: grågås |
| grey-tailed tattler {n} (Tringa brevipes) | :: sibirvandresnipe; [Nynorsk] sibirvandresnipe |
| grid {n} (rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size) | :: rutenett {n} |
| gridlock {n} (traffic congestion) | :: [Bokmål] trafikkork {m}, kork {m} |
| gridlock {n} (on a smaller scale) | :: [Bokmål] kø {m}, kork {m} |
| grief {n} (sadness) | :: sorg |
| grievance {n} (complaint) | :: klage, klagemål |
| griffin {n} (mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle) | :: griff {m} |
| griffon {n} (legendary creature) SEE: griffin | :: |
| griffon vulture {n} (Gyps fulvus) | :: gåsegribb {?} |
| grill {n} (grating, grid) | :: grill {m} |
| grill {n} (vehicle front cover) | :: grill {m} |
| grill {n} (barbecue) | :: grill {m} |
| grill {v} (to cook food on a grill) | :: grille |
| grill {v} (to interrogate) | :: grille |
| grimace {n} (a distortion of the face) | :: grimase {m} |
| grimace {v} (to make grimaces) | :: gjøre grimase, lage grimase |
| Grim Reaper {prop} (personification of Death) | :: [Bokmål] mannen med ljåen {m}; [Nynorsk] mannen med ljåen {m} |
| grind {v} (to reduce to smaller pieces) | :: raspe, rive, male, kverne |
| grind {v} (to remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface) | :: raspe, skrape |
| grind {v} | :: male |
| grinder {n} (tool) | :: jeskel |
| grindstone {n} (wheel for grinding) | :: slipestein {m} |
| grip {v} (to grip) SEE: grasp | :: |
| grip {n} (grip) SEE: grasp | :: |
| gripe {n} (Gyps fulvus) SEE: griffin | :: |
| gripe {n} (nautical: piece of timber that terminates the keel) SEE: forefoot | :: |
| grit one's teeth {v} (clench one's teeth together) | :: [Bokmål] bite tennene sammen, bite tennene sammen |
| grit one's teeth {v} (face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it) | :: [Bokmål] bite tennene sammen |
| groan {n} | :: stønn {n} |
| groan {v} (to make a groan) | :: stønne |
| grocer {n} (person selling foodstuffs and household items) | :: [Bokmål] kolonialhandler {m}, kjøpmann {m} (cf. grosserer {m}); [Nynorsk] kolonialhandlar {m}, kjøpmann {m} (cf. grosserar {m}) |
| grocery {n} (shop or store that sells groceries) | :: dagligvarebutikk {m}, storsenter, landhandel {m} |
| grocery store {n} (grocery) SEE: grocery | :: |
| groin {n} (long narrow depression of the human body that separates the trunk from the legs) | :: [Bokmål] lyske |
| groined vault {n} (structure created by intersection of vaults) SEE: groin vault | :: |
| groin vault {n} (structure created by intersection of vaults) | :: krysshvelv {n} |
| Groningen {prop} (city) | :: Groningen |
| Groningen {prop} (province) | :: Groningen |
| groom {n} (bridegroom) SEE: bridegroom | :: |
| groom {v} (to care for animals) | :: [Bokmål] røkte |
| groove fricative {n} (phonetics: hissing sound) SEE: sibilant | :: |
| grope {v} (to touch closely and sexually) | :: [Bokmål] beføle, tafse |
| gross {adj} (disgusting) | :: ekkel |
| gross domestic product {n} (economic production of a particular territory) | :: [Bokmål] bruttonasjonalprodukt {n} (abbreviation BNP); [Nynorsk] bruttonasjonalprodukt {n}, BNP |
| grotesque {adj} (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous) | :: grotesk |
| ground {n} (surface of the Earth) | :: bakke |
| ground {v} (to connect an electrical conductor) | :: [Bokmål] jorde |
| ground beef {n} (meat) | :: [Bokmål] karbonadedeig {m} [under 5 percent fat], kjøttdeig {m} [under 14 percent fat, not necessarily cattle] |
| groundbreaking {adj} (innovative) | :: banebrytende, nyskapende, epokegjørende; [Nynorsk] banebrytande, nyskapande |
| ground clearance {n} (distance) | :: [Bokmål] bakkeklaring {m} {f} |
| ground-effect machine {n} (hovercraft) SEE: hovercraft | :: |
| ground elder {n} (Aegopodium podagraria) | :: skvallerkål {c} |
| ground ivy {n} (Glechoma hederacea) | :: [Bokmål] korsknapp; [Nynorsk] krossknapp |
| groundless {adj} (baseless) | :: [Bokmål] grunnløs, grunnlaus, ubegrunnet; [Nynorsk] grunnlaus |
| ground level {n} (the level of the ground) | :: [Bokmål] bakkenivå {n}; [Nynorsk] bakkenivå {n} |
| ground meat {n} (ground meat) | :: kjøttdeig {c} |
| ground shark {n} (Greenland shark) SEE: Greenland shark | :: |
| ground staff {n} (staff employed by an airline) | :: [Bokmål] bakkepersonale {n}; [Nynorsk] bakkepersonale {n} |
| ground water {n} (underground water) SEE: groundwater | :: |
| groundwater {n} (Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers) | :: [Bokmål] grunnvann {n}, grunnvatn {n}; [Nynorsk] grunnvatn {n} |
| groundwork {n} (foundation) | :: [Bokmål] grunnarbeid {n}; [Nynorsk] grunnarbeid {n} |
| group {n} (number of things or persons being in some relation to each other) | :: [Bokmål] gruppe {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gruppe {f} |
| grouping {n} (a collection of things or people) | :: gruppering {m} {f} |
| group sex {n} (sexual practice) | :: [Bokmål] gruppesex {m}; [Nynorsk] gruppesex {m} |
| groupthink {n} (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view) | :: [Bokmål] gruppetenking {m} {f}, gruppetenkning {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gruppetenking {f} |
| grouse {n} (any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae) | :: skogshøns {p} |
| grout {n} (mortar used between tiles) | :: injiseringsmørtel {m}, sementvelling {m} |
| grout {n} (coarse meal) | :: (sediments) bunnfall {n}, (malt) gryn {n}, grøpp {n} |
| grove {n} (small forest) | :: [Bokmål] lund {m}; [Nynorsk] lund {m} |
| grove {n} (orchard) SEE: orchard | :: |
| grow {v} ((intransitive) to become bigger) | :: vokse |
| grow {v} ((transitive) to cause something to become bigger) | :: dyrke |
| grower {n} (A farmer who grows things) | :: [Bokmål] dyrker {m} |
| growing season {n} (time of year when plants grow) | :: [Bokmål] vekstsesong {m}; [Nynorsk] vekstsesong {m} |
| growl {n} (deep, rumbling, threatening sound) | :: [Bokmål] knurre |
| growl {n} (sound made by the stomach when hungry) | :: [Bokmål] rumle |
| grown-up {n} (adult) SEE: adult | :: |
| grown-up {adj} (adult, fully grown) | :: [Bokmål] voksen |
| growth {n} (increase in size) | :: [Bokmål] vekst {m}, framvekst {m}; [Nynorsk] vekst {m}, framvekst {m} |
| growth {n} (act of growing) | :: vekst |
| grow up {v} (to mature and become an adult) | :: vokse opp, bli voksen |
| grudge {n} (deep seated animosity) | :: [Bokmål] nag |
| grudging {adj} (unwilling or with reluctance) | :: [Bokmål] motvillig |
| grudgingly {adv} (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) | :: [Bokmål] motvillig |
| grue {v} (shudder) SEE: shudder | :: |
| grue {n} (shudder) SEE: shudder | :: |
| gruesome {adj} (repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly) | :: grusom |
| grumpy {adj} (unhappy and/or irritable) | :: gretten |
| grunge {n} (subgenre of alternative music) | :: grunge {m}, grønsj {m} |
| Gryffindor {n} (Gryffindor House Harry Potter) | :: Griffing {m} |
| G-string {n} (a scanty piece of underwear or lingerie) | :: [Bokmål] g-streng {m}; [Nynorsk] g-streng {m} |
| Guadalcanal {prop} (Pacific island) | :: Guadalcanal |
| guanaco {n} (Lama guanicoe) | :: [Bokmål] guanako {m}; [Nynorsk] guanako {m} |
| Guanyin {prop} (the bodhisattva of compassion) | :: Koan Jin {m} |
| guarantee {n} (anything that assures a certain outcome) | :: [Bokmål] garanti {m}; [Nynorsk] garanti {m} |
| guarantee {n} (written declaration) | :: garanti {m} |
| guarantee {n} (person who gives such a guarantee) | :: garantist {m} |
| guarantee {v} (to give an assurance that something will be done right) | :: garantere |
| guarantee {v} (to assume responsibility for a debt) | :: kausjonere |
| guarantor {n} (person or company that provides a guarantee) | :: [Bokmål] garantist {m}; [Nynorsk] garantist {m} |
| guard {n} (person who or thing that protects something) | :: [Bokmål] vakt {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] vakt {f} |
| guard {v} (to protect from some offence) | :: bevokte |
| guard dog {n} (dog used to protect a property or its owner) | :: [Bokmål] vakthund {m}; [Bokmål] vakthund {m} |
| guardian angel {n} (spirit) | :: [Bokmål] skytsengel {m}; [Nynorsk] skytsengel {m} |
| guardianship {n} (position) | :: [Bokmål] vergemål {n} |
| guardrail {n} (rail set alongside a dangerous place) | :: gelender {n}, rekkverk {n} |
| guardsman {n} (a member of a Guards regiment) | :: [Bokmål] gardist {m}; [Nynorsk] gardist {m} |
| Guatemala {prop} (country in Central America) | :: [Bokmål] Guatemala; [Nynorsk] Guatemala |
| Guatemalan {n} (person) | :: [Bokmål] guatamalaner {m}; [Nynorsk] guatemalan {m}, guatemalanar {m} |
| Guatemalan {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or its people) | :: [Bokmål] guatemalansk; [Nynorsk] guatemalansk |
| guava {n} (fruit) | :: guava |
| guberniya {n} (an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire) | :: [Bokmål] gubernija {n}, guvernement {n}; [Nynorsk] gubernija {n}, guvernement {n} |
| Guelph {n} (member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the Pope) | :: guelf {m} |
| Guernsey {prop} (island) | :: Guernsey |
| guerrilla {n} (irregular soldier) | :: [Bokmål] geriljasoldat {m}; [Nynorsk] geriljasoldat {m} |
| guerrilla {n} (guerrilla war) | :: [Bokmål] geriljakrig {m}; [Nynorsk] geriljakrig {m} |
| guess {v} (to reach an unqualified conclusion) | :: gjette, gissa; [Nynorsk] gjete, gjeta, gjetta, gissa |
| guess {n} (prediction about the outcome of something) | :: gjetning {m} {f} |
| guest {v} (to receive or entertain hospitably as a guest) SEE: host | :: |
| guest {n} (recipient of hospitality) | :: [Bokmål] gjest {m} |
| guest book {n} (ledger for visitors to leave comments about an establishment) | :: gjestebok |
| guest book {n} (website feature functioning like a physical guest book) | :: gjestebok |
| guest of honour {n} (guest of honour) | :: [Bokmål] æresgjest {m}; [Nynorsk] æresgjest {m} |
| guest worker {n} (guest worker) | :: [Bokmål] gjestearbeider {m}, fremmedarbeider {m}; [Nynorsk] gjestearbeidar {m}, framandarbeidar {m} |
| guidance {n} (advice) | :: [Bokmål] veiledning {m} {f} |
| guide {n} (someone who guides) | :: [Bokmål] guide {m}; [Nynorsk] guide {m} |
| guide {n} (document, book) | :: [Bokmål] guide {m}; [Nynorsk] guide {m} |
| guide {v} (to serve as a guide person) | :: [Bokmål] guide; [Nynorsk] guide, guida |
| guide book {n} (book that provides guidance) | :: [Bokmål] guidebok {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] guidebok {f} |
| guided {adj} (subject to guidance) | :: [Bokmål] guidet [e.g. tour] |
| guide dog {n} (dog that is trained to be of assistance to a blind person) | :: [Bokmål] førerhund {m}; [Nynorsk] førarhund {m} |
| guideline {n} (non-specific rule or principle) | :: retningslinje |
| guild {n} (association of tradespeople) | :: laug |
| guilder {n} (gilder) SEE: gilder | :: |
| guillemet {n} (either of the punctuation marks « or ») | :: [Bokmål] sjevron {m}; [Nynorsk] sjevron {m} |
| guillotine {n} (machine used for capital punishment) | :: [Bokmål] giljotin {m}; [Nynorsk] giljotin {m} |
| guillotine {n} (device that cuts paper) | :: [Bokmål] skjæremaskin {m} |
| guillotining {n} | :: giljotinering {f} |
| guilt {n} (responsibility for wrongdoing) | :: [Bokmål] skyld {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] skyld {f} |
| guilty {adj} (responsible for a dishonest act) | :: [Bokmål] skyldig |
| Guinea {prop} (short form of the Republic of Guinea) | :: [Bokmål] Guinea; [Nynorsk] Guinea |
| Guinea-Bissau {prop} (Republic of Guinea-Bissau) | :: [Bokmål] Guinea-Bissau; [Nynorsk] Guinea-Bissau |
| guinea fowl {n} (bird) | :: perlehøne |
| Guinean {adj} (from Guinea) | :: [Bokmål] guineansk; [Nynorsk] guineansk |
| Guinean {n} (someone from Guinea or of Guinean descent) | :: [Bokmål] guineaner {m}; [Nynorsk] guineanar {m} |
| guinea pig {n} (rodent) | :: [Bokmål] marsvin {n}; [Nynorsk] marsvin {n} |
| guinea pig {n} (experimental subject) | :: prøvekanin {m}, forsøkskanin {m} |
| guitar {n} (musical instrument) | :: [Bokmål] gitar {m}; [Nynorsk] gitar {m} |
| guitarist {n} (person playing or performing on the guitar) | :: [Bokmål] gitarist {m}; [Nynorsk] gitarist {m} |
| gulf {n} (geography) | :: [Bokmål] golf {m}; [Nynorsk] golf {m} |
| Gulf of Finland {prop} (arm of the Baltic Sea) | :: Finskebukta |
| Gulf of Guinea {prop} (part of the Atlantic Ocean) | :: [Bokmål] Guineabukta {m}; [Nynorsk] Guineabukta {m} |
| Gulf of Mexico {prop} (gulf between USA and Mexico) | :: [Bokmål] Mexicogolfen {m}; [Nynorsk] Mexicogolfen {m} |
| Gulf of Naples {prop} (Mediterranean gulf along the coast of Campania) | :: [Bokmål] Napolibukten {m}; [Nynorsk] Napolibukta {f} |
| Gulf of Riga {prop} (inland body of water that is part of the Baltic Sea in eastern Europe and is near Latvia and Estonia) | :: Rigabukten |
| Gulf Stream {prop} (warm ocean current) | :: [Bokmål] Golfstrømmen {m}; [Nynorsk] Golfstraumen {m} |
| gull {n} (seabird) | :: [Bokmål] måke {m} {f}, måse {m}; [Nynorsk] måke {m} {f}, måse {m} |
| gull-billed tern {n} (Gelochelidon nilotica) | :: sandterne; [Nynorsk] sandterne |
| gullet {n} (the throat or esophagus) | :: spiserør {n} |
| gullible {adj} (easily deceived or duped, naive) | :: [Bokmål] godtroende, lettlurt, naiv; [Nynorsk] godtruande, lettlurt, naiv |
| gully {n} (a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside) | :: [Bokmål] ravine {m}; [Nynorsk] ravine {m} |
| gum {n} (chewing gum) SEE: chewing gum | :: |
| gum {n} (flesh around teeth) | :: [Bokmål] tannkjøtt {n} |
| gum arabic {n} (substance from acacia trees) | :: gummi arabiku |
| gumboot {n} (gumboot) | :: [Bokmål] gummistøvel {m}; [Nynorsk] gummistøvel {m} |
| gumption {n} (common sense, initiative) | :: [Bokmål] bondevett {n}, sunn fornuft {m} |
| gun {n} (a very portable, short weapon, for hand use) | :: [Bokmål] håndvåpen {n}; [Nynorsk] håndvåpen {n} |
| gun {n} (a less portable, long weapon) | :: [Bokmål] gevær {n}; [Nynorsk] gevær {n} |
| gun {n} ((military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity) | :: [Bokmål] kanon {m}; [Nynorsk] kanon {m} |
| gun {n} ((military) a cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more) | :: skyts |
| gun {n} | :: skytevåpen {n}, kanon {m}, gevær {n}, pistol {m} |
| gun {v} (shoot someone or something) | :: [Bokmål] skyte; [Nynorsk] skyte, skjote |
| gunboat {n} (small armed vessel) | :: kanonbåt {c} |
| gunfire {n} (gunshots) | :: [Bokmål] geværild {m}; [Nynorsk] geværeld {m} |
| gunk {n} (dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance) | :: [Bokmål] guffe {m} {f}, smørje {m} {f} |
| gunmetal {n} (alloy of copper, tin and zinc) | :: [Bokmål] canonbronse {m} |
| gunnel {n} (gunwale) SEE: gunwale | :: |
| gunpowder {n} (explosive mixture) | :: [Bokmål] krutt {n}; [Nynorsk] krut {n} |
| gunstock {n} (The rear part of a rifle or shotgun which is pressed into the shoulder) SEE: stock | :: |
| Gunter {prop} (male given name) | :: Gunnar |
| gunwale {n} (top edge of the side of a boat) | :: [Bokmål] ripe {m} {f}, båtripe {m} {f}, esing {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] ripe {f}, båtripe {f}, esing {m} {f} |
| Guoyu {prop} (Mandarin) SEE: Mandarin | :: |
| gurgle {v} (to make such a sound) | :: gurgle |
| Gurkha {n} (military) | :: [Bokmål] gurkha {m} |
| gust {n} (strong, abrupt rush of wind) | :: [Bokmål] vindkast {n}; [Nynorsk] vindkast {n} |
| Gustav {prop} (given name) | :: Gustav |
| Gustave {prop} (Gustav) SEE: Gustav | :: |
| Gustavus {prop} (male given name) SEE: Gustav | :: |
| gut {n} (intestine) SEE: intestine | :: |
| gut feeling {n} (an instinct or intuition) | :: [Bokmål] magefølelse {m} |
| gutter {v} (to cut or form into small longitudinal hollows) SEE: channel | :: |
| gutter {n} (ditch along the side of road) | :: grøft {m} {f} |
| gutter {n} (duct or channel beneath the eaves) | :: [Bokmål] takrenne {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] takrenne {f} |
| Guyana {prop} (country) | :: [Bokmål] Guyana; [Nynorsk] Guyana |
| Guyanan {adj} (Guyanese) SEE: Guyanese | :: |
| Guyanan {n} (Guyanese) SEE: Guyanese | :: |
| Guyanese {adj} (pertaining to Guyana) | :: [Bokmål] guyansk; [Nynorsk] guyansk |
| gym {n} (physical education class) | :: [Bokmål] gym {m}, kroppsøving {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] gym {m}, kroppsøving {f} |
| gym {n} (short form of gymnasium) SEE: gymnasium | :: |
| gymnasium {n} (place for indoor sports) | :: sportshall {m}; [Bokmål] gymnastikksal {m}, gymsal {m}; [Nynorsk] gymnastikksal {m}, gymsal {m} |
| gymnast {n} (one who performs gymnastics) | :: [Bokmål] turner {m}; [Nynorsk] turnar {m} |
| gymnastic {n} (gymnast) SEE: gymnast | :: |
| gymnastics {n} (a sport) | :: gymnastikk |
| gynaecologist {n} (specialist in diseases of the female reproductive system) | :: [Bokmål] gynekolog {m}; [Nynorsk] gynekolog {m} |
| gynandromorph {n} (a person having certain physical characteristics of both sexes) SEE: hermaphrodite | :: |
| gynecologist {n} (gynaecologist) SEE: gynaecologist | :: |
| gypsum {n} (mineral) | :: [Bokmål] gips {m}; [Nynorsk] gips {m} |
| gypsy {n} (member of the Rom people) SEE: Rom | :: |
| gypsy {n} (any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft) | :: sigøyner {m}, sigøynerske {f} |
| gypsy {n} (member of the Rom people) SEE: Gypsy | :: |
| Gypsy {n} (a member of the Romani people) SEE: Rom | :: |
| Gypsy {n} (a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group) | :: [Bokmål] sigøyner {m}, sigøynerske {f}; [Nynorsk] sigøynar {m}, sigøynerske {f} |
| gyrfalcon {n} (falcon) SEE: falcon | :: |
| gyrfalcon {n} (Falco rusticolus) | :: jaktfalk {m} |